Online Office Ergonomics Course & Workspace Virtual Assessment
COVID-19 Discount: From $199 to $49 per student
Online Course Description:
This course is designed to assist you in identifying common ergonomic risks in the office environment and provide you with professionally tailored recommendations on how to reduce your ergonomic risk factors.
The course begins with a lecture on the fundamentals of work area ergonomics designed to increase your knowledge of the most common ergonomics pitfalls, signs and symptoms of work-related injuries caused by poor workspace ergonomics, and best practices & solutions to address these hazards.
Course Topics:
- Introduction to workspace ergonomics
- Elements of the workspace involved in ergonomics risk assessment
- Risk factors of poor ergonomics in the workplace
- Proper utilization of workspace accessories
- Visual factors of poor ergonomics
- Proper workspace organization
- Stretching to improve health and reduce ergonomic-related health risks
Target Audience: Employees, both at home or in the office, and primarily working on a computer at their desk or table.
Course Length: Approximate training and assessment time: 1-hour and 30-minutes
Virtual Workspace Assessment:
After the course lecture and Final Quiz, you will complete a self-assessment for your work area and submit pictures showing your work area from different perspectives. A health and safety professional, with over a decade of experience in providing solutions to ergonomics hazards, will review your work area and provide you with a tailored report containing recommendations to adopt to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your work area.
Certificate
After successfully completing the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion with 1.0 PDHs (Professional Development Hours).
A passing score of 70% or higher on the Final Quiz is required to receive the certificate.
You will have the option to either download the certificate or have it emailed to the email address you used to register for this course.