Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Conduct interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics, such as requirements, needs, fatigue, ergonomics, or interfaces.
2. 02Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals, including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.
3. 03Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards.
4. 04Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.
5. 05Recommend workplace changes to improve health and safety, using knowledge of potentially harmful factors, such as heavy loads or repetitive motions.
6. 06Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools, such as checklists, surveys, videotaping, or force measurement.
7. 07Provide technical support to clients through activities, such as rearranging workplace fixtures to reduce physical hazards or discomfort or modifying task sequences to reduce cycle time.
8. 08Assess the user-interface or usability characteristics of products.
9. 09Establish system operating or training requirements to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.
10. 10Integrate human factors requirements into operational hardware.
11. 11Review health, safety, accident, or worker compensation records to evaluate safety program effectiveness or to identify jobs with high incidence of injury.
12. 12Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.

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