Abstract
The aim of this study was to create ergonomics and human factors awareness and wakefulness in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company with emphasis on understanding the importance of improving safety, health, and work condition. The study sought to develop and implement one kind of “Job enrichment” with the purpose of improving employees’ competence and also to motivate participation at the workplaces in an ‘appreciative way’. The survey approach was used. Data was collected from 60 selected individuals from different organizational levels using the participatory ergonomics process that entailed the use of an actionchecklist and ergonomic checkpoints, as well as the review of organizational documents. Eighty seven percent of these study participants were male while the remaining 13% were female. The participants had an average age of 38 years with the standard deviation of 9.74. They had 11.81 years of service in average with the standard deviation of 9.76. In the data collection procedure, technical sessions, based on action learning, which lasted for 30, 25 h, or 1657 man h, was also held for the participants. In the data collection, the participants were made to study the action-checklist before and after completing the ergonomic checkpoints. This resulted in a 0.3 percent improvement in the technical capabilities of the participants and improved their social skills and their interest in participation in the company during this study. Based on the analysis of participants’ feedbacks on the implementation of different work evaluation approaches and their reflection from learning, key findings were made through intentional learning, based on a systemic pre-intervention ergonomics work process on how the participants could be empowered in technical and social skills.
Highlights
IntroductionNecessity for applying action-checklists and various checkpoints in industrially developing countriesVarious action checklists have been developed for different purposes, usually as tools for prioritizing action plans in ergonomic design or redesign, comparative studies and training [1,2]
Necessity for applying action-checklists and various checkpoints in industrially developing countriesVarious action checklists have been developed for different purposes, usually as tools for prioritizing action plans in ergonomic design or redesign, comparative studies and training [1,2]
There are other types of ergonomic checkpoints listed by Kogi [2], applied through serial participatory steps, that have been used in training programs to improve workplace conditions in small-scale workplaces in Industrially Developing Countries (IDCs) in Asia
Summary
Necessity for applying action-checklists and various checkpoints in industrially developing countriesVarious action checklists have been developed for different purposes, usually as tools for prioritizing action plans in ergonomic design or redesign, comparative studies and training [1,2]. There are other types of ergonomic checkpoints listed by Kogi [2], applied through serial participatory steps, that have been used in training programs to improve workplace conditions in small-scale workplaces in Industrially Developing Countries (IDCs) in Asia. Described these checkpoints as generally a compilation of practical improvement options in a broad range of technical areas, such as materials handling, workstation design, physical environment and work organization. As found by Helali [6], there is the need to pay attention when presenting and applying different ergonomics intervention techniques with three different ‘process phases’ (i.e., Routine task/Pre-intervention, Modified task/ Process intervention, and new task/Post-intervention) in industrial firms in IDCs, such as Iran
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