The Theoretical and Practical Relationship of Ergonomic: The Study of Professionals Involved in Foreign Trade on Port System

Abstract

The Brazilian foreign trade has long been closed due to internal protection of domestic industry, resulting in kicking and technological sophistication. From the fall of the military regime in Brazil and the establishment of a democratic regime in the decade 90, the government reopened the external commercial relations. With the growth of globalization was the increase of foreign trade professionals in ports of ships, resulting in the need to improve machinery resources, technological, professional improvement, implementation procedures and port safety rules and conditions at work in this area. The research in question aims to relate a theoretical study using based NR 29 (Regulatory Norm) Brazilian, checking in practice, the actual use of it on a port which has large volume of daily loads drives in Southern Brazil, considered the second largest terminal in South America containers. the data collection was through quantitative and qualitative research and through observation in port professionals. It is still possible to observe through the results gained from this research that the port professionals working conditions require considerable attention due to the large flow of operations by the end loading and unloading of your daily routine. We have detected that in Brazil there is a great deficiency in the supply of port infrastructure level in question, and requires a considerable investment so as the improvements in the conditions of professionals engaged in loading operation and unloading of goods.