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ERGONOMICS [1 record]

Record 1 2020-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Collaboration with the OQLF
DEF

The scientific discipline concerned with the interactions between people and other elements of a system to optimize the well-being, health and safety of people as well as overall system performance.

OBS

Ergonomics is applied in particular to the design, evaluation and modification of machines and workstations, with one of the aims being to adapt these machines and workstations to the abilities and needs of users, as well as to their physiological, physical and psychological characteristics.

OBS

Ergonomics combines aspects from several disciplines including psychology, sociology, occupational medicine, physiology and engineering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Collaboration avec l'OQLF
DEF

Discipline scientifique qui s'intéresse aux interactions entre les personnes et les autres éléments d'un système afin d'optimiser le bien-être, la santé et la sécurité des personnes ainsi que le rendement du système dans son ensemble.

OBS

L'ergonomie trouve notamment son application dans la conception, l'évaluation et la modification des machines et des postes de travail, le but étant entre autres de les adapter aux capacités et aux besoins des utilisateurs, de même qu'à leurs caractéristiques physiologiques, physiques et psychologiques.

OBS

L'ergonomie se situe au carrefour de plusieurs disciplines, dont la psychologie, la sociologie, la médecine du travail, la physiologie et l'ingénierie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización del trabajo y equipos
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Colaboración con la OQLF
DEF

[…] disciplina científica que trata de las interacciones entre los seres humanos y otros elementos de un sistema […] con objeto de optimizar el bienestar del ser humano y el resultado global del sistema.

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