Certification in Ergonomics

Issue title: Ergonomics

Subtitle: An Update and Commentary

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rice, Valerie J.

Affiliations: Occupational Physiology Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts

Abstract: This article is an information update on certification in the practice of ergonomics. Ergonomic certification is currently being conducted by the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics for ergonomics/human factors practitioners. Ergonomic certification is also being discussed as a possibility for health care professionals by the National Interdisciplinary Committee on Health Ergonomics and the Medical Ergonomics Society.

Keywords: Ergonomics, Certification, Health care

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1994-4309

Journal: Work, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 211-213, 1994