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"Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomist"
Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Design objects, facilities, and environments to optimize human well-being and overall system performance, applying theory, principles, and data regarding the relationship between humans and respective technology. Investigate and analyze characteristics of human behavior and performance as it relates to the use of technology.

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomist"

1) Develop or implement human performance research, investigation, or analysis protocols.

2) Design cognitive aids, such as procedural storyboards or decision support systems.

 

3) Assess the user-interface or usability characteristics of products.

4) Collect data through direct observation of work activities or witnessing the conduct of tests.

5) Write, review, or comment on documents, such as proposals, test plans, or procedures.


 

6) Train users in task techniques or ergonomic principles.

7) Review health, safety, accident, or worker compensation records to evaluate safety program effectiveness or to identify jobs with high incidents of injury.

8) Provide human factors technical expertise on topics such as advanced user-interface technology development or the role of human users in automated or autonomous sub-systems in advanced vehicle systems.

9) Investigate theoretical or conceptual issues, such as the human design considerations of lunar landers or habitats.

10) Estimate time or resource requirements for ergonomic or human factors research or development projects.

11) Conduct interviews or surveys of users or customers to collect information on topics such as requirements, needs, fatigue, ergonomics, or interfaces.

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12) Recommend workplace changes to improve health and safety, using knowledge of potentially harmful factors, such as heavy loads or repetitive motions.

13) Provide 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.

14) Prepare reports or presentations summarizing results or conclusions of human factors engineering or ergonomics activities, such as testing, investigation, or validation.

 

15) Perform statistical analyses, such as social network pattern analysis, network modeling, discrete event simulation, agent-based modeling, statistical natural language processing, computational sociology, mathematical optimization, or systems dynamics.

16) Integrate human factors requirements into operational hardware.

17) Establish system operating or training requirements to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces.

18) Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards.

19) Perform functional, task, or anthropometric analysis, using tools such as checklists, surveys, videotaping or force measurement.

20) Operate testing equipment, such as heat stress meters, octave band analyzers, motion analysis equipment, inclinometers, light meters, velometers, sling psychrometers, or colormetric detection tubes.

21) Develop or implement research methodologies or statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate developmental prototypes used in new products or processes, such as cockpit designs, user workstations, or computerized human models.

22) Conduct research to evaluate potential solutions related to changes in equipment design, procedures, manpower, personnel, or training.

23) Apply modeling or quantitative analysis to forecast events, such as human decisions or behaviors, the structure or processes of organizations, or the attitudes or actions of human groups.

24) Analyze complex systems to determine potential for further development, production, interoperability, compatibility, or usefulness in a particular area, such as aviation.

25) Advocate for end users in collaboration with other professionals including engineers, designers, managers, or customers.

26) Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.

Job Description for "Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomist" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks
Part 2
Activities
Part 3
Skills
Part 4
Abilities
Part 5
Knowledge


"Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomist"   Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  NA        SOC:  17-2112.01


 

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