To study and design the workstation ergonomically one needs to investigate the components of workstation components, techniques to study the work, environmental factors. So, this book has been written to provide the basic guidelines of designing the workstation.

This book starts with an introduction to the components of workstation and its detailed information. It provides the information on basic techniques of work measurement so as to study the work and improve scientifically.

It also gives some guidelines to design various dimensions of the workstation ergonomically. Finally, it gives the details about the environmental factors affecting the work performance and its management.

Dr. Veena S Jadhav, working as a professor and principle investigator (PI) of the DST project in Department of Resource Management and Consumer Science, College of Community Science, University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad. She has thirty three years of service in various cadres such as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Head of the Department and University Head for the Department of Family Resource Management. She worked as a Principal Investigator for University Staff Research projects and for the project sanctioned under DST, SEED, SCSP, STI, Government of India, New Delhi. She guided 6 Phd and 9 M.Sc students as a Chairman and member of Advisory committee for 30 students. She visited Malaysia, Srilanka, Nepal and Singapore as a lead speaker and presented research papers. She has more than 40 research papers in her credit of National and International recognition and attended many National and International conference, workshops and trainings.

She has developed technologies viz., Herbal Seed Extracts for Control of House Dust Mites, tubers and underexploited flowers, resin arts and incense sticks from waste flowers under DST project at UAS, Dharwad. She has been nominated as a member of BOS in Mysore University and nominated as an Expert for Doctoral Committee and also nominated as a expert in the selection committee for the post of professor at Avinashlingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and she has received awards like SRES Excellence in Teaching Award, Scientist of the year Award, Incentive Award, best paper presentation award and Women Scientist so on.

Chapter 1   Work, Worker and Workplace Relationship
        1.1 Introduction
        1.2 Work, Worker and Work Place Definition
        1.3 Work Triangle
        1.4 Anthropometry
        1.5 Types of Work
        1.6 Classification of Work
        1.7 Types of Workers
        1.8 Types of Workplaces
Chapter 2   Energy Cost of Workstation
        2.1 Time and Energy Requirements of Work
        2.2 Human Energy and Cost of Physical Activities
        2.3 Worker Components
        2.4 Worker Postures
        2.5 Static and Dynamic Efforts
        2.6 Working Position and Movement
        2.7 Workplace Environment
        2.8 Work, Worker, and Workplace Relationship
Chapter 3   Work Measurement Techniques
        3.1 Introduction
        3.2 Objectives of Work Measurement
        3.3 As Basic Steps and Procedures
        3.4 Essentials of Work Measurement
        3.5 Measurement Techniques
        3.6 Tools for Work Analysis
Chapter 4   Workplace Layout and Equipment Design
        4.1 Introduction
        4.2 Principles of Workstation and System Design
        4.3 Design  and  Arrangement of Different Work Centers, Work Reaches, and Working Heights
        4.4 Design Considerations for Different Workstation Designs- Seated Work, Standing Work, Sit                    Stand Work
        4.5 Design Consideration of Displays
        4.6 Designing for Controls5
        4.7 Methodologies for studying workplace design- Formal and Informal techniques0
Chapter 5   Physical Factors of the Work Environment
        5.1 Introduction
        5.2 Heat
        5.3 Cold
        5.4 Vision, Light and Lighting
        5.5 Sound and Noise
        5.6 Temperature and Humidity
        5.7 Vibration
              References
              Index