Who Should Be On an Ergonomics Team?
Keep the size of the team small. Involve production workers and supervisors from the different departments- the people who will put the job improvements into use-and also the maintenance workers or engineers who will build the needed tools. Include a representative from each major type of job. It is important that the person who has decision-making power to implement the team’s recommendations also be a team member. Hold training and meetings during work hours; participation should be seen as part of the job, not an extracurricular activity. Hold training and meetings in the workers’ first language. Sometimes this will mean using two languages, with translation.
