24 Oct You must undertake a critical workstation assessment, identifying and analyzing needs
1. You must undertake a critical workstation assessment, identifying and analyzing needs (e.g. using or adapting the VDU Workstation Checklist), you should include photographs of the workstation in your presentation.
2. Critically analyse the data gathered from your evaluation of the workstation assessment to identify ways in which the task or the environment could be adapted to reduce the chance of human error without impacting negatively on work satisfaction.
3. Prepare and present your findings, together with a critical discussion of how and why these should be implemented. You should demonstrate your comprehensive knowledge of the design of environments and work and the practical and ethical issues in the area of design.
As well as the areas of adaption, your presentation slides / deck with transcript must include:
• Introduction – the presentation should be properly introduced. The introduction should outline the purpose, structure and goal of the presentation. It should also introduce the key features of the case study.
• Consideration Areas – Furniture and Equipment (Monitor, Mouse, Chair, Wrist Support, Key Board, Posture Support etc.)
• A summary and outline of how the recommendations will impact on the e=iciency of the workstation. The relevant theories should be identified, applied to the case study and referenced – academic support is a key aspect of this assessment.
• Reference Page – APA 7th Format
The relevant theories should be identified, applied to the case study and referenced – academic support is a key aspect of this assessment.
