The European Conference on Applied Ergonomics, organized by the Hungarian Ergonomic Society and the Ergonomics Sub-Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was hosted by Óbuda University, Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering.
The European Conference on Applied Ergonomics, organized by the Hungarian Ergonomic Society and the Ergonomics Sub-Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was hosted by Óbuda University, Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering. The
opening address of the conference, consisting of two English-language sessions,
was delivered by Kenichi Hirose, Senior Specialist of the International Labour
Organization (ILO) Country Office for Central and Eastern Europe, on the
occasion that the ILO publication titled “Ergonomic checkpoints: Practical and
easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working
conditions” was issued in the framework of the teaching material development project of Óbuda University. Conference participants include Sylvain Leduc,
president of the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES), Maggie
Graf president of the Centre for Registration of European Ergonomists (CREE)
and the presidents of several European ergonomics societies as well.
strengthen the ergonomist profession itself. A standardized system of
requirements and an assessment procedure of several stages ensure that holders
of the European Ergonomist title have all the competencies required for performing
ergonomics activities independently and at high standards.
Programs for the Ergonomics Profession (HETPEP), was adopted in 1990 and since
then it has served as a model for a number of standardized European
professional qualification systems, including the titles of European Health and
Safety Technician and European Health and Safety Manager.