Description
This course provides the knowledge and skills to create a comfortable, safe and effective computer workspace whether you are working from your office or from home.
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- identify the risks associated with computer work
- recognize the importance of varying your work posture
- identify the key factors in maximizing your comfort zone
- evaluate your office work environment
- apply ergonomics strategies to the arrangement of your work environment
- explain the importance of healthy computing habits, including breaks
You should attend this course from your own office because throughout the course, you will be given various opportunities to practice adjusting your own office equipment.
The course takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and allows you to start and stop as your schedule permits.
This course was developed by the Institute for Work & Health and the Canada School of Public Service.