| PSHFES is a non-profit organization associated with
the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society and serves the needs
of Puget Sound business and human factors and ergonomics
practitioners. All funding for our chapter is generated
via the chapter's membership dues and activities.
PSHFES tries to connect human factors and ergonomics
professionals in the Pacific Northwest by providing
opportunities for practitioners to meet. We try to provide
a variety of events including:
We also offer an on-line newsletter
with meeting announcements and events related to the
Chapter.
Definition of Ergonomics and Human Factors:
Ergonomics and Human Factors is the systematic application
of relevant information about human capabilities, limitations,
characteristics, behavior and motivation to the design
of machines, tools, procedures, and processes used by
people and the environment in which they use them.
Ergonomists tend to focus on physical,
or "neck-down", issues with an emphasis on
understanding the role of human movement and posture
as it relates to work.
Human Factors Professionals (primarily
those with psychology and engineering backgrounds) tend
to focus on cognitive, or "neck-up", ergonomics
with an emphasis on information processing issues related
to work.
PSHFES
Bylaws
Go to links for more web pages
on our profession.
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