Safety at work along with ergonomics were some of the many areas covered by this harmonization. Although it is
already over 10 years since these procedures were done, we still have reserves in the practical application of
ergonomic rules. Within the product ergonomics, the situation is not so bad. Due to the operation of international
companies ergonomics came earlier in the product design. At present so called process ergonomics, the application
of ergonomic principles in the production design, is very actual. Interpretation of legislative regulations and rules is
not always easy and therefor only a small group of experts who are able to implement ergonomic principles into
businesses exists.
The fact, that ergonomics in manufacturing is still an asset of rather medium or large enterprises, is supported by
absence of special degree or certificate courses in the Czech Republic, as it is in the case of some countries within
the EU. There is no CPE accreditation by the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics, no Eur. Erg.
accreditation by Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) or no Royal Charter from the Ergonomics
Society of the United Kingdom, etc. (Bridger, 2012). Approved academic programs for ergonomists training are also
missing. Education on universities in this area is often realized by several specialized subjects within product design
or industrial engineering study programs. In industrial engineering there is often focus on physical ergonomics,
because much of the production is still labor intensive.
To take action in ours own hands a proposal for improved and balanced ergonomic course, which will be
implemented in industrial engineering study program on University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, is presented in this
paper.