The Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA)

19/11/2024

Join Dr Laura Pickup on Friday 29th November 10:00-11:00 as she discusses Fatigue risk management in safety critical contexts.

Register here: https://ergonomicssa.com/event/FRMsafetycrit

Looking forward to seeing you there!

01/10/2024

UPCOMING WEBINAR - "Advancing HFE in Africa", on Thurs 3rd Oct.
Hear from the IEA President Andrew Thatcher and ESSA President Sma Ngcamu-Tukulula on this exciting topic!

Register here: https://ergonomicssa.com/event/advHFE

10/09/2024

Submissions to become a certified ergonomics professional are due in 3 weeks! Start finalising your applications, as the submission deadline is the 30th September 2024.

Need more information?
Watch this webinar - https://youtu.be/0BTteW76aL4?si=oujV3kuoub_hE9Xl
or email [email protected]

27/08/2024

Reminder about the upcoming Empowering Women's Month Webinar.
Wed 28 August
11:30 - 13:00
Register now to reserve your place.

Join us on the 28th August for an empowering Women's Month Webinar on how human factors and ergonomics can shape better workplaces for women. Hear from three leading women in ergonomics as they share their insights on this pertinent topic.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcO2przsrE9y3ADOP-oUdCKrUf18Ye1X9 #/registration

16/08/2024

Join us on the 28th August for an empowering Women's Month Webinar on how human factors and ergonomics can shape better workplaces for women. Hear from three leading women in ergonomics as they share their insights on this pertinent topic.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcO2przsrE9y3ADOP-oUdCKrUf18Ye1X9 #/registration

09/08/2024

Happy Women’s Day to all the incredible woman. Today we celebrate you, all your achievements of the past, present and future.
Have a wonderful day!

20/02/2024

Details of the upcoming ESSA Symposia in the attached images.
Registration details in the individual captions or go to https://ergonomicssa.com/events/event_list.asp to view all upcoming events.

Jonathan Davy Sma Nokubonga Ngcamu-Tukulula Sarah Le Grange Thato Malesa Miriam Mattison Sam Bezuidenhout

24/10/2023

Good morning All

ESSA is having its 2023 AGM on the 31st of October 2023, at Olives and Plates, Wits University in Johannesburg. Starting at 9h00

If you would like to join please register using the following link:

https://forms.gle/9LPncC7G8fyFvJzG6

You can join in person or online

We also ask for you to send through any nominations for ESSA council members
All details and documents should be on email from the council

We really hope to see you all there (in person or online)

Thank you for your interest in attending the ESSA AGM scheduled for 31 October, 9:00-16:00. Please RSVP to attend by completing the form below. NOTE: You can attend the sessions in person at Wits University or online. There will be 3 sessions on the day as follows: SESSION 1: Ergonomics Regulations....

29/05/2023

If you missed out on our last webinar: UX design and human factors/ergonomics

You can still watch it, with the following link:

16/05/2023

Interested in UX Design in Human factors/ ergonomics?
Join our free webinar, date and time can be seen below.

Register with the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqcO6tqjkqGdXAYfrznEKxSgA3uyeNnhfa #/registration

25/04/2023

As part of ESSA's role to create awareness of the value in the
application of Human Factors and Ergonomics, ESSA has initiated the
'From the President's Desk' podcast series, where various professionals
involved in both the research and practice of HFE share their insights
with ESSA's president, Jonathan Davy.

In this first episode, Jono sat down with Ian Findlay and Meg Moss from
The Sharp End to chat about their experiences in the application of HFE
in a diverse range of projects in the Healthcare sector. You can hear
what Meg and Ian had to share here:

In this podcast, I sat down with Ian Findaly and Megan Moss from the Sharp End (https://www.thesharpend.co.za/) to chat about their insights and experiences around the application of Human Factors and

24/04/2023

Interested in a vacancy position at Gijima have a look at the advert below

23/01/2023

DID YOU KNOW?

Ergonomics can also be called human factors. You may find some people or industries using either terms, while others use the following:
Human Factors/ergonomics (HFE or HF/E)

I’m South Africa you will mostly find different industries using the term ergonomics, although industries within the transport sector, for example, will predominantly use the term human factors

Which industry are you in? Do you use the term ergonomics or human factors?

03/01/2023

If you missed our last webinar of 2022, have a view of it here with the below link

14/12/2022

Don’t forget to join today at 11am

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09/12/2022

Join us for an exciting final webinar in 2023. Get some insight from HFE academics and practitioners on why you should study human factors/ ergonomics
Join for free with this link:

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14/09/2022

Friendly reminder for our webinar tomorrow (15/09/2022) at 12.00

Click the link to join

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