 | La prise en compte des situations de travail dans les projets de conception - La pratique des concepteurs et des opérations impliqués dans un projet conjoint entre un donneur d’ouvrage et une firme de génie conseil(Taking into account work situations in design projects - The practice of designers and operations involved in a joint project between a work provider and a consulting engineering firm)Lamonde, Fernande; Richard, Jean-Guy; Langlois, Lyse; Dallaire, Julie; Vinet, AlainÉtudes et recherches / Rapport
R-636, Montréal, IRSST, 2010, 145 pages. |
Abstract
In ergonomics, “taking into consideration the operators’ actual activities (production and maintenance) and their impacts on efficiency and safety” during design is a central aspect: designing production facilities means designing “work situations” for these operators. However, this indirect approach upstream from prevention is still not very widespread in companies. To offset this deficiency, knowledge about the favourable and unfavourable factors for taking work situations into consideration during design is necessary.
From this standpoint, the authors examined the practices of design engineers in a consulting engineering firm and a client, interacting with resources in operations, including plant engineers. They wanted to understand how these engineers take into consideration the real future use of the designed installations and project their impacts on efficiency and safety. The report describes the consideration given to these concerns through those related to the project’s constraints (technical performance, costs and schedules), as well as the determinants of this practice. The main conclusion is that no institutional or organizational requirement obliges engineers to take work situations specifically and rigorously into consideration during design, or prepares them for it. The report is mainly intended for managers, engineers, ergonomists and preventionists.
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