• Planning, designing, and assessing work systems in terms of productivity, ergonomics, and efficiency
• Basics for the efficient and worker-oriented design of work systems
• EAWS structure, principles, assessment, and practical application
• Comparison of solution alternatives and identification of analyzing errors or deviations from (operational) reality, as well as, revealing improvement potentials
• Exercises for the comprehensive assessment of the physical loads on the whole body and the upper limbs, based on EAWS
• Implementation of a holistic work system design
• Implementation of ergonomic requirements on the design process by proactive ergonomics
• Selected case studies for the training in risk identification, risk assessment and risk prognosis
• Solving a complex problem in either individual or group work, including the creation of a cost and profitability comparison in a suitable form, presenting the results, and sitting the final exam

To be admitted to the training for EAWS-Practitioner the applicant has to be in possession of the EAWS certificate; in addition, he has to have gained practical experience in the application of EAWS subsequent to his training in EAWS.

Such practical experience may be gained by applying EAWS in the company, by independently creating EAWS analyses for the description and assessment of real or planned work systems, by identifying assessment errors in operational reality, by revealing improvement potentials, or by creating mandatory analyses.

The participant knows

• the structure of the EAWS method,
• the areas of application and application prerequisites for EAWS,
• the importance of proactive ergonomics in product design and process planning,
• the correlation between ergonomic assessment and process shaping with the help of a process language (preferably MTM), and
• the legal basis for ergonomic assessment.

The participant is able to

• create EAWS analyses independently and polishes his skills in confidently handling the EAWS rules,
• reliably apply the EAWS method to assess ergonomic risks – especially during the operational, product development and process planning phases – and suggested technical and organizational approaches, and
• make use of an EAWS-specific MTM software to support the numerous arithmetic operations required for the analysis of practical examples.

The participant

• carries through at least a target-performance analysis, based on the EAWS method,
• trains the comprehensive assessment of physical loads on the whole body and the upper limbs,
• recognizes assessment errors in or deviations from (operational) reality and presents improvement potentials appropriately,
• develops, documents, and implements reasonable measures for work organization or work design for a specific practical problem, for example for the analyzed work system or product,
• creates a cost and profitability comparison appropriately and correctly, and
• documents and presents the achieved results in a suitable form.

The training for EAWS-Practitioner (in all three variants) ends with the presentation of the project results and an examination. As an exception, the Examination Board may order an additional oral exam.

For the final presentation the project results are prepared and presented. In the case of in-house trainings and coaching on the job, the presentation with the project results is not transmitted to the MTM ASSOCIATION e. V.

Having passed the EAWS-Practitioner exam the candidate receives a certificate. Should the participant have failed the exam, he will be informed by separate mail.

7 days before the start of the training you will get access to the course under MY MTM. You must be registered on our site https://training.mtm.org and have redeemed the participant code for this training. There you will find a TiCon-zip file for installing the software. If you do not have admin rights on your computer, you should ask the IT specialists in your company to help you with the installation in good time before the start of the training.

The training for EAWS-Practitioner takes 40 hours.

Teaching times:
Monday: 10 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Tuesday – Thursday: 8 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Please bring a laptop with you. Please clarify before whether software may be installed on your company laptop.

When you book a training (or someone else books for you) you will always receive a participant code. Please redeem this as soon as possible. 10 days before the start of the training and again 4 days before the start of the training you will receive a reminder email for the training. You will only receive these emails if you have redeemed your participant code beforehand.

Please ensure that your laptop meets the following system requirements:

• Windows: Microsoft Edge Chromium (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version); Internet Explorer is NOT supported!
• Mac: Safari (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version)
• Mobile: Safari in Apple iOS 10 and higher, Google Chrome in Apple iOS 10 and higher, Google Chrome in Android OS 4.4 or higher.