Abstract
This article intends to present the role of Ergonomics as a support to automation processes on companies by presenting ten ergonomic studies for control rooms in public and private Brazilian companies (Hydroelectric, Petrochemical, Steel, Subway Trains and Cellulose industries).
These projects were developed within the last ten years by ERGON Projects involved the diagnoses of the existing situation up to the ergonomic design of the future work situation.
The first study was in 1987 and was restricted to the ergonomic work analyses in a hydroelectric plant control room. It was then part of a pioneer ergonomic design activity in our industry. Furthermore, the other studies involved designing for work activity transformation.
In this article we will debate on the context of such studies, the boundaries of ergonomic design, the ergonomic methodology evolution and the obtained results.
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