• Home
• Our Team
• Cognitive Services
  • Human Factors Training
  • Crash Pattern Analysis and Countermeasures
  • Forensic Human Factors
  • Human Factors Assessments (Vision, Mental Workload)
  • Lab and Field Studies of Operator Performance
  • Software/Website Usability
  • Information Architecture
  • Wayfinding Assessments
• Physical Services
  • Office Ergonomics
    • Individual Ergonomic Assessment
    • Ergonomic Review
    • Ergonomic Audits
    • Ergonomics Awareness Seminar
  • Ergonomic Assessments
  • Ergonomics Training
  • Job/Physical Demands Analysis
  • Ergonomic Design Reviews
  • Product Testing and Evaluation
  • Forensic Physical Ergonomics
• Clients
  • Corporate
  • Educational
  • Engineering
  • Legal
  • Government

Product/Equipment Testing and Evaluation

HFN can work with designers during the development or retro-fit of products and equipment requiring ergonomic input. These projects typically involve usability testing consisting of focus groups, mock-ups, user trials, designing feedback questionnaires, modifications to design, etc. HFN consultants can get involved at various stages of the design process and can work on design and re-design teams. This would involve the review of preliminary drawings, providing ergonomic input based on drawing reviews, and meetings with engineers, designers and end users to communicate the ergonomic requirements.

Sample Related Projects:

Burlodge Canada

• Assessed the design of several meal delivery systems to ensure that push/pull requirements are acceptable according to ISO standards; that controls and displays meet human factors guidelines; and that handle heights and reach requirements are within human capabilities.

Keilhauer

• Researched ergonomic literature and accessed international guidelines and standards around chair design requirements and the effects on the musculoskeletal system for the purpose of providing a leading chair manufacturer with feature descriptions based on scientific evidence for a new chair design concept.

Scot Young Research Inc.

• Conducted a study to evaluate and compare the design of industrial cleaning products of two leading manufacturers.