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Document ID (ISN)68510
CIS number 97-327
Year 1996
Convention or series no. ISO 10075-2:1996
Title Ergonomic principles related to mental workload - Part 2: Design principles
Original title Principes ergonomiques relatifs à la charge de travail mental - Partie 2: Principes de conception [in French]
Bibliographic information International Organization for Standardization, Case postale 56, 1211 Genève 20, Switzerland, 1996. iv, 11p.
Abstract Part 2 of this international standard provides guidance on the design principles of work systems, including task and equipment design and design of the workplace, as well as working conditions, emphasizing mental workload and its effects as specified in ISO 10075. This part of the standard does not address problems of measurement of mental workload or of its effects. Contents: scope; normative references; definitions; design principles: general principles, guidelines concerning fatigue, monotony, reduced vigilance, satiation; information and training. Annex: examples of design solutions (informative).
Descriptors (primary) ISO; work design; ergonomics; mental workload
Descriptors (secondary) workplace design; fatigue; conditions of work; standard; mental stress; design of equipment; microclimate; hours of work
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceISO
Subject(s) Ergonomics and work organization
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Mental workload
Ergonomics