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Year: 1996
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Floppy Ergonomist

The 'Floppy Ergonomist' is Interactive software that tells you all about office ergonomics with emphasis on helping VDU users avoid discomfort. Just click on a button to learn about preventing aches and pains, exercises, posture, and what to look for in the design of VDUs and office furniture. Now contains the text of the VDU code of Practice. (See system requirements IBM compatible : Apple Mac)

Who should use the Floppy Ergonomist

  • Data entry operators: - To help get comfortable.
  • Supervisors: - To help others be comfortable.
  • System developers: - To design for comfort.
  • Managers: - To consider the issues, and to help others.

Contents

  • What to do about any discomfort that develops at work.
  • Muscle aches and pains, Visual problems, Stress, Headaches
  • The design of VDU workstations.
  • The organisation of VDU work
  • Setting up your workstation for best comfort.
  • The design of the VDU hardware and workstation.
  • About the VDU work environment.
  • Posture.
  • Relaxation.
  • Exercises for VDU users. Shows 8 animated exercises.
  • And much more!

Copyright

Due to Copyright Restrictions this software is FREEWARE, but only within New Zealand - Please e-mail us for a copy.

Copyright for this software within New Zealand is owned by David Brown and the Occupational Safety and Health Service of the Department of Labour of New Zealand. The owners have agreed that this software may be freely copied and distributed within New Zealand.

David Brown retains all copyright to the Software outside New Zealand. It is a breach of copyright to (1) take or send copies made in New Zealand outside New Zealand for commercial purposes; (2) reproduce the software outside New Zealand without the consent of David Brown

Credits

The Floppy Ergonomist was designed in the Health and Technical Section of the Occupational Safety and Health Service of the New Zealand Department of Labour.

Initial programming was done at the Central Institute of Technology, Heretaunga, Wellington, by Kelly Sissons. Phil Simmonds drew the exercises.

This version of the "Floppy Ergonomist" is based on the "Floppy Office", designed and written by David Brown and Robin Mitchell of the Airport Health Centre, Sydney. Chris Walls and Frank Darby initiated this revision with their permission and encouragement.

Disclaimer

All care has been taken in the preparation of this information.

Neither the Department of Labour nor David Brown is responsible for the results of actions taken on the basis of this information. Neither the Department nor David Brown is responsible for any errors or omissions in the information. The Department of Labour and David Brown expressly disclaim all liability to any person in respect of: anything done or omitted to be done by any person; any consequences of anything done or omitted to be done by any person in reliance upon the whole or any part of this information.

System Requirements - IBM Compatible

Works with Win 3.x, Win 95, Win 2000 and Win NT only (does not run on Win 98).

File sizes

  • Software, including the text of the Approved Code of Practice for Safe Use of Visual Display Units (size: 606 KB)
  • Installation file (size: 2 KB)
  • Readme file (includes installation procedures, system requirements, how to print bits of text from the software and help) (size: 3 KB)
  • Structure (size: 10KB)

System Requirements - Apple Mac

System: Quicktime in the preferences folder of your system folder
Software: Hypercard II must be present on your hard drive

File sizes

  • The Apple Macintosh Version (size: 439K) self extracting file (.sea)
  • Readme file (includes installation procedures and system requirements) included in self extracting file