5. Main fields of application

5.1 Design of workstations, operator stations...

The notion of "workstation" is a broad one, covering a wide variety of situations. We are talking here about generic workstations, designed to be integrated into a work system, such as "supervisory workstations", "office workstations" and so on. This situation often involves a prolonged period of use, either fixed or mobile, as in the case of a driver's station.

• Local factors

  We have already mentioned several factors that influence working conditions at a given job:

  • the diversity and variability of situations