Services
We offer our services in the different areas below:
Human Performance
We increase and optimize employee performance by providing services, solutions and training that enables our clients to:
- Achieve production and organizational objectives by increasing operator performance in a safe and optimized work setting.
- Develop products with added value in terms of ergonomics and usability.
- Conform to regulations pertaining to products and processes.
- Reduce the occurrence of human errors.
- Find ways to identify and control risks in you organization.
- Specify the requirements for the selection of tools, equipments or software.
- Promote a culture of health and safety.
- Conform to regulations, laws and industry standards (SAE, Mil-Std, FAR, JAA, TSO).
- Identify and reduce the occurrence of human errors, and the consequences of such errors.
- Collect and analyze data about incidents and accidents to eliminate the events leading up to such situations.
- Define and document an organization’s needs for ressources such as tools, equipment and software that will improve quality of work.
- Provide training, in classrooms or on the web, to improve personel knowledge about issues dealing with human performance and how to improve individual work methods.
- Provide support for the implementation of a safety culture.
- Draft procedures and other technical documentations in accordance with industry standards.
- Organize shifts so as to minimize the effects of fatigue.
Usability
Usability is a field which aims to increase, among many things, the ease of use and effectiveness of systems, as well as user satisfaction. As a firm specializing in human factors, error reduction and safety, our mandate is to improve all aspects of user experience. We have expertise in bringing together the details that make up user-centered products and applications including analysis, design, mock-ups and usability testing.
If you need to:- Redesign an interactive application aimed at reducing error rates, optimizing user performance or increasing user satisfaction
- Design a new application.
- Assess the usability of a current product.
- Be coached or accompanied throughout the design process.
- Provide guidance, documentation and expertise.
- Increase the usability of any product through expert evaluation and renown testing methods.
Physical Ergonomics
Physical ergonomics brings together human anatomic, biomechanical, physiological and anthropometrical characteristics. Shumac understands of all these aspects, and this enable us to assess risks and formulate requirements for building comfortable and accessible work environments.
If you need to:- Design or improve a work station.
- Adapt a work environment for people with specific needs.
- Identify issues at the root of musculo-squellectic disorders and solutions to overcome them.
- Improve the quality of the work setting because of personnel discontent.
- Reduce the number of people suffering from work-related injuries by re-organizing work methods and the work environment.
- Assess and design a work station accessible for users with specific needs.
- Educate personnel on ergonomic issues that are relevant to their work habits and environment.
Training
If you would like to train personnel on techniques for adapting and improving their work habits and environment or if you need to promote and educate staff on health and safety issues, we offer programs that can be tailored to your needs.
Depending on your requirements, we can build in-class training sessions or on-line programs.
For more information or to discover our online courses, click on the following link Shumac - Online training center.