AKTU Ergonomics and Safety in Farm Operations (HTFP601) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Farm Machinery and Power Engineering
Ergonomics and Safety in Farm Operations HTFP601
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Syllabus — Ergonomics and Safety in Farm Operations
Download PDFHTFP601 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of farm machinery. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Understand human-machine systems, ergonomics, its applications in work systems, history, and modern developments in ergonomics. | K2 |
| CO 2 | Understand anthropometry's role in daily life, principles in workspace and equipment design, manual handling tasks, and application in equipment design. | K2 |
| CO 3 | Understand human factors in tractor seat design, entry system, controls, shape, color coding, dial, indicators, and modern technology for driving comfort. | K2 |
| CO 4 | Understand physiological parameters, psychological stresses, measurement techniques, human energy expenditure, analyze calibration, evaluate workload, and assessment. | K2, K4 & K5 |
| CO 5 | Familiar with safety considerations, operator protective gadgets, and standards/codes for tractors and agricultural machinery safety in farm operations. | K2 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create
Course Content
Description of human-machine systems. Ergonomics and its areas of application in the work system. History of ergonomics. Modern ergonomics.
Anthropometry: Its role in daily life, principles in workspace and equipment design, design of manual handling tasks and application in equipment design. Human postures: Postural stress and its role in design of farm machinery.
Human factors in tractor seat design: Entry system, controls, shape, colour coding, dial and indicators. Modern technology for comfort in driving places.
Physiological parameters: Psychological and mental stresses and their measurement techniques. Human energy expenditure: Calibration of subjects, human workload and its assessment. Measurement of oxygen consumption and physiological parameter, viz. heart/ pulse rate, Calibration of human subject on bicycle ergometer and on treadmill .
Case study of accidents and safety on tractors, trailers, chaff cutters and threshers. Safety considerations and operators protective gadgets in farm operations. Standards/codes for tractors and agricultural machinery safety.
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- Gite L P 2009. Anthropometric and Strength Data of Indian Agricultural Workers for Farm Equipment Design. Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal.
- Gite L P, Agrawal K N, Mehta C R, Potdar R R and Narwariya B S. 2019. Handbook of Ergonomical Design of Agricultural Tools, Equipment and work Places. Jain Brothers, New Delhi.
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