Evaluation Of Ergonomic Complaints And Stress Level Of Educational Workers At The Faculty Of Engineering, Unisba

Abstract

Educational personnel has urgent role in supporting educational administration process. The number of tasks that must be completed by educational workers naturally drains the energy and mind. Change in the work system during Pandemic of Covid-19 increases work-related sitting time and screen time which also applies to the educational personnel at the Faculty of Engineering UNISBA. The main purpose of the study is to discover ergonomics factors (complaints of the body part) and work stress levels as well as the possible contribution that can be given to parties related. The method used in this study is analysis related to ergonomics aspects using Nordic Body Map and work stress levels using Visual Analogue Scale. Measurement is conducted on 27 educational workers at the Faculty of Engineering UNISBA. Research results show that a number of complaints on body parts include back pain, waist pain, wrist pain, and neck pain as well as the average level of stress experienced that is included in the medium category. Those results show that related parties need to notice problems related to ergonomics complaints and work stress so as not to cause disease (physically or mentally) in the future.

Keywords

• educational personnel, ergonomics, workload, work stress level.