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| Synergy provides high quality consultancy services in ergonomics and human factors.
Clients use our expertise for the design of those aspects of complex systems that directly affect human performance. Our skills and experience are typically exploited to assess or improve human performance in operational systems. We provide services such as system design, human factors assessments, human reliability assessments, support for safety cases and research.
We undertake projects in a range of industrial sectors. These include: power generation, power distribution, oil and gas production, defence, transport and other sectors such as banking and retail businesses.
What is ergonomics?
Ergonomics is the study of the human operator in the workplace. It involves the application of scientific information concerning humans to the design of objects, systems and the environment. The application of ergonomics seeks to exploit human skills and abilities whilst taking account of human limitations. Ergonomics is also commonly called human factors |
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Defence
Synergy
provides high quality Human Factors
support throughout the Defence sector.
Our work in the Defence sector includes
design support for submarines, surface
ships and aircraft and have undertaken
ergonomics assessments of armoured
vehicles and military ATC systems.
We have also made human factors inputs
to safety cases for submarine refit
facilities.
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 Power
Synergy
specialises in power plant ergonomics
and has an envied international reputation
for their work in this area. We have
worked extensively in nuclear and
fossil-fuelled power plants and have
also undertaken ergonomics assessments
of power distribution centres. We
apply our expertise in control room
design, plant-based tasks and undertake
human reliability assessments for
safety cases.
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Oil
& Gas
Synergy
has provided ergonomics consultancy
in gas distribution control, oil refineries,
petrochemical installations and offshore
production platforms. This ergonomics
work includes human factors input
to Safety Cases, advice on console
design, alarm system reviews and assessments
of emergency evacuation procedures.
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Process
Control
Synergy's
Human Factors expertise, developed
in the power, defence and petrochemical
arenas, has been applied to other
process control applications, such
as chemical processing. It can be
exploited in any workplace where operations
are supervised and controlled remotely.
We provide sound, practical advice
on preventing human error, ensuring
high quality ergonomic workplaces,
compliance with COMAH requirements
and supporting Safety Cases.
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Transport
Synergy
has applied their ergonomics experience
on a range of transportation topics.
We have worked on the Human Factors
of air traffic control, undertaken
human reliability studies for rail
operators, investigated ergonomics
issues in ferry operation and provided
ergonomics guidance for cruise liners.
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