ERGONOMICS EDUCATION AND TRAINING - A PERMANENT CHALLENGE

This paper presents the main objectives of education in ergonomics, as well as the main standards associated with it. Training in ergonomics is presented as a function, as an organizational process or from the perspective of macroergonomics. Relevant issues regarding professional certification in ergonomics, certification criteria, key competencies, the body of professional knowledge, professional practice in ergonomics and credibility of ergonomists are presented.