What is BS EN 29241-2 - Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) about?
BS EN 29241-2 is the second part of the multiple series that provides guidelines to users of VDT-based information processing systems with reference to office tasks. This guidance is relevant to both the organization implementing the system and the people using the equipment. The guidance should be applied in accordance with local, regional, or national agreements and regulations.
Who is BS EN 29241-2 - Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) for?
BS EN 29241-2 on ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) is useful for:
- IT industries/firms
- IT engineers
- Occupational health and safety departments  
- Risk assessment authorities  
- Quality assurance departments 
- Manufactures of VDT devices
Why should you use BS EN 29241-2 - Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs)?
The VDT-based information processing system can have effects on the structure, function, and physical environment of an organization. Patterns of interaction can change, individual, organizational and technical interdependencies can change, and the contents of jobs can change. These changes should affect the performance, health, and well-being of the individuals involved in a positive way.
BS EN 29241-2 specifies ergonomics principles for the design of tasks for users of VDT-based information processing systems, this will help you to provide for optimal working conditions with regard to human well-being, safety, and health, taking into account technological and economic efficiency. Appropriately designed tasks should facilitate task performance, safeguard the users’ health and safety, promote their well-being, and provide opportunities to develop their skills and capabilities with respect to the tasks concerned.
Overall, BS EN 29241-2 will help you to enhance the efficiency and well-being of the individual user by applying ergonomics knowledge in the light of practical experience, to the design of tasks.
