Table 1.

CIEHF knowledge areas of human factors and ergonomics

Anatomy and physiology	Psychology	People and systems	Work environment	Methods and tools
Ageing	Attention	Communication systems	Abnormal environments	Anthropometrics
Anatomy	Behaviour and attitudes	Human–computer interaction	Auditory environment	Data collection and analysis
Biomechanics	Behavioural safety	Human factors integration	Mechanical environment	Ethics
Disabilities and vulnerabilities	Change management	Human–machine systems	Thermal environment	Evaluation of work activities
Human auditory system	Cognition	Human reliability and error	Visual environment	Experimental design
Human visual system	Communication	Job design	Workplace design and assessment	Focus groups
Musculoskeletal disorders	Culture	Manual handling		Knowledge elicitation
Physiology	Decision-making	Organisational change		Measurement techniques
Physiotherapy	Group behaviour	Organisational learning		Questionnaire and interview design
Repetitive strain injuries	Job satisfaction	Product design		Statistics
	Leadership	Process analysis		Task analysis
	Learning	Safety culture
	Memory	Shiftwork
	Motivation	Socio-technical systems
	Perception	System engineering
	Psychological stress	Team work
	Psychometrics	User centred design
	Psychophysics	User experience
	Situation awareness
	Supervision
	Training and competence
	Workload

CIEHF, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors.