Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia
Ergonomic safety is one of the most important issues in many working sectors and this includes educational institutions especially school. It is important to get the information on the teachers’ perception of ergonomic safety training. Thus, the researcher manages to identify the suitable methods...
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| author | Nurul Husna Che Hassan, Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Noor Adilah Hamzah, Nor Kamilah Makhtar, Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman, Satrya, Aryana |
| author_facet | Nurul Husna Che Hassan, Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Noor Adilah Hamzah, Nor Kamilah Makhtar, Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman, Satrya, Aryana |
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| description | Ergonomic safety is one of the most important issues in many working sectors and this includes educational institutions
especially school. It is important to get the information on the teachers’ perception of ergonomic safety training. Thus, the
researcher manages to identify the suitable methods to prevent more ergonomic problem among teachers in future. Aim of
this study was to analyze teachers’ perception on ergonomic safety in school and at the same time measured the training
requirements on ergonomic safety. Ergonomic safety training in school is important in order to improve good body posture.
Survey questionnaires were distributed to 400 teachers. 111 schools randomly selected from the 10 District Education Offices
from whole state of Kelantan, Malaysia. Results were then analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS) Version 24. Most of the respondents involved in this research are female with the percentage of 68%. Descriptive
analysis showed that more than half of respondents understood about ergonomic safety, 78% of them possessed basic safety
knowledge and 22% of them lacked on the basic understanding of safety. Interestingly most of the respondents agreed that
ergonomic safety should be included in occupational safety and health training in school. It is suggested that all teacher
must undergo ergonomic safety training to promote and improve ergonomic safety in school. Higher awareness and more
information about ergonomic safety will help teachers teach their students about the importance of ergonomic safety and
create a safer environment in their school. As for the conclusion, teachers and students having an important role to ensure
ergonomic safety and their commitment will help in reducing the number of ergonomic problems in school. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:195922022-09-08T02:26:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19592/ Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia Nurul Husna Che Hassan, Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Noor Adilah Hamzah, Nor Kamilah Makhtar, Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman, Satrya, Aryana Ergonomic safety is one of the most important issues in many working sectors and this includes educational institutions especially school. It is important to get the information on the teachers’ perception of ergonomic safety training. Thus, the researcher manages to identify the suitable methods to prevent more ergonomic problem among teachers in future. Aim of this study was to analyze teachers’ perception on ergonomic safety in school and at the same time measured the training requirements on ergonomic safety. Ergonomic safety training in school is important in order to improve good body posture. Survey questionnaires were distributed to 400 teachers. 111 schools randomly selected from the 10 District Education Offices from whole state of Kelantan, Malaysia. Results were then analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 24. Most of the respondents involved in this research are female with the percentage of 68%. Descriptive analysis showed that more than half of respondents understood about ergonomic safety, 78% of them possessed basic safety knowledge and 22% of them lacked on the basic understanding of safety. Interestingly most of the respondents agreed that ergonomic safety should be included in occupational safety and health training in school. It is suggested that all teacher must undergo ergonomic safety training to promote and improve ergonomic safety in school. Higher awareness and more information about ergonomic safety will help teachers teach their students about the importance of ergonomic safety and create a safer environment in their school. As for the conclusion, teachers and students having an important role to ensure ergonomic safety and their commitment will help in reducing the number of ergonomic problems in school. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19592/1/03.pdf Nurul Husna Che Hassan, and Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, and Noor Adilah Hamzah, and Nor Kamilah Makhtar, and Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman, and Satrya, Aryana (2019) Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 2 (1(SI)). pp. 19-25. ISSN 0128-0198 https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/si-21-2019/ |
| spellingShingle | Nurul Husna Che Hassan, Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, Noor Adilah Hamzah, Nor Kamilah Makhtar, Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman, Satrya, Aryana Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title | Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_full | Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_short | Perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title_sort | perception of ergonomic safety training among school teachers in kelantan, malaysia |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19592/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19592/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19592/1/03.pdf |