Aplikasi Ergonomik: Komitmen Majikan dan Pekerja Application Ergonomics: Commitment of Employers and Employees
Keywords:
majikan, UiTM, komitmen, pekerja, employer, commitment, employee, ergonomik, ergonomicsAbstract
National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) telah diberi tanggungjawab untuk membantu meningkatkan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan serta aplikasi ergonomik kepada semua organisasi di Malaysia. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti sejauh mana kefahaman staf UiTMCPP akan faedah yang diperolehi apabila mengaplikasikan ergonomik di tempat kerja dan akibat sebaliknya serta tahap komitmen pihak majikan untuk mengaplikasikan ergonomik di organisasi ini. Borang soal selidik diedarkan kepada 60 orang staf yang berkerja di makmal, bengkel dan dapur Kampus Permatang Pauh UiTMCPP. Data-data dianalisa menggunakan perisian Satistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) versi 15.0. Hasil kajian menunjukkan mereka mempunyai kefahaman yang tinggi akan faedah aplikasi ergonomik dengan purata min 3.94 dan juga tinggi pada akibat apabila tidak mengaplikasikan ergonomik dengan purata min 4.37. Pihak majikan pula belum menunjukan sebarang komitmen untuk mengaplikasikan ergonomik di organisasi ini. Pihak pekerja pula bersetuju untuk beri kerjasama sepenuhnya untuk mengaplikasikan ergonomik di tempat kerja mereka. Budaya ergonomik yang diaplikasikan akan mampu mengurangkan kemalangan, kecederaan, sakit, kos penjagaan kesihatan dan memberi keselesaan kepada pekerja serta produktiviti pekerja boleh meningkat sekaligus memberi keuntungan kepada organisasi. The National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) has been given the responsibility to help improve occupational safety and health as well as ergonomic applications to all organizations in Malaysia. In this regard, this study was conducted to determine the understanding of UiTMCPP staff to benefit from ergonomic applications in the workplace and the consequences and the commitment of the employer to apply the ergonomics in the organization. The questionnaire was distributed to 60 staff working in laboratories, workshops, and kitchen at campus Permatang Pauh UiTMCPP. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0. The results show that they have a high level of understanding of the benefits of ergonomic applications (mean score 3.94) and a high level also in the consequences of not applying ergonomics (mean score 4.37). The employer has not shown yet any commitment to apply ergonomics to the organization. The employees agreed to fully cooperate in applying ergonomics in their workplace. The applied ergonomics culture will be able to reduce the accidents, injuries, illnesses, healthcare costs and provide comfort to workers as well as the productivity of workers increasingly profitable to the organization.