Lizzy Smith- Masters of Humans Factors & Ergonomics
- Consultant at WorkSmith
Lizzy Smith
- Masters of Humans Factors & Ergonomics
- Consultant at WorkSmith
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Introduction
Lizzy has been a Certified Professional Ergonomist since 2009.
Lizzy works currently with Accenture as a management consultant and designer; and most recently with a social enterprise charity called Community Resources Ltd as their Safety & Wellbeing Partner. Currently Lizzy also provides design and organisational leadership for a local start up farming cooperative and other community led projects.
Lizzy is an experienced designer of management systems, strategy and programs.
Current institution
WorkSmith
Current position
- Consultant
Additional affiliations
January 2017 - April 2017
Independent Researcher
Position
- Consultant
Publications
Publications (4)
Practitioner report of a completed case/application (Case Studies) The process of farm produce packing-what an ergonomist sees that others may miss. This paper shares the outcome of a contextual enquiry and work analysis performed at a Permaculture designed farm operated by a charitable social enterprise. The Australian social enterprise that opera...
The study analyses the ergonomics of manually recycling mattresses in an Australian context of a social enterprise. Mattress recycling in Australia is an environmentally conscious economy geared at diverting waste mattresses from landfill. Manual recycling of mattresses in the studied enterprise was a strategy for employing more people who had barr...
OF TASK ANALYSIS METHOD AND FINDINGS Amended version 9/2/21 Intent This document provides detail about the applied ergonomic methods in a case study being prepared for the IEA Congress 2021 and other publication. The paper reflects my research as a certified professional ergonomist. Please do not distribute without my permission. MAIN MESSAGE The s...
The effectiveness of occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) can be understood through analysis of surveys such as the experiences of exposure to occupational hazards by Australian nursing occupations. How effectively OHSMS are implemented in the Australian health industry is unclear as few studies describe current hazard exposure...
Questions
Question (1)
I am applying ergonomic tools to manual mattress recycling here in Australia. I will submit a paper to the international Ergonomics Association Congress. I am interested in connecting with others in waste management sectors or doing similar work/research. The tradeoff of manual and mechanised work and what constitutes good work design is of particular interest.
