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What's New?
POC on LinkedIn
The Potomac Chapter has a new group on LinkedIn. Please consider joining us online. To join the HFES-Potomac Chapter group on LinkedIn, go to http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=hb_home ... it's free! "LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with over 70 million members and growing rapidly. LinkedIn connects you to your trusted contacts and helps you exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network of professionals."
International Conference on Commercial Driver Health and Wellness
Monday-Wednesday, November 8-10, 2010
Baltimore, Maryland
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), are hosting an International Conference on Commercial Truck and Bus/Motorcoach Driver Health and Wellness. The Conference will feature papers, presentations, posters, and discussion panels on current knowledge concerning impacts of health factors on commercial driver job safety and performance; will document what is known about the benefits and costs of existing driver health and wellness programs; and will explore relevant case studies. For Conference details go to
http://pressamp.trb.org/conferencewebsites/default.aspx?CID=12&MID=15.
BCPE Newsletter
Even if you're not a member of the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) by being a CPE, CHFP, or CUXP certificant, you may find their newsletter interesting and informative. The most recent BCPE newsletters are available at Fall 2009 and Summer 2009.
We've received new job openings -- Residential Health Specialist (HUD); Marine Accident Investigator (Human Factors) (NTSB); Safety and Occupational Health Manager (Naval Facilities Engineering Command); Human Factors Psychologist
(AIR); Human Factors Engineer - FAA Programs; Transportation Human Factors Research (WESTAT); Industrial Hygienist (Consolidated Safety Services, Inc.); Research Scientist (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety); Safety and Health Specialist (F/T 40 hrs/week) &
Safety and Health Specialist (P/T 15-20 hrs/week) (Office of Compliance); Human Factors/Systems Engineer 3 & Systems Engineer 5 (Hunter Green Associates LTD.); Senior Research Psychologist & Research Psychologist (SAIC); check Job Openings
If you're interested in a job you also may want to check http://www.EHSCareers.com - an internet job board exclusively for EH&S professionals. The service is Free for job seekers and currently has over 420 active job openings.
The
Office Ergonomics Research Committee (OERC), a
research consortium interested in advancing the field of knowledge regarding
office ergonomics, has established a number of research priorities. For details contact director@oerc.org.
Copies of speaker presentations at past meeting are available. If you missed a meeting, you can still view the speaker's presentation.
Ergonomics in Design is inviting submissions relevant to practice-oriented human factors and ergonomics professionals
The POC Directory for members only requires a Login Name and Password; contact Jack Laveson, the POC Webmaster, for details
Welcome!
Welcome to the web site for the Potomac Chapter (POC) of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society (HFES). We are one of the largest local chapters of human factors and
ergonomics professionals within the national organization. Our current membership is
composed of nearly 100 people in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Our Home Page is a means of improving communications with our
members and those who would like to know more about the field of human factors. Please
feel free to explore the links below and to provide us with any feedback you have.
Thank you for your interest.
Frederick Rudolph
President, POC
President@HFESPotomac.org
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