Activity ergonomist · Réunion
An ergonomist in Réunion: real work, before the tool.
Activity ergonomics starts from a simple question: in which concrete situations the work gets stuck, for whom, at what moment, and with which tools. The assessment describes that before proposing anything.
What an assessment of real work produces.
The prescribed work says what is planned. Real work is what people do to keep things holding when it does not go as planned.
Interviews and observation
Individual interviews and observation at the workstation, with a reading of working documents. Each person then reads the analysis of their own work.
Nothing is shared without approval
The back-and-forth continues until the person approves it. Findings the team recognises as its own.
A roadmap
Use cases prioritised by what they bring to the work and by feasibility, over 0–3 months, 3–9 months, and beyond.
How the assessment proceeds.
Four steps, usually 3 to 5 days. Quoted, according to size and scope.
Scoping
Management’s questions, in writing. A scope of one to three processes. The people to meet, and the dates.
Fieldwork
What the work really requires. Sources of extra workload: rework, duplicate data entry and waiting. Where AI is already used, and how.
Individual validation
Everyone corrects, adds or removes. Nothing is shared without their approval.
Debrief
A collective debrief and a workshop with the team, then the report.
An ergonomics assessment already delivered on the island.
Hélène, a project lead at Territoire de l’Ouest, wrote after an ergonomics assessment: “The assessment is very clear and concise, and it brings out the scale of the challenge to be met.”
I am an ergonomist, a graduate of the Master 2 in Ergonomics, Organisation and Work Spaces at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. I became an independent ergonomist in 2020 and settled in Réunion in 2022, where my practice, ERGONOMIA, has its registered office.
The full sequence is on the Consulting page. The method note on what AI displaces in real work is in the writing.
The price of an assessment.
The price is stated before we start. VAT extra, at the rate applicable where the client is established (8.5% in Réunion).
Steps 1 to 4. What follows is decided after the debrief.
| Offer | Price |
Steps 1 to 4. What follows is decided after the debrief. | Custom quote, usually 3 to 5 days, i.e. €4,500 to €7,500 excl. VAT |
The implementation that may follow is €1,500 per day excl. VAT, and a half-day is available. It is not in the assessment quote.
Frequently asked questions
No. The assessment can start from a question of organisation or of how tools are used at the workstation, independently of any AI project already defined.
Real work: what people do to keep things holding when incidents, exceptions and trade-offs fall outside what was prescribed. Observation happens at the workstation, with the working documents.
He became an independent ergonomist in 2020 and settled in Réunion in 2022. ERGONOMIA’s registered office is in Saint-Denis.
In Réunion, in mainland France and remotely. The first conversation sets the days on site.
Describe the work situation.
The first conversation lasts 30 minutes, by video or by phone, free and with no commitment. The scope and the price are written afterwards.
First conversation: 30 minutes, by video or by phone, free and without commitment. Reply within 48 business hours.