L'avenir de la Formation d'Ergonomes dans des contextes « arides » et « avides » d'ergonomie : enjeux d'une certification professionnelle internationale fiable.

Our paper discusses the future of ergonomic training and real opportunities for the development of professional ergonomists in environments that are eager for ergonomics, but above all are avid for non-ergonomic consultants. It is based on our experiences as consultant ergonomists, teachers and ergonomics researchers in various countries of the "South": Algeria, Argentina, Colombia and Tunisia. Moreover, the reality of these contexts is the lack of ergonomic training available in these countries. Our methodology consists of directed interviews based on questions previously agreed between the four experts, but carried out in pairs, that is, each ergonomist interviews a colleague among the four based on standardized questions. Our results highlight how the experiences of these four ergonomists have points in common. The difficulties are institutional, but also related to the psychosocial risks to which they are exposed during their attempts to develop an alternative to the current trend that sees progressively emerge ergonomics without ergonomists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]