About the organiser
Elaine Skilling is Principal Consultant Ergonomist at the Keil Centre.
“I did my first degree in physiotherapy and spent 8 years doing that before undertaking my MSc in Ergonomics. Initially I combined my roles as occupational physiotherapist and ergonomist working within the private occupational health setting covering a variety of industries. I then managed a team of physiotherapists and provided in-house ergonomic services within the car manufacturing industry and other industries before taking up my present role in 2012 with the Keil Centre, Edinburgh.
Now I integrate human factors and ergonomics services to a wide variety of industry sectors both nationally and internationally with specific focus on safety critical task & human error analysis, human factors design & planning, behaviour standard development & implementation, procedure development & evaluation, and control room design. I also have extensive experience, both nationally and internationally, in delivering training courses and workshops in a variety of human factors subjects.
I think the Regional Groups are invaluable in our profession because although I am fortunate enough to work within a team of ergonomists and psychologists, this is rarely the case, making that peer support and networking opportunities all the more vital.”