Development of Ergonomic Drafting Table at College of Engineering and Technical Department

Drafting table is the most common tool in engineering courses. It is a table that is used for drawing activities of every student. Due to long hours of work using the drafting table for drawing activities, the user is prone to musculoskeletal disorder that is due to the awkward posture of the user. Through the use of survey conducted, gathered engineering student anthropometric measurement, and the different ergonomic principles, the researchers were able to determine the problem which is the poor design of the existing drafting table. This study aims to develop an ergonomically designed drafting table that will minimize, or possibly eliminate the discomfort and awkward posture of every engineering student without sacrificing its cost and safety. The researchers used different ergonomic principles such as the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) and Modified Likert Scale. Through these principles, improvements were determined. The following improvements were done in the drafting table; dimensions were adjusted according to the average body dimensions of engineering students, chair height and distance from the table board was made adjustable, and lastly the inclination of the table board was also made adjustable The fabricated drafting table was evaluated in terms of functionality and effectiveness, majority of the respondents answered strongly agree in all aspects of the study that concludes the functionality and effectiveness of the study.