ABSTRACT
In the automobile industry, a substantial structural change has taken place and is always taking place. This results from the introduction of new technologies into industrial work. In particular the increased adoption of robot technology represents a changeover from single purpose automation to flexible automation or even to the "unmanned factory". Our investigation was held at the automobile plant Wolfsburg of the Volkswagen operators voluntarily took part in morning and afternoon shifts in work places after the implementation of new technologies. A summarizing analysis of stress components was carried out by means of the "Arbeitswissenschaftliches Erhebungs-verfahren zur Tatigkeitsanalyse" (AET) from Rohmert and Landau. The AET can be used for universal analysis of work systems structured in three parts: tasks, conditions of carrying out these tasks and the resulting demands upon the worker. Work system, tasks and demands at the work places are split up by the AET into a series of items.
