ABSTRACT
An informal group was formed in October 1984 by Dr Tim Gallwey, and in March 1985 it was accepted as a Regional Group of the Ergonomics Society (UK). The Group ran seminars once or twice per year and was involved from 1985 onwards in the development of the ideas and processes for a “European Ergonomist”. The aim was to provide the mechanism for establishing and controlling a recognized professional level for ergonomists throughout Europe, in order to provide for mobility between member states and to protect against the practice of those unqualified and/or not competent. The standards were agreed in 1992 and provided the mechanism for the Irish Ergonomics Group to become a fully Irish society.
