About Energy Expenditure

The Parameters for Energy Expenditure dialog box appears when you select Single Task Energy Expenditure Calculation. This describes the various tabs available.

Note: If a Pick is selected as the From Operation, the dialog box appears with an extra Enter Mass: Field. Use this field to enter the mass of the object that carries in the Pick activity.

This dialog box contains controls for:

This page discusses:

See Also
About the Energy Expenditure Report
Calculating Energy Expenditure

Action Input

This tab displays the starting operation (From Operation:) and the ending operation (To Operation:) that are subsets of the selected task.

Operations are the subactivities that appear under a task in the PPR tree.

For activities that have subactivities (that is, a Walk activity consists of series of MoveToPosture subactivities) the starting and ending operations automatically enter.

The Action Input tab contains the following options:

Human task:
This stipulates the used human task for calculation.
From Operation:
Select the operation where the action starts.
To Operation:
Select the operation at which the action ends.
Title
Type a title in this section.

Insert current parameters in Action list
This inserts the current parameters data.
Input Kcal Parameters
The Parameters for Energy Expenditure dialog box appears and you can update the parameters in this list.

List of Picked Objects: This field specifies picking the objects.

Enter Mass: This field specifies the mass of the picked object.

Body Posture: This field specifies the posture taken by the worker during the current job. The current job refers to the actual range defined by the From Operation to the To Operation. The options offered are:

  • Standing Straight
  • Standing Bent
  • Sitting

Body Action: This field indicates the action performed by the body from the starting operation to the ending operation of the current job. The options offered are:

  • No Action
  • Walk
  • Stoop
  • Squat
  • Climb stair or ladder

(All two-handed lifting/lowering activities declare as a Stoop or a Squat.)

Left/Right Arm Action: This field indicates the arm action for the current job. The options are:

  • No Action
  • Hand and Arm Work
  • Hold
  • Push / Pull
  • Lift
  • Lateral Work (180 degrees)
  • Lateral Work (90 degrees)
  • Horizontal Work

The Details activates and selects when the following arm actions are chosen:

Hand and Arm Work Detail options to choose from are:

  • Work Light
  • Work Heavy
  • Hand Work Light
  • Hand Work Heavy

Hold Detail Options to choose from are:

  • Hold at Waist
  • Hold at Thigh

Push/Pull Detail Options to choose from are:

At chest and At Thigh:

  • Push/Pull at the Chest

Action List Tab

The Action List tab contains the following options:

From Operation (column) to Operation (column) Title (column)

This shows the actions available for this calculation. Select an activity in the Action List:

  • Use the Modify Kcal Parameters to view or change the parameters associated with an already existing job.
  • Use the Remove to delete the parameters associated with one (or several if multiselected) specific job. This action cannot reverse.
  • Press Compute to start the automatic energy expenditure computation. The Action List must contain at least one element for availability.