Two certification paths
Industrial and office work carry different risks and call for different methods. Both certification paths start from the same Foundation courses, then each continues into its own Framework courses and Capstone. See how they fit together.
Industrial Ergonomics
For the plant floor, the warehouse, the job site, and any work that is physically demanding. This path covers job and task demands, physical risk factors, validated assessment methods, structured problem solving, and interventions a workplace can realistically put in place.
Office Ergonomics
For desk, computer, laptop, and hybrid work. This path covers workstation assessment, anthropometrics, work habits, discomfort, movement, equipment, and office recommendations that fit how people really work.
What Matheson teaches
Every Matheson ergonomics certification is built on the same four Foundation courses. They cover how work-related injury develops, the psychosocial side of injury and recovery, what a job really demands, and what injury data can tell you. Good ergonomics starts there, not with a perfect posture or a checklist.
Understand the mechanisms behind workplace musculoskeletal disorders and how to identify, prevent, and address them in clinical and worksite settings.
Explore the psychological and social dimensions of workplace injury and recovery, and integrate evidence-based strategies into return-to-work planning.
Learn to quantify the physical and cognitive demands of any job and systematically match worker capabilities to job requirements.
Master the data-driven tools and metrics used to analyze injury trends, measure prevention effectiveness, and communicate results to stakeholders.
Complete the Foundation once and it counts toward CEES and CEOS alike. To add the second credential, you take only that path's own courses and complete its fieldwork review.
Courses & certification
CEES and CEOS follow the Matheson Blueprint: a shared Foundation, then Framework courses that build the specialty, then a Capstone. Take a full certification track or individual courses for continuing education. Each course page has the full syllabus, formats, and CE credits.
Shared by CEES and CEOS: Workplace Injury Mechanisms & WMSDs, Psychosocial Factors in Work Injury and Recovery, Job Demands Analysis, and Using Injury Data to Drive Prevention. About the Foundation
Then the paths diverge
Learn to turn ergonomic assessment findings into effective workplace solutions.
Apply validated risk assessment tools to identify and quantify ergonomic hazards across a wide range of job tasks and work environments.
Learn how to build and sustain an effective workplace ergonomics program.
Learn how to improve worker engagement and support lasting ergonomic behavior change.
Integrate the full CEES curriculum through realistic industrial ergonomics cases.
Submit 10 ergonomic assessment reports from your own practice. Two are selected and reviewed by a Matheson instructor for a validated tool used to quantify risk, findings that justify the rating, and recommendations the workplace can realistically act on. Reports that meet the standard earn the CEES credential.
See the full requirementsApply validated risk assessment tools to identify and quantify ergonomic hazards specific to office and computer workstation environments.
Master office ergonomic assessment and intervention: from workstation setup to remote work evaluation and productivity optimization.
Submit 10 office ergonomic assessment reports from your own practice. Two are selected and reviewed by a Matheson instructor for a validated tool used to quantify risk, findings that justify the rating, and recommendations the workplace can realistically act on. Reports that meet the standard earn the CEOS credential.
See the full requirementsProfessional development courses outside the certification paths, for specific settings and emerging practice.
Who it's for
Professionals who evaluate work, advise on it, or are responsible for the people doing it.
Courses are open to anyone doing this work. Certification requirements differ by credential; the CEES and CEOS pages set out what each one requires.
Resources
How we think about assessment, posture, technology, and making change stick at work.
How ergonomic risk is evaluated in industrial and office work, who performs the assessment, and what makes the recommendations hold up.
We want people to understand the work well enough to improve it.
The goal is not to make people sit perfectly. It is to create work that allows people to move well.
AI can only analyze the picture we give it, and work is much bigger than a picture. Why ergonomic expertise matters more as assessment gets easier.
That is why rapport is not just a soft skill in worksite injury prevention. It is part of the intervention itself.
Upcoming
Live ergonomics training on the Matheson schedule, in person or by live stream where offered.
An ergonomic assessment only matters if something changes afterward. Matheson training prepares you to understand the work, find the risk that counts, and help the workplace make changes people keep.
