title: Ergonomics study of tea-leaf plucking operations: Criteria for selection and categorisation.
abstract: This paper describes a new method for the categorisation of female tea-leaf pluckers on the basis of quantity and quality of production, skill and efficiency. Subjects participating in a study on the ergonomics of tea-leaf plucking operations were so categorised, and the results have been compared with the existing groupings followed by the Tea-estate authorities. Such a method could facilitate predictive selection of pluckers, selection for training, and formation of groups in future studies.
authors.affiliation: Ergonomics Laboratory, Department of Physiology, University Colleges of Science, Technology & Agriculture, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ganguli
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti