Ted Dohrmann

Certified Professional Ergonomist and engineer,

Dohrmann Consulting

Ted is a highly regarded health and safety specialist, qualified mechanical engineer and Certified Professional Ergonomist. He specialises in providing clear, practical and useful risk management advice to companies regarding safety, design and usability.

As managing director of Dohrmann Consulting (a leading Australian ergonomics and safety consultancy), he and his team provide expert advice to the legal sector, government, public and private enterprises.

His work includes:

• Hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and work efficiency studies at a wide variety of workplaces (manufacturing, warehouses, agricultural, offices, helicopters, police stations and more).
• Safe workplace design and layout.
• Slips, trips and fall assessments, including testing and measurement.
• Ergonomics assessment and design of:
  • Machinery/plant/tools (including conveyors, scaffolding and ladders).
  • Computer-based workstations and associated office layouts for both the commercial and government sectors (including control rooms).
  • Product (design and usability).

Ted has extensive experience in the provision of liability expert evidence in personal injury matters. Instructors know him as a clear and convincing witness, having successfully appeared in several jurisdictions in jury and judge-alone matters.