The primary purpose of building Control Rooms in various industries, organisations, offices are:
- Centralised Surveillance & Monitoring
- Controlling large no. of various processes
With evolving communication technology, operators deployed in the Control Rooms have a significant role to play. Operators not only supervise various processes but are also vigilance officers who raise alert during emergency situations.
In Control Rooms, operators navigate through multiple workstations to find vital information in real time during investigations & being vigilant throughout. Operators, therefore, undergo increased levels of stress that can reduce alertness and their decision-making abilities and causing fatigue.
Operators job is critical and demands challenging work schedules. Therefore, it is extremely important for organisations to recognise the situation and work towards fatigue management. It is important to design Control Rooms with ergonomic initiatives that reduce Operators workload and to provide a comfortable & focussed environment.
Following are the ergonomic initiatives to improve Operators response time & their well-being:
- Smart Unified Technology System in a Control Room to bring multiple physical security systems to present in a single view.
- AI driven Video Analytics for locating & identifying individuals and for greater accuracy.
- Easy to navigate Graphical User Interfaces.
- High quality video performance with best resolution for real time decision making to Multiple Display Video Walls, Desk Console Stations.
- Clutter Free Work Environment i.e., no phone, no gadgets & no sheets of paper
- Provide Storage Space to keep personal belongings.
With ergonomics in place and operator friendly environment, operators can respond swiftly and communicate information swiftly to Security Specialists or external stakeholders.
– Bion Analytx Private Limited