This Gulf standard provides guidance on the ergonomics principles important in the design and selection of office furniture to ensure that it will avoid any undue strain on the user. The approach taken has been to provide the information necessary to give a general framework which will enable both purchasers and designers to understand and use ergonomics information applied to their work. The standard does not provide a fixed set of prescriptive rules and, as a consequence, does not include detailed dimensional recommendations; such details are given in Gulf Standard indicated in item 2. The standard indicates how designers and purchasers can ensure that the needs of the end-user are at the centre of their decisions, thus creating a situation where work can be carried out comfortably and effeciently