COURSE DESCRIPTION
GENERAL
The need to take human factors into account; Incidents attributable to human factors/human error; ‘Murphy’s’ law.
HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND LIMITATIONS
Vision; Hearing; Information processing; Attention and perception; Memory; Claustrophobia and physical access.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Responsibility: individual and group; Motivation and de-motivation; Peer pressure; ‘Culture’ issues; Team working; Management, supervision and leadership.
FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE
Fitness/health; Stress: domestic and work related; Time pressure and deadlines; Workload: overload and underload;
Sleep and fatigue, shiftwork; Alcohol, medication, drug abuse.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Noise and fumes; Illumination; Climate and temperature; Motion and vibration; Working environment.
TASKS
Physical work; Repetitive tasks; Visual inspection; Complex systems.
COMMUNICATION
Within and between teams; Work logging and recording; Keeping up to date, currency; Dissemination of information.
HUMAN ERROR
Error models and theories; Types of error in maintenance tasks; Implications of errors (i.e. accidents); Avoiding and managing errors.
HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE
Recognising and avoiding hazards; Dealing with emergencies.
Course Features
- Lecture 0
- Quiz 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
