Human Factors Safety Training helps build the defenses that reduce and mitigate human errors at airports by developing an awareness of the individual factors that can impact human performance that lead to errors in the first place.
Human Factors Safety Training helps build the defenses that reduce and mitigate human errors at airports by developing an awareness of the individual factors that can impact human performance that lead to errors in the first place.
This online course will provide participants with an introduction to the fundamental concepts of human factors and assist them to recognize, understand and mitigate human factors and errors on the airside.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain basic Human Factors Concepts and their relationship to safety.
- Explain the key Human performance issues relevant to respective operations
- Improve safety through the application of basic human factors strategies
- Apply the knowledge learned through case studies
Course Outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Be conversant about basic aviation Human Factors concepts
- Understand key human performance issues relevant to aviation operations
- Understand the nature of Human Error
- Identify and predict potential Human Error
- Integrate Human Factors knowledge into key areas of aviation operations
- Apply operational Human Factors knowledge to safety investigation activities
Target Group
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- All aviation roles especially safety-critical ones
- Pilots, flight crew, airline managers and operational staff
- Air traffic controllers and ANSP management
- Civil aviation authority, and aircraft maintenance staff
Delivery Method
Classroom (physical/online) session of power point presentations, discussions and simulating scenarios.
Duration
4 Days
Course Content
- Definitions, concepts and history
- Aviation Human Factors, management and the organization
- Human performance in aviation operations
- Fatigue and stress and how to manage them
- Human information processing and operational decision-making
- Human error and threat management
- Threat and Error Management (TEM) in flight operations, air traffic control and cabin operations
- Resource management training on the flight deck and in air traffic control
- Automation in the workplace
- The design of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and checklists