Course details

This is a 1 day course designed for employees who require refresher course in Human Factors. The depth of the course is designed for easy understanding of the topics.

Course Syllabus

The topics covered in the course are:

  • Introduction: The Need to Take Human Factors into Account, Incidents and Accidents, Attributable to Human Factors/Human Error, Murphy’s Law
  • Human Performance & Limitations: Human Performance as Part of the Maintenance Engineering System, Vision, Hearing, Information Processing, Claustrophobia, Physical Access and Fear of Heights
  • Social Psychology: The Social Environment, Responsibility: Individual & Group, Motivation & De-Motivation, Peer Pressure, Culture Issues, Team Working, Management, Supervision & Leadership, Maintenance Resource Management (MRM)
  • Factors Affecting Performance: Fitness & Health, Stress: Domestic & Work Related, Time Pressure & Deadlines, Workload – Overload and Underload, Sleep, Fatigue and Shift Work, Alcohol, Medication & Drug Abuse
  • Physical Environment: Noise, Fumes, Illumination, Climate and Temperature, Motion & Vibration, Confined Spaces, Working Environment
  • Tasks: Physical Work, Repetitive Tasks, Visual Inspection, Complex Systems
  • Communication: Within & Between Teams, Work Logging & Recording, Keeping Up-to-Date, Currency, Dissemination of Information
  • Human Error: Error models & Theories, Types of Error in Maintenance Tasks, Implications of Errors (i.e. Accidents), Avoiding & Managing Errors
  • Hazards in the Workplace: Recognising & Avoiding Hazards

Student – Lecturer Ratio

Theory:

  • The ratio of Lecturer to Students is 1:32 for theory classes.

Learning And Teaching Methods

  • All classes will be taught by lectures.

Student Assessment

  • NOT APPLICABLE

Admission Requirements

  • Ability to communicate in spoken and written English is required.

Graduation Requirements

  • Upon successful completion of courses. Participants will be awarded the ‘Certificate of Attendance’ by Air Transport Training College
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Air Transport Training College

ATTC has a Quality Management System in place to enhance our customer satisfaction and to ensure consistent quality service level. ATTC assures that there will be no disruption to the course programme except when there is a national emergency. Air Transport Training College is in the business of providing quality, professional training in aerospace engineering and aviation management to prepare our students for success in a dynamic and global aviation industry.

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