Overview

Human factors (HF) is the study of how people use technology. It involves the interaction of human abilities, expectations, and limitations, with work environments and system design. Human factors (behavior, performance, and limitations) and safety in the aviation systems (a new view) are areas of increasing importance and piques intrigue across aviation working professionals and leaders.

Who should attend?

This course is intended for aviation working professionals at airlines, airports, state offices or regulatory bodies, aviation consultancies and those performing operational roles such as aircraft repair, maintenance, and overhaul.

Course Benefits

This course provides participants with applicational knowledge to enhance daily aviation operations, human factors and systems safety knowledge. This will assist the participants in optimizing the fit between people (themselves and co-workers) and the overall systems to improve the safety and performance level of the organization.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Describe and explain aviation human factors and ergonomics concepts
2. Assess key human performance and limitations of human, including ergonomics
3. Integrate and apply human factors knowledge into key areas of daily aviation operations
4. Evaluate human factors and overall systems safety relationships and apply these concepts to their day-to-day operations and safety investigation activities.