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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Focuses on Human Factors in the operational aviation environment and practical application to Crew Resource Management. A case study approach allows students to understand and apply this safety oriented problem solving and crisis management discipline, in both aviation and other workplace situations.
Unit content
Module 1: Human Factors in Aviation: Principles and fundamentals
Module 2: Systems and the evolution of safe practice
Module 3: Communications
Module 4: Human Performance
Module 5: Crew Resource Management
Module 6: The wider application of Human Factors in organisation
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate an understanding of the Human Factors discipline, the role it plays in the safety of aviation operations and its application in other operational environments |
| 2 | describe the interface between systems, technology, environment and the human operators and be able to recognise the strengths, vulnerabilities and weaknesses of the human element in operations |
| 3 | apply Human Factors theory through Crew Resource Management. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the Human Factors discipline, the role it plays in the safety of aviation operations and its application in other operational environments
- describe the interface between systems, technology, environment and the human operators and be able to recognise the strengths, vulnerabilities and weaknesses of the human element in operations
- apply Human Factors theory through Crew Resource Management.
Prescribed texts
- Salas, E & Maurino, D (eds), 2010, Human Factors in Aviation, 2nd edn, Elsevier, Burlington, MA.