Human Factors Foundation Training in Russia

Who should take this course?

• Those working within operating companies - including managers, operators and supervisors (anyone with a responsibility for people, safety and the environment)
• Those receiving university training as a prelude to working within major accident hazard industries (eg. engineering degrees, business degrees, (such as MBA's) as well as recent graduates

• the meaning of HOF and the scope of the subject
• common approaches to the management of HOF, and appreciate the benefits of applying these approaches in a major accident hazard context
• how HOF techniques can be integrated with other risk management activities

This course is designed to:

• provide a comprehensive practical introduction to human factors
• give non-specialists a basis from which to begin implementing HOF within their work

Module 1: Overview of human and organisational factors

• Introduction to human and organisational factors
• Human and organisational factors in process safety
• Human failure events
• Safety culture

Module 2: Human and organisational factors in risk management

• Human and organisational factors in investigation
• Qualitative human reliability analysis
• Quantitative human reliability analysis

Module 3: Human and organisational factors in work systems

• Procedures and competence management
• Workload and staffing
• Fatigue and shift-work
• Safety critical communications
• Management of human and organisational factors

Module 4: Human and organisational factors in design

• Introduction to HOF in design
• Managing HOF in design

Module 5: Non-technical skills

• Introduction to non-technical skills
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Situation awareness
• Decision-making
• Leadership