Human Factors Awareness: Web-based Training Course

Human factors awareness is a free web-based course. It provides 11 modules including an introduction to human factors, and 10 modules based on the HSE key topics and EI ‘Top Ten’ human factors issues.

Each module provides:

• an introduction to a human factors topic;
• problems and issues linked to that topic;
• the causal factors that make these problems and issues more likely;
• possible solutions;
• real examples and case studies where applying human factors has been beneficial, and
• eight assessment questions to test learning.

On completion of each module, users receive a score based on how well they answer the assessment questions.

The course is interactive, providing additional information and pop-up boxes, as well as links to other websites and videos to watch. Each module will typically take around 30 minutes to complete, depending on how much of the additional information is viewed, and can be completed in a number of sittings.