Human Factors Foundation

Energy Institute

Training

In London

£ 1,800 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    5 Days

This 5 day course delivers a comprehensive introduction into human factors for non-specialists. It provides a practical, engaging and interactive background to key topic areas, as well as to how human and organisational factors (HOF) can be applied within the workplace. Successful candidates will receive the Human Factors Foundation Certificate from the Energy Institute and IEHF, allowing them to demonstrate the skills that have been gained during the course.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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61 New Cavendish Street, W1G 7AR

Start date

On request

About this course

By the end of this course participants should understand:

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

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

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Subjects

  • Leadership
  • Risk Management
  • Design
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Operators
  • Decision-making
  • Human Factors
  • Organisational Factors
  • Managers
  • Safety Culture
  • HOF
  • Human failure events
  • Competence management

Course programme

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:Non-technical skills

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

Module 5: Human and organisational factors in design

  • Introduction to HOF in design
  • Managing HOF in design

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

Assessment
The course will be assessed by a multiple choice examination on each module. Successful participants will receive a Human Factors Foundation certificate from the Energy Institute

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