Course Title: Human Factors Management
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2010
Course Code: BUSM6115
Course Title: Human Factors Management
School: 130T Engineering (TAFE)
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6011 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Aerospace)
Course Contact : Steven Bevan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4137
Course Contact Email:steven.bevan@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 20
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
COMM 5104 Writing Technical Documents
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide training in developing and maintaining workplace activities and procedures to manage human factors.
This course develops skills in developing and maintaining workplace activities and procedures to manage human factors and study maintenance incidence which impact on the aerospace industry.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBH136 Human Factors Management |
Learning Outcomes
1. Analyse how human factors can impact on workplace processes.
2. Analyse a workplace incident to identify the role of human factors in their cause.
3. Develop a workplace procedure designed to minimise the impact of human factors on workplace processes.
Details of Learning Activities
1. Classroom lectures
2. Excursions.
3. Guest speakers
Teaching Schedule
Weeks | Topics | Assessments |
one | Definitions: causal factors of incidents, non-conformances, near-misses, erors. | |
two | SHEL model. Reason model.of human error causation | |
three | Documentation including log-books, de-briefing | |
four | Training, manuals and other implementation of remediation and rectification strategies. | |
five | Skills based, rule-based, and knowledge=based behaviour | |
six | revision | test |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Notes from guest speakers
Overview of Assessment
To successfully to complete this course the student is required to pass written assessment tasks and demonstrate skills and ability by completing practical tasks to aerospace standards.
Assessment Tasks
1. Written-based test on human-factors terminology, in week six of course. Total: 100% of marks.
Assessment Matrix
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Other Information
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