Introduction to Human Factors in Process Safety Training Course

Course Content

Introduction to Human Factors in safety critical applications

1. An explanation of human factors, ergonomics and human performance.
2. The importance of human factors and its relevance to safety critical industries.
3. Factors that influence human performance.
4. The key legislation, standards and guidance.

Management of Human Factors risk

1. Overview of human error.
2. The typical causes of human failure.
3. Tools and methods to identify, assess and mitigate human factors risk.
4. An overview of HEART+ – Human Error Assessment and Reduction Technique.
5. Consideration of human factors in LOPA (layer of protection analysis).

Who should attend

Anybody with a responsibility for people, safety and their working environment. Particularly, managers, operators, supervisors who are interested in reducing the risk associated with human error.

Pre qualification

This workshop assumes no-prior knowledge of human factors.

After this Workshop you will be able to

• Describe how human factors influence safety.
• Explain the key causes of human error.
• Identify ways to reduce the likelihood of human error.
• Apply tools and techniques to manage human factors risk.
• Integrate human factors with other risk management activities.

What you will get

• A copy of the course slide set for each delegate
• A Certificate of Attendance for each delegate that attends the full course.

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Price

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Course Enquiries

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