Skip to main content
Skip header
Close

Searching

Human Factors

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 342-0376/10
Abbreviation LČ
Course title Human Factors
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Basic concepts in the field of safety and human factor (HF)
3. Basic graphical models of HF (SHEL, Reason)
4. HF performance versus reliability (safety) of risk systems
5. Basic human psychophysiological parameters influencing the reliability of HF
6. Influence of stress and load on reducing the reliability of HF
7. The effect of lack of sleep and fatigue on reducing the reliability of HF
8. The influence of human errors and professional indiscipline on reducing the reliability of HF
9. The influence of the recruitment and personal assumptions of the operator on reducing the reliability of the HF
10. Influence of organizational factor failure on reducing the reliability of HF
11. Possibilities in the field of selection and training of operators to increase the reliability of HF
12. Possibilities in the field of stress and fatigue management to increase the reliability of HF
13. Possibilities of modern ways of human resources management to increase the reliability of HF
14. Conclusion

E-learning

lms.vsb.cz
www.vvvd.cz/m7-lidsky-cinitel-v-doprave-22.html

Literature

TILLMAN, Barry, David J. FITTS, Wesley E. WOODSON, Rhonda ROSE-SUNDHOLM a Peggy TILLMAN. Human factors and ergonomics design handbook. Third edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, [2016]. ISBN 978-0-07-170287-4 .
DHILLON, B. S. Human reliability, error, and human factors in power generation. Cham: Springer, c2014. Springer series in reliability engineering. ISBN 978-3-319-04018-9 .

Advised literature

REASON J.: Human Error. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-521-31419-0


back to search page