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Human Performance and Limitations

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0389/10
Abbreviation LVaO
Course title Human Performance and Limitations
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic concepts in the field of security and human factor (HF)
2. Basic graphic models of HF (SHEL, Reason)
3. LC performance versus reliability (safety) of risk systems
4. Human performance and limitations
5. Basics of human physiology
6. Basics of aviation psychology
7. Human failure and reliability
8. The process of human decision-making and behavior
9. Interpersonal communication
10. Overload and underload of a person in the work process
11. Problems of cockpit automation
12. Options in the field of selection and training to increase the reliability of HF
13. Possibilities in the field of stress and fatigue management to increase the reliability of HF
14. Possibilities of modern ways of human resources management to increase the reliability of HF

E-learning

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

Literature

HAWKINS, Frank H. Human factors in flight. Brookfield, Vt., U.S.A.: Gower Pub. Co., c1987. ISBN 0291397395 .
WISE, John A., V. David HOPKIN a Daniel J. GARLAND. Handbook of aviation human factors. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2010. Human factors in transportation. ISBN 0805859063 .

Advised literature

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