Human Factors Reliability in Transport

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	342-0688/01
Abbreviation	SLCvD
Course title	Human Factors Reliability in Transport
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Institute of Transport
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the issue of human factor (HF) reliability
2. Basic concepts in the field of safety and human factor
3. Basic graphical models of HF (SHELL model, REASON model)
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. Final evaluation of the influence of LC reliability on the reliability of systems and possible measures to reduce its failure

E-learning

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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]. .
DHILLON, B. S. Human reliability, error, and human factors in power generation. Cham: Springer, c2014. Springer series in reliability engineering. .

Advised literature

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

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