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Human Factor in Aircraft Maintenance

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-3380/01
Abbreviation LČvÚL
Course title Human Factor in Aircraft Maintenance
Credits 2
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 factors (HF)
2. Basic graphic models of HF (SHEL, Reason)
3. HF performance versus reliability (safety) of the risk systems
4. Human performance and limitations
5. Factors influencing human performance
6. Social psychology
7. Interpersonal communication
8. Ways of HF failure
9. Workplace environment and its risks
10. The role of HF in the work process and their risks
11. Possibilities in increasing the reliability of HF in the field of selection and training of operators
12. Possibilities in increasing the reliability of HF in the field of stress and fatigue management
13. Possibilities in increasing the reliability of HF in the field of threat and error management
14. The role of the operator's safety management system in increasing the reliability of HF

E-learning

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

Literature

GOLD, Nancy. Human Factors for Aircraft Maintenance. 2nd. Tabernash, CO 80478-0270 USA: Aircraft Technical Book Company Co, 2016, s. 200. ISBN 978-1-941144-23-7 .
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 .

Advised literature

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