Introduction to Human Factors in Process Safety

CPD A 1/2-day course providing delegates with an introduction to human factors, how they can impact your operation and how to recognise, evaluate and manage human failure and optimise human performance. Provides practical knowledge and techniques to help improve safety in safety critical industries such as chemical manufacture, energy and rail. Delivered using a mixture of presentations, facilitated discussion and interactive sessions.

Course Content

Introduction to Human Factors in safety critical applications

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

Management of Human Factors risk

Overview of human error.
The typical causes of human failure.
Tools and methods to identify, assess and mitigate human factors risk.
An overview of HEART+ – Human Error Assessment and Reduction Technique.
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

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.

Course Options

Classroom

The Course is delivered as 1 x 4 hours session.

In-House

The Course is delivered as 1 x 4 hours session.

Live Online

The Course is delivered as 1 x 4 hours session (usually morning).

About the Trainer

Lucy Glasgow

Lucy Glasgow is an expert on human behaviour and human error. She brings insights from a career spent in air traffic control to helping people to understand the causes of human error within other safety critical industries..