9.1 - General Flashcards
What is the purpose of human factors training
Knowledge of the subject has significant impact on maintaining the safety standards expected of an aircraft maintenance engineer
In 1940, what calculated percentage of accidents linked to a persons performance
Approximately 70%
In a study conducted in 1986 looking at causes of 93 significant accidents. How many had been attributed to Maintenance and Inspection deficiencies
12%
What are the 10 human factor disciplines
1: Clinical Psychology
2: Experimental Psychology
3: Anthropometrics
4: Computer Science
5: Cognitive Science
6: Safety Engineering
7: Medical Science
8: Organisational Psychology
9: Educational Psychology
10: Industrial Engineering
What is Clinical Psychology
The studying and applying psychological theory to help understand, prevent and relieve psychologically based distress or dysfunction, while improving subjective wellbeing and personal development
What is industrial Engineering
The organised approach to the study of work
What is Anthropometrics
The study of the dimensions and abilities of the human body
What is Computer Science
The study of information and computation theory, and the techniques for implementing and applying them in computer systems
What is Cognitive Science
This spans many levels of analysis, from low level learning and decision mechanisms to high level logic and planning
What are the most common human error preconditions or conditions that can act as a precursors to an accident or incident known as
The Dirty Dozen
What can result from Murphy’s law
Complacency
What can Murphy’s law be regarded as
If something can go wrong, sooner or later it will go wrong
