1 HSE/Human Performance Strategies This section describes strategies to improve human performance and HSE in complex, high risk workplaces. It stems from three focus areas commonly used in the human factors literature and NOPSEMA [Ref 2]. These include: Organisation;Job/Work Environment; andIndividual. It is recognised that these are broad focus areas...
User Centred Design
Human-centred design is an approach to interactive systems development that aims to make systems usableand useful by focusing on the users, their needs and requirements, and by applying human factors / ergonomics, and usability knowledge and techniques. This approach enhances effectiveness and efficiency, improves human well-being, user satisfaction, accessibility and...
Ergonomics and Green Star Certification
Green Star is Australia's trusted mark of quality for the design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings, fit-outs and communities. From an ergonomic perspective it ensures the design or selection of work settings, equipment and furniture is shown to address the ergonomic needs of the user specific to that work...
Management of Psychosocial Risks
The management of psychosocial risks is an importance part of personnel wellbeing and human performance. Many companies manage this through an annual schedule of activities yet often fail to get to effectively embed the primary interventions which effectively create a psychologically safe workplace. The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and...
Human Factors in Incident Investigations
A number of regulators within Australia have requirements or provide guidance relating to the effective consideration of human factors within incident investigations. NOPSEMA provides the following guidance regarding human error and approaches to help reduce the likelihood of human error resulting in an incident. https://www.nopsema.gov.au/resources/human-factors/human-error/
Safety Culture Improvement Strategies
Coretex Consulting has been engaged to deliver an improvement plan for an Oil and Gas client here in Perth. This project involves: Assessment and analysis of the maturity of the existing Safety Culture;Developing an strategic plan to support the annual HSE Improvement Plan; andDelivering specific initiatives such as:Improved leadership interactions...