We recently presented to the Water Corporation to support the integration of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) into their Project Engineering Lifecycle. This included support integration of HFE into existing project documentation and processes to ensure it is included across all relevant projects phases. Departments represented included: maintenance, operations, engineering, project...
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Autonomous Haulage Systems: (Alarm Management)
We were recently requested to undertake an analysis of the collision avoidance system (CAS) within support vehicles to support the transition to Autonomous Haulage. Here is one of the key findings below. Nuisance Alarms Nuisance alarms were experienced regularly across all vehicles. Alarms rarely required a response from the operator...
Ichthys Phase2B Human Factors Engineering Support
We been requested to provide human factors engineering verification support for INPEX’s Phase2B Project. Overall the scope involves a booster compression module which will extend the production from the gas reservoir to the central processing facility. Our HFE Support scope includes the following activities: Pre-Workshop review of FEED HFE AssessmentAttendance...
Human Performance Strategies
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...
AS 7470 – Human Factors Integration in Engineering Design
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) published AS7470 - Human Factors Integration in Engineering Design in 2016 to support the effective consideration of human factors in rail projects. The following excerpt taken from the RISSB website describes the requirements and more information can be found a this link. https://www.rissb.com.au/products/as-7470-human-factors-integration-in-engineering-design-general-requirements/...