Human Factors in Design and Operations

The purpose of this Human Factors in Design and Operations course is to explain how an understanding of human abilities, limitations and needs can be applied to the design and assessment of tasks, equipment, systems and processes, in order to reduce human error, improve safety and increase efficiency. It also highlights how and why human errors occur, and describes the methods, tools and techniques that can be used to identify, analyse and reduce them. Key Human Factors tools and methodologies will be demonstrated through the use of real-world practical examples from high hazard industries.

At the end of the course you will be able to:

  1. Analyse the role of HF in systems engineering in order to achieve safe and effective designs, systems and processes
  2. Evaluate the human characteristics which influence a user’s experience of the workplace environment to ensure it is comfortable, healthy, safe and effective (accounting for physical and psychological capabilities and limitations)
  3. Evaluate human error types (including violation) and their potential causes
  4. Appraise human reliability and performance using appropriate methods in order to develop measures to reduce the likelihood of human error

Outline

  • Introduction to Human Factors
  • Human Factors integration (HFI)
  • Human Factors support to the design lifecycle for high hazard industries
  • Defining human error
  • Human error and violations
  • Human Reliability Analysis (HRA)

Who should attend?

Managers, supervisors and HSE professionals.

What prior study is recommended?

Education, skills or experience equivalent to undergraduate level. Risktec course: Principles of Risk Management.

Course Details

  • Start Date
  • 23rd – 24th September 2026
  • Schedule
  • 09:00 – 11:30 and 13:00 – 15:30 each day
  • Location
  • Warrington, UK (British Summer Time)
  • Award
  • Certificate of Attendance
  • Price (excluding VAT)
  • GBP 1,450

Anita Weltz

Human Factors Technical Specialist, MSc Ergonomics

Anita is a Chartered member of the CIEHF and has over 19 years of human factors experience.  Anita has worked in the rail Industry for 15 years and more recently in other safety critical sectors (nuclear,distilling, oil and gas).  Anita has a broad range of expertise including: human factors integration, human machine interface and alarm reviews, development of domestic and European standards, integration of new systems with legacy systems, assessment of the physical working environment, developong task analyses, human error identification and gathering end user feedback using quantative methods.  Anita has recent experience of undertaking SCTAs in the oil, gas and chemical sector.

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