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Overview
The issues in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) can be grouped into three main areas:
- Man-equipment interfaces and interactions
- Organisational behaviours
- Personal behaviour/human error
You’ll examine how failures in these three areas are involved in all major incidents.
Outcomes
By the end of this course at the University of Aberdeen, you’ll be able to...
- Explain the role of people, equipment design and organisational factors in major accident events.
- Identify types and classifications of human error.
- Reflect on the effect of equipment design and organisational influence on the behaviour and actions of people.
- Complete critical task analysis and human reliability assessments.
- Create systems that minimise the likelihood of major incidents.
- Determine the performance of human-machine interface designs.
Programme Structure
What you will learn:
- First, you’ll look at the human factors associated with designing processes and products. You’ll review a number of major accidents and identify how equipment design, individual behaviours, and organisational behaviours contributed.
- You’ll learn tools and techniques that you can use to analyse individuals, workplaces and organisations, minimising injuries and loss, and achieving performance improvements.
- You’ll then consider the role of equipment and system design, including man-machine interfaces. You’ll discover the effect design has on individual behaviour.
- Moving on to human error, you’ll look at error types, the impact of environmental factors, Critical Task Analysis and Human Reliability Assessment.
- Finally, you’ll examine organisational behaviours, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of leading and lagging indicators in promoting a culture of workplace safety.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
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Credits
15 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Disciplines
General Engineering & Technology View 36 other Short Courses in General Engineering & Technology in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
This course has no formal entry requirements. You decide if it’s suitable for you.
The course is delivered at Masters level. At this level, for this course, you’d usually have at least:
- a 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Geosciences, Economics, Business, Law, or
- another science, technology or commercial degree, or
- three years’ relevant experience that supports this level of study.
Tuition Fees
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Applies to youNon-residents1395 GBP / full≈ 1395 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1395 GBP / full≈ 1395 GBP / full
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