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Mastering Human Factors for Aviation personnel
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Mastering Human Factors for Aviation personnel

Human Factors for Aviation
Created byYot A
Last updated 3/2026
English
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What you'll learn

  • Define human error as it relates to Aviation personnel.
  • Identify the elements of human factors.
  • Give examples of the types of errors and failures.
  • Describe the conceptual models used in human factors training.
  • Describe human factors and accident investigation models.
  • Describe how to manage the Risk of human Errors in Aviation.

Course content

3 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 15m total length

  • Introduction1:01

    Introduce human factors for aviation personnel and show how it influences safety, operation, and efficiency. It highlights relevance across aviation and aerospace for professionals.

  • Introduction to Humanfactors5:07

    Learn how human factors shape aviation safety and performance, with over 80% of accidents linked to human error. Train to reduce risk, boost safety, efficiency, and teamwork.

  • Introduction to Human Factors Cont...2:27

    Explore the course overview of human factors in aviation, including human error, safety culture, and accident causes. Learn basic models to understand and apply human factors for aviation personnel.

  • Introduction to Human Factors Cont...6:50

    Explore how human interaction with machines, fatigue, communication, and environmental factors shape aviation safety and performance for aviation personnel, and learn to recognize human performance signs to reduce errors.

  • Human Factors3:56

    Define human factors as the science of optimizing the relationship between people and their aviation activities, focusing on interactions with aircraft systems and environments to reduce error and improve safety.

  • Human Errors4:13

    Identify how human errors are an inherent part of aviation personnel, caused by fatigue, stress, and communication failures, and learn to reduce and manage them through human factors awareness.

  • Common Defenition of Humanfators5:16

    Human factors explore humans' capabilities and limitations, providing inputs for designers and managers to balance safety and performance; fatigue and long hours impair pilot attention and increase errors.

  • Aviation Safety Records8:55
  • Aviation Safety Records Cont...8:47

    Technological maturity and redundancy with fail-safe designs and multiple systems keep mechanical failures low, while human error remains the dominant risk at about 80% of aviation accidents.

  • Aviation Safety Records Cont...6:13
  • classification of erros2:43

    Identify and distinguish active failures and latent failures as two classifications of errors in human factors, with immediate versus delayed effects and examples from maintenance and daily tasks.

  • SHELL Model8:31

    Explore the shell model, a structured approach to understand and predict how software, hardware, environment, and liveware interact with the central person in aviation systems.

  • SHELL Model Cont...6:15
  • SHELL Model Cont..2:12

    The "Dirty Dozen" refers to twelve common human factors that can contribute to errors and incidents, particularly in aviation and other high-risk environments. These factors are: Lack of communication, Distraction, Lack of resources, Stress, Complacency, Lack of teamwork, Pressure, Lack of awareness, Lack of knowledge, Fatigue, Lack of assertiveness, and Norms.

Requirements

  • No prior experience is necessary for this course. It is open to individuals involved in aviation, including airline staff, aviation professionals, those in aerospace, and UAV operators.

Description

Humans design, build, operate and maintain the aviation system. It is no wonder that the majority of aviation accidents and incidents have roots in human factors. With this realization comes the conclusion that quality human factors training is effective in improving safety. This course presents human factors information in a manner that can be readily understood and applied by aviation practitioners. Emphasis is placed on identifying the causes of human error, predicting how human error can affect performance, and applying countermeasures to reduce or eliminate its effects.

Training Operational Personnel in Human Factors. The emphasis is from the pilot’s perspective, but is applicable to all phases of aviation operations. The course relies heavily on participation, case studies, demonstrations, self-assessment and practical exercises.

Objectives: To provide class participants with human factors knowledge and practical tools that can be readily applied to improve safety within their respective organizations.

Who Should Attend: This course has been carefully designed to appeal to a wide-spectrum of professionals actively involved in aircraft operations. There is a special emphasis for safety managers, training, flight department and maintenance managers and supervisors, pilots, air traffic controllers, dispatchers, and schedulers, aircraft maintenance technicisan, base maintenace and other.

Course Outline

  1. Overview of Human Factors and Recent Advances
    Human Error
    Systems Approach to Aviation Safety Improvements
    Cases of Aircraft Accidents Due to Human Error

  2. Introduction to Human Error Accident Reduction Training
    Reason Model
    Shell Model
    Human Factors in Automation
    Corporate Culture
    Engineering a Safety Culture
    Threat and Error Management
    Fatigue and Alertness Management
    Communications
    Workload Management
    Monitoring and Cross-checking
    Decision Making
    Leadership/Followership
    Information Processing
    Managing Stress
    Judgement Exercises
    Case Studies

Who this course is for:

  • This Human Factors course is designed for all aviation personnel—pilots, air traffic controllers, maintenance technicians, airport staff, and airline employees. Learn how human performance, limitations, and decision-making impact safety and operations in aviation. Ideal for professionals in aerospace, airports, and airlines seeking to enhance safety and efficiency.
  • Key Benefits of Human Factors in Aviation:Training helps people recognize and reduce risks, making accidents less likely and improving safety overall.

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