A training course on Human Factors Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA). Delegates will be able to facilitate SCTA sessions of their own and know what to look for in a good quality SCTA project work, e.g. if they are doing the course to acquire the knowledge to be an intelligent customer.
Human Reliability Associates (HRA) has over 40 years of experience and has achieved an international reputation in human factors risk management. Our clients have included major organisations in the United Kingdom, European Union, USA, South America Australia and the Far East. HRA are respected internationally for our training and research activities in human reliability and human factors disciplines.
Dr David Embrey originally developed the Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) toolset in the late eighties, and he continues to innovate, present, and teach the methodology today. He taught Human Factors on The University of Sheffield’s Process Safety & Loss Prevention course for over three decades. He also wrote the textbook ‘Guidelines for Reducing Human Error in Process Safety’, for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Center for Chemical Process Safety. He is a leader in the field of human reliability methodology.
Dr Dominic Furniss has worked in Human Factors since finishing his PhD in 2008. He’s been teaching and conducting SCTA projects for over 5 years. He has published and presented on the SCTA methodology. He has edited and co-authored three books related to gaining a qualitative understanding of human performance issues in practice. He has received public engagement and teaching awards from his time at University College London.
Lydea Soh (left) holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Manchester and an MSc in Human Factors and Ergonomics from Loughborough University. Since joining HRA, she has developed her skills and knowledge in carrying out SCTAs in the process industries and supports our SCTA training.
Why the EI's Human Factors Safety Critical Task Analysis training course?
Human Factors is recognized as a key topic for addressing safety in the oil, gas, onshore chemical plants, pharmaceutical manufacturing and power generation sectors.
This course covers all the topics necessary to produce the human factors analyses to satisfy COMAH safety report submissions, together with guidance on producing the associated procedures and competency management documentation based on these analyses.
This is arguably the most important Human Factors topic area to get right for upper and lower tier COMAH sites. There is a lot of attention on this topic from the regulator but it is also foundational to the other topic areas and directly links with procedures and competency management. Besides reducing the risk of failure due to human error around COMAH critical tasks, the methods and techniques taught on this course can also lead to quality and production enhancements, as tasks are thoroughly reviewed and improved.
Whether you're starting your journey into SCTA, you are more experienced and want to brush up on best practice tools and techniques, or whether you just want to know what a good quality SCTA involves so you can be an intelligent customer when procuring these services from others, this course will suit you.
Key benefits
- The course is in accordance with the EI guidance document on Human Factors Safety Critical Task Analysis.
- Delegates will receive an EI certificate after completion of the course.
- The course is accredited with the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF)
Learning outcomes
Upon completing this training course, delegates should:
- Understand the regulatory context around Human Factors and SCTA
- Understand the different types of human error that need to be addressed within process safety
- Be able to use techniques such as Hierarchical Task Analysis, Human Failure and Consequence analyses, and Performance Influencing Factors evaluations for simple tasks
- Be able to develop risk-informed procedures and competency standards based on the results of the SCTA work
- Be aware of practical hints and tips for running SCTA workshops and walkthroughs
- Start to think about developing policies and a programme of work using SCTA to address human factors in process safety, with particular emphasis on satisfying regulatory requirements such as COMAH
Who should take this course?
- Plant Managers
- Process Safety specialists
- Process plant designers
- Supervisors
- Senior process operators
- Procedures and training developers
Course overview
- Introduction to human factors (HF)
- Predicting and preventing Slips, Mistakes and Violations
- Addressing Human Factors in Major Accident scenarios for COMAH safety reviews
- Task and error analysis tools and techniques.
- Human failure identification, identifying and improving factors affecting error probability
- Using task and error analysis to develop ‘Risk Aware’ Procedures and Competency management
One Course: Three Schedules
Delegates have a choice of three schedules: Intensive, Extended, Self-directed. This is designed to give participants maximum choice and flexibility to suit different schedules and learning styles. The scheduled courses have live group webinars, whereas the self-directed course has recorded webinars and more 1-to-1 feedback.
If you are looking for a bespoke in-house course for your company, please get in touch via the contact details below.
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Contact details
Training Team: webtraining@energyinst.org, 02074677178