Human Factors for Engineers Course
19- 20 April 2016. Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, UK
www.theiet.org/human-factors
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19- 20 April 2016. Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, UK
www.theiet.org/human-factors
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Short description
Human Factors for Engineers Course
19- 20 April 2016. Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, UK
www.theiet.org/human-factors
Learn the core principles of applying human factors to safety-related systems at this IET training course. You
will learn how to achieve human-centred design, how to plan for human factors in a system development
programme and to identify human factors issues up-front.
Course topics include skill, capabilities & limitations, automation and human work, control room and interface
design and reliability assessment. See the full course programme and book your place at
www.theiet.org/human-factors
Extended description
Human Factors for Engineers Course
19- 20 April 2016. Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, UK
www.theiet.org/human-factors
This course will provide an overview of the tools and techniques required for designing systems that are
safer, more secure and easier to use, through a series of lectures and workshops.
The tutors will draw upon their practical experience and cover applied examples of good human factors
practice, together with the underpinning theory.
What will I gain by attending?
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Understand how to achieve human-centred design
Learn how to plan for human factors in a system development programme
Be able to identify human factors issues up-front
Key learning topics include
Tuesday 19 April
 Humans, skill, capabilities and limitations
 Safety and human factors
 Automation and human work
 Task analysis
 Behind human error
Wednesday 20 April
 Control room design
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Interface design
Human reliability assessment
Human Factors: costs, benefits and integration
Safety Competence Management course: 21-22 April 2016
Human Factors for Engineers will run back-to-back with a 2-day course on Safety Competence
Management, delivered by iSys Integrity. This course will cover planning, design, operation, audit and review
of safety competence management.
How to book your place
See the full course programme and register at www.theiet.org/human-factors. Receive a 15% discount when
you book a place at both courses!
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Human Factors for Engineers training from the IET this April
We are pleased to be supporting the IET’s Human Factors for Engineers training course, which takes place
in Bristol on 19-20 April.
The 2-day course will help delegates to understand how to achieve human-centred design, learn how to plan
for human factors in a system development programme and learn to identify human factors issues up-front.
Course topics include skill, capabilities & limitations, automation and human work, control room and interface
design and reliability assessment.
61508 Association members interested in attending the course can see the full programme and book online
at http://bit.ly/2058M1h