MAP-01-011 HFI Technical Guide - Human Factors Integration ...

MAP-01-011 – HFI Technical Guide (STGP 11)HFI Technical IssuesFigure 6-2: Personnel must not be required to adopt unsafe oruncomfortable body and limb positions to operate equipmentEquipment may be operated from consoles by seated or standing operators,reversionary controls or individual controls and indicators may be situated incramped machinery spaces. Cranes and other rigs may be located on decks. Ineach case body size may become a limiting factor unless requirements foraccess, equipment use and egress are properly investigated. Some items ofequipment may need to be carried or otherwise manipulated, e.g. fire-fightingappliances. In these cases strength and other physical capabilities of personnelwill need to be investigated to ensure that these do not limit the flexible use of theavailable manpower.6.1.3.3 Personnel FactorsPersonnel factors cover a range of issues related to crew characteristics. Theimportance of retaining skilled personnel means that the HFI process mustconsider the design of satisfying jobs and acceptable conditions of work.Conditions of service and habitability (Chap 13) may influence attitudes towardson-board activities, particularly when contrasted with lifestyles available in otherjobs, e.g. privacy, standard of accommodation spaces and access to recreationaland personal communications systems. Boring, repetitive, or highly de-skilledwork may reduce motivation and act to limit the supply of skilled personnel. Also,jobs may become de-skilled through greater use of automation and this maycreate a risk of diluting the applications knowledge that is vital to the successfulmanagement of equipment. Career progression may need to be supported byproviding jobs with more responsibility and the opportunity to develop higherlevels of technical skill and greater autonomy.May 2006 Page 6-6 Issue 4