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

Chapter 2 – Introduction To HFI Technical AreasHFI TechnicalAreaCrewCharacteristicsHFI ActivityIdentify RequiredSkills andKnowledgeIdentify CriticalPersonnel FactorsAssessAnthropometricCharacteristicsRefine ProjectSpecific TargetAudienceDescription(PSTAD)ASSESSMENTHFI Output• External communication links andflow rates.• Assessment of strengths andweaknesses of organisationalstructure and component roles.The information about roles in theorganisational options is used to helpoutline the PSTAD (see Chapter 6) forthe personnel associated with theequipment.• The skills and knowledgerequirements for each role maybe presented as a matrixshowing the category, name andlevel of each type of skill andknowledge required to performeach task by each crewmember.New forms or levels of skills andknowledge not currently suppliedby the training system arehighlighted for discussion withFOTR, RN ICG and otheragencies.• Critical personnel factorsassociated with the feasibility ofsupporting future user andmaintainer roles andrecommendations aimed atoptimising these factors.• The anthropometriccharacteristics of futurepersonnel available to performcrew roles, or that will use thevessel.• Correlation of task requirementswith body size or strengthrequirements.The revised PSTAD comprises thefollowing:• Rank, rate and Branch.• Body size and strength(anthropometric) characteristics.• Physical skills.• Knowledge and mental skills.• Educational Background.• Experience.• Personal attributes. (*)• Key tasks allocated to eachrole. (*)• Assumed operational conditionsunder which tasks will beperformed. (*)• Summary of training objectives(OPS and TPS) and careerprogression routes.(*) Items not necessarilypresent in earlier version of PSTAD.MAP-01-011Ref6.3.2.16.3.2.26.3.2.36.3.2.4Nov 2006 Page 2-19 Issue 4