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• Introduction
• The Acquisition Lifecycle
  • HFI and the Acquisition Lifecycle
  • Concept Stage
    • HFI Baseline Strategy
    • Target Audience Description
    • Early Human Factors Analysis
    • Domains
    • Concept of Operations
    • Issues Log
    • Analysing Characteristics
    • Comparability Analysis
    • Workstation Design
    • Workload Analysis
  • Assessment Stage
    • HFI Plan
    • Allocation of Function
    • Task Analysis
    • Constraints and Assumptions
    • HFI Working Group
    • Style Guide
    • People Related Requirements
    • Safety Case
    • Health Hazard Assessment
    • Job Design
    • User Modelling
  • Demonstration Stage
    • Solution Providers
    • Through Life Management Plan
    • Manpower Plans and Policy
    • Combined Operational Effectiveness and Investment Appraisal
    • Human Machine Interface Philosophy
    • System Requirements Document
    • Human Reliability Assessment
    • Demonstration and Assessment Report
    • Integrated Test Evaluation and Acceptance Plan
    • Operability Trials
  • Manufacture, In-service and Disposal Stage
    • Lessons Learnt
    • Update People Related Requirements
    • Disposal
• Commercial Considerations
  • HFI COTS Considerations
• Human Factors Assurance
• HFI – Training and Competences
  • Training
  • Competences

Content

Human Factors Competences

Introduction

It is desirable that all staff involved with Human Factors Integration have:

• Human Factors training
• A Human Factors qualification
• A professional registration with a relevant ergonomics institution

As a minimum, individuals responsible for making decisions that affect the human performance of a system must understand the effects of:

• A human using the System
• The Human Factor Domains, and the context in which they are used within projects.

Human Factors Assessment Levels

The definitions for the assessment levels within the Human Factors Integration Functional Competences are:

Awareness	The person is able to understand the key issues and their implications for the customer. They are able to ask relevant and constructive questions on the subject
Practitioner	The person displays detailed knowledge of the subject and is capable of providing guidance and advice to others.
Expert	The person displays extensive and substantial practical experience and applied knowledge of the subject.

Expert competence is appropriate where projects have a high level of complexity or risk, or if a post provides Human Factors advice and guidance in support of project teams.

Human Factors Integration Functional Competencies

A framework of HFI functional competences [158KB DOC] gives the evidence required at Awareness, Practitioner and Expert Level.

Change History

Change History