ISHFOB '01 - The 2nd International Symposium on Human Factors On Board

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A maritime conference looking into "Safe Navigation in the 21st Century - A Holistic Approach towards Operators Requirements on Technology, Operation and Personnel" taking place 19 - 21 September 2001 in Bremen, Germany

By investigating major maritime, air and road accidents it becomes evident, that in most cases the disastrous combination of events was caused by a chain of human errors. In the majority of these cases the performance of the human operator failed due to one or more of the following circumstances: poor design of equipment and work place, inadequate communicative structures, effects of workload, stress and fatigue, insufficient training, etc. ISHFOB '01 is intended to provide answers to the future requirements on the operators' position by applying a holistic approach, taking into account all technological, operational and personnel aspects, but also legal and administrative issues. The conference topics include: - Ergonomic Design of IT-Systems - Design of Work Place and Leisure Area - New Concepts for Evacuation-Systems - Methods of Introducing QM-Systems - Communicative Structures - Shift Work, Workload, Stress, Fatigue - Psychological Selection of Crew - Training of Leadership Skills - Coping with Post Traumatic Stress - Minimum Safe Manning - Accident Investigation - State Control Systems - Economic Effects of Breakdowns - Promotion of Operators Job Image - Applying a Systemic Approach

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