Applying Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) to a hazardous task: Indoor Rope Climbing
Recently, I started taking on indoor rope climbing. Having been on both ends of the rope, I was curious about how this would look from a Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) perspective.
Introduction to Human Factors SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA): Going beyond safety
In a world where efficiency, productivity, and excellence are paramount, organisations are constantly seeking methods to optimise their processes, streamline operations, and meet their objectives. One such approach is SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA). CTAs are most typically used for safety assessment. Systems CTA extends this focus to other applications such as enhancing efficiency, improving quality, and optimizing processes.
A System Safety Revolution: Drawing Parallels Between Formula 1 and Human Factors
In the heart-pounding world of Formula 1, the phrase “life on the limit” once carried a chilling connotation. Formula 1’s early years were fraught with danger, prompting a paradigm shift from accepting risks to drivers, stewards and the crowds, to embracing system changes and safety enhancements.
Best practices for writing SOPs (Part 1)
In any organisation, SOPs play an integral role in optimising operational efficiency and minimising human error. Here are our recommendations for best practice.
Human Error: Errordinary to the Extraordinary!
The same psychological mechanisms that underly errors in our ordinary, everyday life are also at play in the most extraordinary events that we see in the headlines. The positive message is that we can understand these mechanisms and do something about it.
Chocolate Pancakes: From hierarchical task analysis to optimising human performance
With it being pancake day in the UK (everyone makes pancakes on Shrove Tuesday), I thought I would write about them.
Human Factors: A better depth of explanation
I really like this interview by Feynman where he is asked about the feeling of attraction and repulsion between two magnets. However, it is hard for him to explain what is going on in a way that will satisfy his audience, without going into a deeper level of explanation that they may not understand.
