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14/06/2023 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – A Standard for Human Dependability: Will it Improve Human factors in the Workplace? Event Synopsis: We all understand ‘dependability’ when it relates to vehicles and other machines, but can ‘dependability’ apply to humans? Can we write a standard for human dependability that would assist managers, engineers, and organisations to improve the human factors in their […]
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31/08/2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – AcciMap: a systems thinking approach to accident investigation and analysis AcciMap is a systems thinking-based accident analysis method which provides a means with which to describe and analyse accidents through the lens of Jens Rasmussen’s risk management framework (Rasmussen, 1997). This webinar will provide an overview of AcciMap and its applications across the safety critical […]
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18/11/2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Join us for a practitioners’ view of the challenging ergonomic and work health & safety issues facing workers caring for the elderly in both residential and home care facility contexts. This PD will be presented by practitioners in the industry, Steve Isam, Liz Hogan and Melissa Mitchell (host). There will be two presentations, followed by […]
Posted on byQLD Branch PD Event: People at Work: Human performance with a psychological lens
14/07/2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Summary The People at Work psychosocial risk assessment tool provides a way for workplaces to identify their psychosocial risks, benchmark them and track improvements over time – for free! It helps identify key psychosocial hazards in the workplace and provides guidance on practical ways to manage them. It was developed in collaboration with Australian WHS […]
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21/03/2018 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Our Theme is Ergonomics, creativity and design thinking Facilitated by Stephen Ward, Director of the Industrial Design program at UNSW. He has over 16 years’ experience as a design educator, coming from a background of industrial design practice and ergonomics. An evening of fun and frivolity. Catch up with colleagues in an informal setting with […]
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21/05/2019 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – HFESA NSW Ergo Big Night Out – International Speaker Professor Bernard Martin – “Effects of Exposure to Vibration” Tuesday 21 May 2019 from 6.00pm Bernard Martin is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Operation engineering at the University of Michigan. He also holds a research fellow appointment in the School of Kinesiology and is an […]
Posted on bySA Branch PD event: A trio of contemporary Fatigue related presentations
20/05/2020 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm – Fatigue in Aviation Mark Corbett, CPE Although fatigue is seen as an increasing problem, in aviation it has been an issue since the early days of flight. This presentation will discuss the assessment of fatigue in the aviation domain and its evolution. It will look at the types of fatigue-related research data that have been and […]
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10/02/2020 – 12/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – At the cutting edge, which is a one day research symposium, and two days of workshops; from 10-12 February 2020 at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Click here for more details The Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems led by Professor Paul Salmon will be hosting Human Factors 2020: At the cutting edge, […]
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04/02/2019 – 06/02/2019 @ 12:00 am – 2019 Research Symposium The Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast will be holding a Research Symposium and a suite of Methods Workshops in February 2019. Discounts apply if you attend multiple days. Hear from local and international human factors experts who will be sharing emerging research findings […]
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