Past Presentation - Introduction to Human Factors & the Importance of Understanding Human Behaviour

Speaker: 

Janette Edmonds - Director, Keil Centre

Presentation synopsis:

The oil and petrochemical industries have made significant advances in health, safety and performance in the last few decades with technological advances and massive improvements in safety management.  So why do accidents and incidents still occur? And why are systems still not meeting the performances we expect of them? To answer these questions we need to understand that people are fundamental to the system and if we don’t understand human behaviour then we miss the opportunity to reach full system potential and reduce the risks associated with it.  Janette will explain the relevance of human factors for reducing risks related to major accidents.

Speaker Bio:

Janette Edmonds.  Chartered Ergonomics and Human Factors Specialist.  BSc(Hons) MSc CErgHF FCIEHF CMIOSH.

Janette is a director of the Keil Centre, a leading practice of chartered psychologists and human factors specialists.  She has 27 years’ of practical ergonomics experience within a wide range of industries including chemical processing, shipping and oil and gas.  Janette provides generalist human factors support but specialises in human factors in engineering design and human safety analysis. She was awarded the William F Floyd Award in 1999 for her outstanding contribution to ergonomics.  She is the course director for the UK & Europe IChemE Human Factors in Health & Safety course.

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