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The HFESA has just released the first HFEhub podcast for 2024. In this podcast I am chatting to Professor Jodi Oakman about APHIRM - the participative hazard identification and Risk Management toolkit - for addressing Physical and Psychosocial hazards in the workplace.  https://www.aphirm.org.au

 

 

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Sharon Todd chats about her career, and the HFESA with Barry Kirby President of the CIEHF (the Chartered Institiute of Ergonomists and Human Factors Professionals) in the United Kingdom on the1202 podcast

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Artificial General Intelligence (AI) is like a runaway train. There has been little regulation or ethical and Human Factors integration. I highly recommend listening to Paul Salmon discuss this topic as part of the IEA webinair series on the Future of Work and read the lastest open paper from Paul and his colleagues in the Ergonomic International Journal.  "Forcasting the emergent risks in advanced AI systems and an analysis of a future road transport management system."

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If you missed attending the HFESA Value and Vitality Conference In November this year, the papers will be available on demand very soon for you to catch up on your professional development. Go the HFESA Website for more details enter a placeholder in your diary for the 2024 Conference to be held at the end of November 2024 in Brisbane Australia.

 

 

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On behalf of the HFESA, Karl Rich CPE and Sharon Todd CPE are discussing HF Integration and the Parramatta Light Rail project in Sydney Australia. The methods and tools used to populate the HFE risk register, the use of first principals,  mock ups, virtual reality, anthropometry, simulation and the usability studies in this project are discussed.


Karl Rich has 30 years’ international experience in the provision of consultancy in Human Factors and training to a wide range of safety critical Industries, including rail, oil and gas, marine, process control, medical products, aerospace and defence. 

He has worked in human factors consultancy for 25 years, prior to which he was Head of Human Factors at the Institute of Naval Medicine, UK Ministry of Defence. 
In the UK, European, Chinese, and Australian rail sectors, Karl has worked extensively on both the supply-side and the operator-side of projects as a consultant, Human Factors Delivery Manager, Project Manager and Human Factors Integrator. 

He has worked  in the rail sector on all types of assets in both operational and design engineering domains and is well used to working in, and leading, multi-disciplinary teams. His deep cross-industry experience in human factors integration enables him to quickly get up to speed on any projects where HF and safety are a critical focus. 

Since arriving in Australia in 2017, Karl’s numerous projects have included major infrastructure projects, such as Sydney Trains’ Electrical Isolations Improvement Program (EIIP), the Parramatta Light Rail project, the Melbourne Tunnel Project, Evolution Rail, Country Rail Network control room builds and train control system design, Canberra Light Rail extension, and several major tunnel projects in NSW and VIC. 

Karl is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors, and a Certified Professional Ergonomist, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia. 

This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app.

If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

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The latest HFEHub podcast from the HFESA includes Sharon Todd chatting to Tarryn Ryan about the HFE Skills and training undertaken with rotary wing aircraft pilots. We explore case studies, the need for situational awareness, difficult decision making,  illusions that can occur with night flying and the need for resiliance.

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As President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Sociaty of Australia (HFESA) I have begun producing regular educational podcasts for the HFESA for the purposes of promoting the work of the HFESA members and Humans Factors and Ergonomics Professionals in Australia and abroad.

We commenced these podcasts in early 2023  and they can be found on the HFESA.au website OR your favourite podcast app such as Apple and Spotify.

Seach for HFEhub for more information.

Our podcasts have included conversations about healthcare, aviation, manufacturing, technology, communication, transport, non technical skills, fatigue, autonomous vehicles, systems thinking, exoskeletons and more!  

Make this HFEhub podcast a favourite on your podcast app!

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HFESA 2022 Conference 

The 2022 Conference “Human Factors in Rural Communities” is an exciting opportunity for all professionals, students, researchers / academics and practitioners, to expand their horizons and assist the rural communities of Australia.These communities are one of the least resourced sectors in Australia and certainly a problem demographic in relation to workplace injury and illness.

The conference streams are Culture, Agriculture, Rural Health and Transport. The conference date is set for the 17 – 19th October 2022 and the venue is the Lancemore Macedon Ranges Conference Centre in Central Victoria.

The format of the conference will be hybrid with both face to face and virtual / online components.

We look forward to seeing you there

See https://www.ergonomics.org.au for more information.

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IEA Webinar on Human-Robot Interaction Available on YouTube

https://youtu.be/7apmJHElT20

Human factors and ergonomics are crucial topics for the future development of robotic technologies. The application of diverse robotic technologies in different settings such as manufacturing, healthcare, and others is increasing steadily. In particular, robotic systems that closely interact with humans have the potential to challenge human factors and ergonomics research. Associated risks and opportunities of close interactions between humans and robots have to be considered and evaluated. In this webinar, international experts on robotic research will present various perspectives on human factors and ergonomics in robotics.

This webinar was organized by the International Ergonomics Association’s Technical Committee on Human Factors in Robotics (HFiR).

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I had the pleasure of attending Ergo Enterprises Manual Tasks Risk Management Master Class held in Brisbane on 27 March 2015.

This master class reinforced that injuries occur when forces on the body are greater than the body can tolerate. The sudden onset of gradual onset of injury due to an accumulation of micro damage and often a combination of both mechanisms was discussed.

One of the most interesting points raised by Mr Gary Dennis during this master class was that we have spent much of our efforts performing risk assessments and less effort applying appropriate manual handling controls to eliminate or minimise risk.

Much work needs to be done to work collaboratively with workers to ensure that risks are not only identified but they are eliminated where possible and that controls are designed in collaboration with the people who perform the task and those affected by the task.

The effectiveness of controls was reinforced. We often perform risk assessments at the outset and then fail to risk assess the control measure implemented to evaluate the effectiveness of the control and to ensure that the control does not of itself introduce further risk.

Gary Dennis and Robin Burgess-Limerick have developed a simple pictorial risk assessment tool. The Ergo Analyst manual task risk assessment tool specifically looks at exertion, exposure, posture and movement and determines risk levels based on the physical hazards associated with the task.

The tool enables various body parts such as shoulders, arms, legs and back to be assessed with use of the tool. The tool is linked to software that enables a pictorial view of the potential effects of the manual tasks on the body.

The pictorial representations of the body are colour-coded into green, yellow, orange and red. The yellow, orange and red risk levels identify higher levels of risk. An analysis with this tool before controls implemented and post the implementation of controls or the planned implementation of controls can demonstrate the effectiveness of the controls.

The overall outcome of this workshop was that risk assessments should be part of the control and that risk reduction must be done to reduce the risk of injury and maintain and improve productivity.

Participative ergonomics ensures that controls are well thought through and accepted by those performing the work task.

Further information regarding the Ergo Analyst Risk Assessment can be directed towards Robin Burgess-Limerick or Gary Dennis on LinkedIn or Ergo Enterprises.

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