Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • Welcome to the course!

    • Welcome and course overview (20mins)

    • How to use this course (10mins)

    • Before we begin...

    • SCTAFoundations_ProgrammeGuide_v2
  • 2

    Chapter 1a: Introduction to Human Factors

    • Introduction to Human Factors for Process Safety (20mins)

    • Worksheet for Illiopolis Incident exercise

    • Illiopolis Incident: Explosion and Fire at Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA, Illinois
  • 3

    Chapter 1b: SCTA and regulatory context

    • Overview of SCTA (30mins)

    • Regulatory context (12mins)

    • Regulatory context quiz
  • 4

    Chapter 2: Human failure and non-compliance

    • Types of human failure (32mins)

    • Types of human failure quiz

    • Reducing human failure (9mins)

    • Reducing human failure quiz

    • Workshop on Human Failure Types

    • Bonus video: Fall from Grace (25mins)
  • 5

    Chapter 3a: Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA)

    • Welcome to the HTA module (32seconds)

    • HTA: Introduction (11mins)

    • HTA: Key elements and heuristcs (11mins)

    • HTA: Demo using the Human Factors Risk Manager (HFRM) Software (12mins)

    • HTA: Tools to aid application (24mins)

    • HTA Quiz

    • HTA workshop 1: Simple domestic task

    • HTA workshop 2: Car tyre blow out exercise

  • 6

    Chapter 3b-1: Task Analysis for industry case study (P9101)

    • Introduction

    • HTAWorkshop3_P9101_v3

    • Box moving tutorial for HFRM
  • 7

    Chapter 3b-2: Task Analysis for industry case study (Pigging)

    • Task analysis for industry case study (Pigging)
  • 8

    Chapter 4a: Failure and PIF analysis

    • Welcome to the module (12mins)

    • Mixed connection

    • Mixed connection quiz

    • Failure analysis (18mins)

    • PIF analysis (21mins)

    • Improvement and risk reduction (8mins)

    • Failure and PIF analysis quiz

    • Demo 1: Graphical method (HFRM) (25mins)

    • Demo 2: Data grid method (HFRM) (10mins)

    • Demo 3: Excel sheet (10mins)
  • 9

    Chapter 4b: Applying failure and PIF analysis

    • Failure and PIF analysis for industry case study (Pigging)
  • 10

    Chapter 5: SCTA workshops and walkthroughs

    • Varieties of Human Work (12mins)

    • Workshops: Hints & Tips (27mins)

    • Walkthroughs: Hints & Tips (12mins)

    • Article: Practical Advice for doing SCTA

    • Workshops and walkthroughs quiz
  • 11

    Chapter 6: SCTA outputs and impact

    • Introduction to module (7mins)

    • SCTA report writing (6mins)

    • Risk-informed procedures: Part 1 (21mins)

    • Risk-informed procedures: Part 2 (13mins)

    • Critical task competences (14mins)

    • SCTA outputs and impact quiz

    • Workshop on outputs and impact
  • 12

    Chapter 7: Safety Critical Task ID and prioritisation

    • Introduction to task identification and major accident hazards (MAH) (15mins)

    • Task identification in practice (10mins)

    • Task prioritisation (7mins)

    • Summary and success criteria (7mins)

    • Task identification and prioritisation quiz

    • Workshop: MAH critical task prioritisation
  • 13

    Chapter 8: Managing a SCTA programme

    • Assignment 5: SCTA Site Strategy