Citation

Barsan E, Arsenie P, Pana I, Hanzu-Pazara R. Pomorstvo 2007; 21(1): 57-67.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Pomorski Fakultet u Rijeci)

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Abstract

Accident analysis is the traditional approach to maritime work domain human factors study. While they could provide valuable information, such analyses do not sufficiently capture the human performance and performance shaping factors' causal relationship in everyday routine work. Comfort, efficiency, and safety are important parameters. The quasi-experimental field study where performance variations (i.e. attention) can be observed as a function of natural performance shaping factor variations (i.e. workload) is another, more suitable approach to maritime domain everyday routine work human factors' study. The authors describe an empirical study focused on attention and workload, two relevant human performance concepts. The authors demonstrate how these natural workload variations can be very easily observed as a voyage's different phases or stages' function. They also suggest a very easy crew attention measurement method through ship bridge communications' measurement. As part of the OPTIMPORT project's human error stage, human error was analyzed using a full mission Ship Handling Simulator.