Category: Competence Management

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Underlying organisational issues: “How was I supposed to know?”

Ian Hamilton
Posted on by Ian Hamilton
In this fourth blog expanding on the Blunder Blocks concept, I will be examining underlying organisational issues, one of our categories of organisational deficiencies that can have an effect on human factors.  Have a go at the Blunder Blocks interactive tool and you might even win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3G, the latest Android tablet ... Read more.

Error traps: “I was sure that the indicator lever was on the right…”

Ian Hamilton
Posted on by Ian Hamilton
This is my third blog about Blunder Blocks, our interactive application that maps deficiencies in your organisational integrity to the HSE’s human factors topics.  If you still haven’t given it a go yourself, what are you waiting for?  Remember you can also get a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3G. In my last ... Read more.

Performance influences: “I’ve just been so busy lately…”

Ian Hamilton
Posted on by Ian Hamilton
In my last blog I introduced the concept of Blunder Blocks, our online interactive tool that helps explain how deficiencies in your organisational integrity can affect the HSE’s human factors topics, and ultimately the sustainability of your operation.  If you haven’t already, have a go yourself – you can even get a chance to win ... Read more.

Blunder Blocks: Learn about human factors with our interactive application

Ian Hamilton
Posted on by Ian Hamilton
At this year’s Offshore Europe I’ll be presenting on human factors in the oil and gas industry, in a way you might not have seen before.   Adapting Reason’s Swiss Cheese model, we’ve used the analogy of a popular “toppling tower” block game.  Each block represents a barrier to a safety incident, and removing a ... Read more.

Inspection services – beyond regulation

Robin Pickup
Posted on by Robin Pickup
  A component stamp is far from an end result. It is ever more important to broaden traditional inspection views to best meet the needs of high-risk, asset-intensive industries. The future of the industry relies on existing manufacturing services providers such as ourselves not just to provide approval marks, but to enhance the safety, reliability and sustainability ... Read more.
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