It is appropriate and my pleasure to start by recognising the originators of the Institute’s Human Element Project, Julian Parker and Vaughan Pomeroy, and the crucial funding provided by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation over the past 12 years.
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Over twelve years ago, Julian Parker, the Secretary of The Nautical Institute, and Vaughan Pomeroy, Manager, Research and Development, Lloyd’s Register, began to develop an idea for a publication devoted to raising awareness of human element issues.
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When the Alert! project was launched in October 2003, little did I realise that it would run for 12 years, and produce 40 Alert! bulletins, comprising of some 350 articles from a variety of stakeholders across the maritime industry, plus 21 instructional videos, 40 centre spread features....
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Captain Chawla discusses changes taking place in the maritime industry & their effects on the daily life of the seafarers - and discusses the human factor competencies that will be essential for the future mariner.
Keywords: competencies; human factors; technology; education & training.
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An introduction to the human element for those involved in the design of ships and their systems.
Keywords: human element guide; human element issues; system hazards; ship design
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Through the Alert! project, we have developed a series of human element competence templates for those who are responsible for: procuring, financing, specifying, designing and overseeing the build of a ship and its systems; operational, technical and people management; maritime education etc.
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Issue No. 40 centrespread - Addressing the human element - together with associated centrespreads (23Mb file)
Keywords: human element issues; system hazards; ship design
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An index to Alert! categorised under the considerations in the centrespread to Issue No. 40 centrespread. The main points from all the Alert! articles are bullet-pointed under each heading, so as to make it easier to find them from within the whole series of Alert! bulletins.
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