THE ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING (HFE) AND TASK ANALYSIS IN MAXIMIZING HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN IN A SCOT REACTOR

摘要

The HFE process for capital projects within Royal Dutch Shell uses a Task Requirements Analysis (TRA) as a process for identifying critical HFE design requirements and actions to optimize human performance on difficult or critical tasks. During the TRA of a SCOT Reactor, a range of operational and HSE risks were identified early in conceptual design. These allowed significant improvement to be made to the design, at acceptable cost to the project, which reduced HSE risk and improved operational efficiency.