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3rd International Conference on Rail Human Factors
RSSB in conjunction the European Railway Agency, Network Rail and the University of Nottingham is currently organising the 3rd International Conference on Rail Human Factors. It will be held in Lille, France on 3-5 March 2009. All details about the conference are posted on the website: www.railhumanfactors.co.uk This will be in association with the UK Ergonomics Society, Société d'Ergonomie de Langue Française (SELF) and Rail Research UK.
As with the first two conferences in the series it will be THE forum for human factors practitioners and researchers to discuss their latest work, and for the rail industry and regulators to describe their current use of ergonomics and human factors and to identify their future needs.
A number of leading authorities will be keynote and invited speakers. There will be workshop and open discussion sessions as well as technical paper presentations, and there will also be a number of technical visits available.
Please register your interest in the conference as early as possible, with Stella.Okezie@rssb.co.uk. For information about submission of abstracts, please contact ECRHF@nottingham.ac.uk
www.railhumanfactors.co.uk
Safety Culture Toolkit
RSSB has developed a web-based Safety Culture Toolkit that will allow rail companies to measure their own safety culture, and determine the actions that they could take to tackle any issues that have been identified, without the need for extensive external support. The Toolkit will also facilitate the accumulation of this data in one place, to make it easier to establish a single industry view and benchmark individual companies' cultures.
Click on the following link: http://rssb.info-exchange.com/ to view the Toolkit. For queries on this product, email safetyculturetoolkit-HF@rssb.co.uk
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RSSB has recently launched a number of training resources to enable train drivers to optimise their situational awareness (SA) and reduce the likelihood of losing attention or being distracted from the driving task.
Evidence indicates that those who have a high level of awareness of what is going on around them can better anticipate what will happen and identifying the risks that will emerge. Being able to anticipate what is about to happen improves our risk perception and is a key part of professional driving and being in control. Techniques for maintaining a high level of SA can be learned and can turn a good driver into an excellent driver.
To download the materials click on the following link: http://www.rssb.co.uk/expertise/human_factors/facts.asp
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