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Richard is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, a Registered
Ergonomist and a Director of The Keil Centre.
He has nineteen years' experience gained primarily in defence
and air traffic control, working as a Human Factors Specialist
and specialises in all aspects of human factors, particularly
human safety analysis (including human error) and the design
and evaluation of equipment to meet user requirements.
Richard's undergraduate studies were completed at Cardiff
University, from where he went on to complete a Master's degree
at Cranfield University. Prior to joining The Keil Centre,
Richard spent six years working for National Air Traffic Services,
latterly as the head of human safety in their Human Factors
Unit. He has also spent four years working on the design of
military sensor systems, primarily for aircraft.
Recent/current work:
- Winner of Practitioner
of the Year Award 2006, with colleague Ronny Lardner,
for developing a practical set of human factors analysis
tools (HFAT) which have been rolled out worldwide via two-day
training courses
- Delivery of Human Factors Analysis Tools training to a
range of clients within the UK wishing to develop the capability
to identify the root causes of human behaviours involved
in accidents and incidents.
- Conducting research for the nuclear industry on the human
factors requirements for decommissioning nuclear power stations.
- Performing predictive human error and human reliability
analyses for a range of organizations to determine the potential
impact of human error on safety performance for a range
of industrial clients.
- Delivery of Safety Culture MaturityŽ workshops to a range
of global organisations across a number of industrial sectors
to help them to develop action plans for the improvement
of safety performance.
- Advising the Rail Safety and Standards Board on the measurement
of safety culture in the UK rail industry, including the
development of a guide to measuring safety culture for all
UK rail industry companies.
- Conduct of human factors Hazard and Operability (HAZOP)
study to assess the impact of proposed rule changes for
a UK Train Operating Company.
- Development of a computerised tool for the investigation
of the likely impact of automation on the role of the operator
for a UK aviation organisation.
- Delivery of a Human Factors training course to managers
and staff of a range of UK organisations.
- Conducting a study of the risks associated with multi-skilling
at a UK gas processing plant.
- Examining the human factors associated with safe working
practices in electrified areas as part of a larger engineering
project conducted on behalf of the Rail Safety and Standards
Board.
- Developing guidance for the design of procedures to improve
usability and compliance.
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