Human Factors Analysis Tools
Our Human Factors Analysis Tools (HFAT®) is an award-winning set of tools developed for incident investigators. They are designed to help investigators find out why a person behaved the way they did, rather than treating human behaviour as “the root cause” of the incident.
Who's it for?
HFAT® is used by experienced investigators to analyse intentional and unintentional behaviours that cause or contribute to incidents.
We offer HFAT® training courses at client sites. We also run occasional public courses.
HFAT® training is designed for delegates who:
- have a minimum of 2 years operational management/ supervisory and/or HSE experience
- are trained in an incident investigation methodology to a competent level, and practised in its use
- want to deepen their understanding and application of human factors tools and techniques, and promote their use
Benefits
Our training is:
- applicable – delegates learn to adopt a structured, step-by-step process
- goal-oriented – delegates learn how to influence behaviour and develop a tailored set of recommendations
- practical – delegates practice using the tools during the training
- relevant – real life case studies are used in the training
- evidence-based – The Keil Centre’s human factors investigation specialists have more than 60 years’ combined experience in investigating incidents. This experience includes aviation, rail, oil and gas, and the process industries.
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HFAT® is specifically designed to supplement an organisation’s existing investigation process, removing the need to retrain existing staff in a completely new set of methods. Existing methods tend to treat human error or non-compliance as the cause of an incident. HFAT® treats this as the starting point and guides the investigator to gain a deeper understanding of why people at all levels in the organisation behaved as they did. Investigators can then determine how to influence such behaviour in the future.
We offer a 2-day HFAT® training course, which is very practical in nature. During the course, delegates gain experience of using HFAT®’s structured worksheets and are supplied with the worksheets for use after the training. This includes the e-HFAT® electronic tool. The 2-day HFAT® training course:- provides a basic understanding of how human factors influence health and safety behaviour and performance
- enables experienced incident investigators to:
- better understand why people involved in incidents behaved as they did, and
- write effective behavioural recommendations to reduce the recurrence of incidents