A Different Perspective on SCTA: When “Just Enough” Leads to Marginal Losses
We often talk about marginal gains in improving SCTA. This blog explores the other side: marginal losses and how quality can quietly erode over time.
It also looks at what it means to be an intelligent customer of analysis, not just asking “was it done?”, but “how well was it really done?”
Aviation Maintenance and Human Error: A Practical SCTA Case Study
We often think of safety in terms of operations, but maintenance plays an equally critical role.
In this blog, we look at a helicopter maintenance task and explore how Human Factors methods can be used to understand how things could go wrong, and why.
It’s a good reminder that even routine tasks deserve careful attention.
Human Factors in Major Accident Hazard Regulation and Guidance: A Descriptive Overview
Human Factors are now central to managing major accident risk. But how are they actually embedded in regulation and guidance around the world?
AI Agents and Human Performance: A SHERPA Approach to Hybrid Systems
AI is accelerating into safety-critical workplaces, but are we designing it thoughtfully?
We explore a fundamental challenge: When AI systems are designed around work-as-imagined rather than work-as-done, we risk disrupting safe practice rather than enhancing it.
How SCTA Builds Reliability and Resilience: A Whole-System Approach to Understanding Work
Reliability prevents failure.
Resilience helps us recover from it.
SCTA can strengthen both.
Meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives (Part 3): Getting Started with SCTA
This is the final instalment in our trilogy of blogs on meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives – Getting Started with SCTA.
Meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives (Part 2): A Systematic Approach to HF risk management
Many facilities understand the why behind human factors but struggle with the how. Our latest blog breaks down the systematic approach that successful organisations use to integrate human factors into their operations.
Meeting PABIAC’s Human Factors Objectives (Part 1): An Introduction
PABIAC’s latest strategy marks a turning point for the sector—placing human factors at the heart of safety. But what does that really mean in practice?
Bridging the Gap: Aligning SCTA with Engineering Risk Assessments
Are your Safety Critical Task Analyses (SCTAs) operating in isolation from your other Major Accident Hazard Risk Assessments? You might be missing opportunities to strengthen your ALARP demonstration.
Predicting and Preventing Human Error: How SHERPA Enhances Medical Device Design
SHERPA (Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach) helps medical device organisations anticipate risks long before the device reaches its users.
