Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub

Mike Nendick and Paul Cummins talk about Non Technical Skills with Sharon Todd. What is NTS?  Why it is used? What is threat and error management?  This podcast was recorded in a 737-800 simulator.  Mike is Human Factors and Organisational Psychologist. He works as a senior human factors, systems safety, and risk specialist, a work, health and safety management professional; and leader with broad...

Paul Salmon and Sharon Todd discuss Systems Thinking methodologies and use, emergent properties and interactions, casual networks, system behaviour, AI and system failure.  Paul M. Salmon is a professor in Human Factors and is the creator and director of the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Paul has almost 20 years’ experience of applied...

Thom Loveday and Sharon Todd are chatting about Human Centred Design in health and other sectors .  They explore the use of simulation spaces for design  in health, and discuss the use of digital twins. Thom shares his personal experiences, his motivation and where his HFE career has taken him. Thomas Loveday is a multi-specialist, with extensive experience providing advice on Human Centred Design...

Professor Philip Morgan is chatting with Sharon Todd about Cybersecurity, the risks, the wins and the future with help from the HFE community. The views expressed by Professor Phil Morgan within the HFESA PodCast are his own and not those of any organisation he works for or with, or linked to any project he works on – past or present.    Professor Phillip Morgan BSc DipRes PhD PGCHE FHEA AFALT AFB...

Dr Robyn Coman and Associate Professor Carlo Caponecchia discuss the identification and management of Psychosocial Hazards at Work. What are they? What do we have to do about them? Who is responsible?  How do we manage these hazards in the workplace? The overall responsibility for the management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace  lies with the duty holders, such as persons conducting a busi...

Professor Melissa Baysari and Sharon Todd (CPE) discuss the design and use of Digital Health Systems implemented for patient safety,  and where poor design can lead to alert fatigue, poor uptake and negative responses to these systems by the users  in healthcare settings. Melissa Baysari is Professor of Human Factors and leads the Digital Health Human Factors Research Group at the University of Sy...

Sharon Todd is chatting to Valerie O’Keeffe. Valerie has been a member of HFESA since 1992. She has taught HFE in universities in architecture, industrial design, healthcare, work health and safety and business management since 1997. She has worked as a Researcher in HFE since 2003. Currently Valerie is working at Flinders University Tonsley campus (formerly the Mitsubishi automotive plant in sout...

Sharon Todd is chatting with Paul Cummins the founder and CEO of Airline Training Solutions . Paul has nearly 40 years experience in the aviation industry mainly in operational roles .  Airline Training Solutions is the largest private provider of flight simulators for training in Australia.  Simulators are based on Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320/321, with other contracted providers for other types....

Prof Anjum Naweed and Sharon Todd CPE are chatting about Anjum's HFE research, projects and his mantra "Proceed as if Success is Inevitable." Professor Anjum Naweed is from the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science in South Australia—the Adelaide-based campus of CQUniversity. Anjum is a Certified Professional Ergonomist with a background in psychology and expertise in human fac...

Sharon Todd CPE is chatting with Antoine Jdeidani about the C30 Bombardier Train design in Sweden. Antoine Jdeidani has a Masters Degree in Ergonomics and Production Engineering and is the Human Factors associated Director at Arch Artifex providing human factors consulting services to Transport Projects in NSW Victoria and Queensland.  Antoine has over 10 years’ experience in human factors enginee...

Sharon Todd CPE is chatting with Antoine Jdeidani about the C30 Bombardier Train design in Sweden. Antoine Jdeidani has a Masters Degree in Ergonomics and Production Engineering and is the Human Factors associated Director at Arch Artifex providing human factors consulting services to Transport Projects in NSW Victoria and Queensland.  Antoine has over 10 years’ experience in human factors enginee...

Sharon Todd CPE  is chatting with Associate Professor Nektarios Karanikas. Nektarios Karanikas is the Associate Professor in the Health, Safety and Environment discipline of the School of Public Health & Social Work (Faculty of Health) in the Queensland University of Technology (AU). Before his current appointment, he was Associate Professor of Safety and Human Factors at the Aviation Academy...

 Elise Crawford BA, BOHS, GCTerEd, PhD (Human Factors) chats to Sharon Todd CPE & President of the HFESA,  about some of the tools she uses for cognitive work analysis and good work design. Elise lectures and coordinators industry placement projects within the Safety Sciences at CQUniversity. She is a human factors specialist teacher and researcher who leads the practical HFE activities during...

We are chatting with Elise Crawford BA, BOHS, GCTerEd, PhD (Human Factors) about work and the role of the HFE professional in good work design.  Elise lectures and coordinators industry placement projects within the Safety Sciences at CQUniversity. She is a human factors specialist teacher and researcher who leads the practical HFE activities during residential school for both undergraduate and po...

Sharon Todd  a CPE and the current president of the HFESA,  chats to Sara Pazell BAppSci(OT), MBA, PhD, and CPE,, university lecturer and  HFE design consultant about good work design . Sara provides an introduction to the work of HFE professionals, and discusses 'how and why'  we design for the user. Sara was the committee chair for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia’...

Sharon Todd, Certified Professional Ergonomist and the current president of the Humans Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA ) is chatting with Professor Michael Regan  PhD , FACRS, MHFESA discussing the critical Human Factors and Ergonomic challenges in the design and delivery of Automated Vehicles. In Part 3 - Professor Michael Regan will continue his discussion on the critical HFE c...

Sharon Todd Certified Professional Ergonomist and the current president of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA) ,  is chatting with Professor Michael Regan PhD , FACRS, MHFESA who will continue his discussion on the critical HFE challenges with Automated and Autonomous Vehicles and discuss what the HFE community is doing to address these issues in the design of these vehicl...

Sharon Todd, Certified Professional Ergonomist and the current President of the Humans Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia (HFESA ) is chatting with Emeritus Professor Michael Regan PhD , FACRS, MHFESA discussing the Human Factors and Ergonomic (HFE) challenges with the use, design and deployment of Automated and Autonomous Vehicles. In this first part of our 3-part series, Professor Michae...