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"Design for peak Human Performance is delivered by proper application of Human Factors tools and techniques, by competent Human Factors Professionals."
Hu-Tech have a successful track record in partnering with industry to apply Human Factors and improving business performance through assurance of the performance of the people engaged in the work. A focus on 'Human Error' in incidents is only part of a complex picture of perception, cognitive processing, decision-making and Performance Influencing Factors (PIFs) that impact systems with human inputs and controls. Our in-house consultants and associates bring a wealth of experience from their work in the industrial, transportation and energy sectors, and apply these in the multi-factorial field of Human Performance Assurance. Significant for any operating business are the humans in their systems. Understanding, monitoring and managing their performance is vital for:
Projects include: Rail - Signal Box refurbishments and Level Crossing control / use. Onshore Chemical - Critical tasks in tanker deliveries of cryogenic product. Offshore O&G - Remote management of emergency shut-down and evacuation of Normally Unstaffed Installations (NUI). Renewables - Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) of 'Pigging' Operations of liquid Carbon Dioxide Pipeline. |
Further reading |
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) Paper 810 - Human Performance
Nick Taylor's paper in 2026 Proceedings of the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (CIEHF) - 'Two Case Studies Demonstrating the ‘Psychological Imperative’ for Safety Critical Task Analysis' Ian Randle and Rob Miles' Chapter in the book ' Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice - Improving System Performance and Human Well-Being in the Real World' by Steven Shorrock & Claire Williams |