Overview
Aviation Human Factors (Commercial Pilot Licence) will provide you with knowledge of human performance and human limitations associated with subsonic, low altitude flight in small commercial aircraft. You will also learn about the importance of organisational culture and national culture when operating in the aviation industry. You will cover the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Commercial Pilot Licence Human Factors Syllabus. You will be presented with some of the medical challenges of subsonic speed, low altitude flight. You will examine problems of perception, cognition and behaviour related to flight and the errors that are cause by human limitations. You will reflect on the success of crew resource management strategies to improve pilot judgement and decision making and learn about the principles of threat and error management.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: AVAT11002 Basic Aeronautical Knowledge; AVAT11003 Basic Aeronautical Practice and AVAT11006 Aviation Law
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Moodle
Since only two students undertook this subject, the one feedback was not made available to me.
Since no feedback has been made due to the very low number of enrollment (2 students enrolled), I would like to propose the present unit material remain until such time substantial feedback is available in future years.
- Explain the medical and physiological aspects related to flight
- Examine human limitations of perception, cognition and information processing limitations related to flight
- Describe human behaviour limitations and errors applicable to flight
- Reflect on the resource management, judgement and decision making required of a professional pilot
- Discuss the principles of threat and error management.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
HHuman Factors for the Private & Commercial Pilot Licences
Edition: 4th (2019)
Authors: David Robson
Aviation Theory Centre Pty Ltd,
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-875537-77-8.
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
The REFERENCE BOOK for this subject is Human Factors for the Private & Commercial Pilot Licences, 4th Ed. David Robson, published by Aviation Theory Centre Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-1-875537-77-8.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.blair@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Historical Overview of Human Factors in Aviation
The Human Body
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Lecture and Tutorial
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Human Capabilities and Performance
Health and Well-being
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Vision, Hearing and Balance
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Fatigue and Stress
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Decision Making and Automation in Aviation
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Training, Pilot Performance
Teamwork, Crew Resource Management
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Flight Deck Design, Displays and Controls
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Flight Simulation and Error Management
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Threat Management, Crew co-ordination and Enforcement Bodies
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Information Resources, Air Traffic Control, Meteorology and Maintenance
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Accident/Incident Analysis, Investigation and Responsibilities
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First Aid, Survival and Security
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Review
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John Blair - Lecturer contacts:
Email - j.blair@cqu.edu.au
Tel - 0740374752
1 Group Work
See Moodle for Specific Exercise.
This assignment is designed to assist retention of material provided during the first nine weeks of Human Factors in the Aviation Industry.
Additionally, students will be required to research and report issues relating to the Human Factors that influence flight deck operations in contemporary commercial aircraft operations. Specifically, elements of crew resource management, inter-crew communications, situational awareness and control and commands should be critically analysed to ensure safe and efficient operation of commercial aircraft.
Your assessment document must be produced in electronic form (either as (a) a single page word-processed document, (b) single page Publisher document saved in a PDF format, or (c) as a single Power-point slide saved in a PDF format) and should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions. Note: that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin), hence the requirement to submit the Publisher or Power-point documents as PDF files. You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with the University Policy requirements.
Students will be provided with relevant criteria during lecture week 1.
- Explain the medical and physiological aspects related to flight
- Examine human limitations of perception, cognition and information processing limitations related to flight
- Describe human behaviour limitations and errors applicable to flight
- Reflect on the resource management, judgement and decision making required of a professional pilot
- Discuss the principles of threat and error management.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
