Unit Profile Correction added on 19-04-22
Extend the duration of the Final Exam from 86 minutes to 120 minutes
Overview
Aviation Human Factors (Air Transport Pilot Licence) will provide you with advanced knowledge of human performance and human limitations associated with high speed, high altitude, multi-crew flight in heavy air transport aircraft. You will also learn about the importance of organisational culture and national culture when operating in the global aviation industry. You will cover the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Air Transport Pilot Licence Human Factors syllabus. You will be presented with some of the medical challenges of high speed, high altitude flight. You will examine problems of perception, cognition and behaviour related to flight and the errors that are caused by human limitations. You will reflect on the success of crew resource management strategies to improve pilot judgement and decision making and analyse the principles of threat and error management.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: AVAT12011 Aviation Human Factors (Commercial Pilot Licence).
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 1 - 2022
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 Student feedback
No marking rubric was provided and insufficient information on the assignment task sheet.
Integrate marking rubric for the written assignment and increase detail within the task sheet.
Feedback from Lecturer
Low response rate.
Encourage students to complete the SUTE during the final phase of the term through emails and in-class instructions.
- Classify the physiological conditions related to high altitude flight
- Investigate human limitations of perception, cognition and information processing related to multi-crew
- Interpret human behaviour limitations and errors applicable to multi-crew flight
- Reflect on the crew resource management, judgement and decision making required of a professional pilot
- Analyse critically 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 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
No referencing style set.
c.needham@cqu.edu.au
a.ranganathan@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
HUF Genesis
HUF Models;
The Reason model
The PEAR model
HUF accident causes
HUF vs. Ergonomics
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Tenerife
Corporate Culture
Characteristics of a Safe Culture
Risk Management
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
SHELL Model
Foundations of Human Factors in Aviation
Body Rhythm
Chronic Fatigue
Stress
Leadership
Communication
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
CRM Defined
History and evolution of CRM
Impact of Training
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
TEM Defined
Classifying threats
CRM and TEM
Error Management
Undesirable Aircraft State (UAS)
Line Oriented Flight Training (LOFT)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Information Flow
Design & Location
Design Evolution
Advanced Technology (Discussion with Airbus)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Automation Principles
History
Electronics
Solid State Electronics
Evolution of Automation
Automation Challenges
Man vs. Machine Capabilities
Automation Reliance
Cockpit Future Technology (Airbus)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Automatic Flight Planning
ATC systems
Flight Deck / ATC integration
Safety monitoring of ATS activities
FANS
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Workload
Monitoring
Arousal vs. Complacency
Incident Discussion
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Air Navigation Act
Transportation Safety Act
Review Accident & Incident Definitions
Processes
Causation and Culture
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Federal Legislation
Airworthiness
Strict Liability
Aviation Transport Security Act
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Course Revision
Incident Review
Group Discussion & Debate
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Exam Details TBA
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This unit extends the knowledge already gained at CPL level with a focus on learning from industry experts. Your lecturer is Capt. Craig Needham, a current A320/321 pilot operating on domestic and short-haul international routes. Appearing live in lectures you will have the chance to hear-from and speak-to other experts in Airline Human Factors;
- Captain Simon Gould B788
- Captain Martin Loewensohn A388
- Airbus Cockpit Design Engineer
- Lachlan Gray (Technical Officer Australian Federation of Air Pilots
- Professor Doug Drury (HUF Expert and Head of Aviation)
Text book for this unit is available as an e-book (downloadable from the AVAT13011 Moodle Site).
1 Written Assessment
For your mid-term assignment, you will be given the choice of two recent aviation accidents where Human Factors played a key role. Your 2500 word essay will examine one of the accidents and define the specific human factors which contributed.
Your assessment document must be produced in electronic form (either as (a) a single page word processed document, (b) a single page Publisher document 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: all submissions are processed through the similarity dectection sofetware (called Turitin) hence, the requirement to submit the Publisher or Power Point documents as PDF files.
You must ensure that all of the work submitted is your own, in line with University Policy requirements.
Week 8 Friday (6 May 2022) 5:00 pm AEST
Please submit via Turnitin (Moodle)
Week 8 Friday (6 May 2022)
Marking in accordance with Rubric listed on Moodle
No submission method provided.
- Classify the physiological conditions related to high altitude flight
- Investigate human limitations of perception, cognition and information processing related to multi-crew
- Interpret human behaviour limitations and errors applicable to multi-crew flight
- Reflect on the crew resource management, judgement and decision making required of a professional pilot
- Analyse critically the principles of threat and error management.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- 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?
