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General models of organisational safety
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Organisations structures and safety
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Culture and safety
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Procedures and safety
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Safe and unsafe organisations
CAP 737 Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training
3.8 ICAO Human Performance Training Curriculum for Pilots -The Skill
Requirement
As well as the knowledge requirement covered above, the ICAO Human Factors Training Manual also contains a section on the skill requirement. This is covered in Appendix 1, paragraph 1.
4 JAR FCL Syllabus/ CAA HPL syllabus
4.1 Human Performance and Limitations Human Factors: basic concepts Human Factors in aviation Competence and limitations Becoming a competent pilot
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the traditional approach towards ‘proficiency’
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the human factors approach towards ‘professionalism’
Accident statistics
Flight safety concepts
Basic aviation physiology and health maintenance
Basics of flight physiology
The atmosphere
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composition
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Gas Laws
. oxygen requirement of tissues
Respiratory and circulatory systems
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functional anatomy
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hypobaric environment
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pressurisation, decompression
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rapid decompression
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entrapped gases, barotrauma
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counter measures, hypoxia symptoms
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time of useful consciousness
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hyperventilation
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accelerations
High altitude environment
. ozone
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radiation
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humidity
Man and Environment: the sensory system
Central and peripheral nervous system
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sensory threshold, sensitivity, adaptation
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habituation
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reflexes and biological control systems Vision
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functional anatomy
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visual field, foveal and peripheral vision
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binocular and monocular vision
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monocular vision cues
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night vision Hearing
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functional anatomy
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flight related hazards to hearing Equilibrium
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functional anatomy
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motion, acceleration, verticality
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motion sickness Integration of sensory inputs
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spatial disorientation
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illusions
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physical origin
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physiological origin
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psychological origin
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approach and landing problems Health and hygiene Personal hygiene Common minor ailments
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cold
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influenza
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gastro-intestinal upset Problem areas for pilots
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hearing loss
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defective vision