Announcing
HUMAN FACTORS IN AVIATION MAINTENANCE (HFAM)
(Modeled on the FAA-accepted HFAM Course
Developed for the FAA by SCSI)
The Southern California Safety Institute (SCSI) is now offering an open enrollment course in Aviation Maintenance (HFAM) to the civilian and military aviation maintenance workplaces. HFAM, often also referred to as Maintenance Resource Management (MRM), seeks to reduce human error resulting in a safer and more efficient maintenance operation. Human factors, as the largest causal factor of accidents, must be targeted for major safety efforts if an improved safety record is to be achieved. The course design parallels the maintenance human factors course SCSI provides to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASIs) which the FAA has designated an “FAA-Accepted” training course. Developed first for the United States Air Force under contract, this HFAM training course draws from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Advisory Circular 120-72, and concepts in ICAO, EASA and JAA required programs.
Regardless of setting, maintenance error is commonly found to be one of the top three causes of aviation accidents:Maintenance operations are also affected by human input that shows up as weaknesses in organizational processes leading to lack of motivation, fatigue and stress, time pressure, misperception of hazards and inadequate skills.Almost 12% of all accidents reporting a maintenance factor.
When failure or malfunction of aircraft equipment is part of an accident or incident, fully one-third of these malfunctions relate to a maintenance error.
Whenever engine delays are encountered, maintenance error accounts for nearly 50% of the causes.
THE HFAM SOLUTION
Many maintenance organizations try to change the human condition when they should instead be changing the conditions under which people work and treat errors as an expected and foreseeable part of maintenance work. Attention to maintenance human factors can raise efficiency, effectiveness and safety in aviation environments. This translates to better expense control and long-term safety benefits. The results can be impressive. At one major airline, after only twelve months of MRM training, the following was reported:
Contact Rick Anglemyer at (800) 545-3766 ext 103 or the SCSI Registrar at (800) 545-3766 ext 104 for course details and sign up.Ground damage repair costs decreased by 68%
Maintenance related ground damage decreased by 34%
Occupational injury hours decreased by 27%
Occupational injury medical payout decreased by 12%