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TLIF0015
Recognise the impact of human capabilities/limitations on human performance in a rail environment

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to recognise the impact of human capabilities and limitations on human performance in a rail environment.

It includes describing human error and error management and identifying factors that impact on human performance.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required when applying human factors principles to safety critical roles. This unit is intended for rail workers who are performing safety critical activities as part of their job role and for whom an awareness of human factors can lead to improvements in safety and performance.

For this unit human factors is defined as the scientific discipline that is concerned with the application of information about human characteristics, capacities, and limitations to the design of tasks, equipment and work environments.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Evidence Required

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Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

describing principles of human error

identifying human performance limitations and capabilities that affect work performance

identifying impact of factors relating to the organisation and wider systems in which people work on human performance

identifying impact of individual capabilities and limitations

identifying impact of interaction with others including:

communication on human performance

group dynamics on human performance

supervision on human performance

team coordination on human performance

team experience on human performance

identifying impact of rules and procedures on human performance

identifying impact of the design and operation of plant and equipment including technology, vehicles, tools, rollingstock and infrastructure on human performance

identifying impact of the work environment including workspace, weather and surrounds on human performance and giving consideration to design, usability, comfort and suitability.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

factors that contribute to human error

impact of factors relating to the organisation and wider systems in which people work on human performance

impact of individual capabilities and limitations including:

cognitive factors on human performance

demographic factors on human performance including age, gender and mobility

individual differences

physical factors on human performance

physiological factors on human performance

psychological factors on human performance

impact of interaction with others including:

communication on human performance

group dynamics on human performance

supervision on human performance

team coordination on human performance

team experience on human performance

impact of plant and equipment including technology, vehicles, tools, rollingstock and infrastructure on human performance including consideration of design, usability, reliability and suitability

impact of the work environment including workspace weather and surrounds on human performance including consideration of design, usability, comfort and suitability

impact of workplace rules and procedures on human performance including consideration of design, usability and suitability

individual strategies

safety awareness including principles of human error.

Assessors must hold credentials specified within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence and all regulatory requirements included within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must occur in a workplace environment.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Resources for assessment must include:

a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or simulations

applicable documentation including legislation, regulations, codes of practice and workplace procedures.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

describing principles of human error

identifying human performance limitations and capabilities that affect work performance

identifying impact of factors relating to the organisation and wider systems in which people work on human performance

identifying impact of individual capabilities and limitations

identifying impact of interaction with others including:

communication on human performance

group dynamics on human performance

supervision on human performance

team coordination on human performance

team experience on human performance

identifying impact of rules and procedures on human performance

identifying impact of the design and operation of plant and equipment including technology, vehicles, tools, rollingstock and infrastructure on human performance

identifying impact of the work environment including workspace, weather and surrounds on human performance and giving consideration to design, usability, comfort and suitability.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

factors that contribute to human error

impact of factors relating to the organisation and wider systems in which people work on human performance

impact of individual capabilities and limitations including:

cognitive factors on human performance

demographic factors on human performance including age, gender and mobility

individual differences

physical factors on human performance

physiological factors on human performance

psychological factors on human performance

impact of interaction with others including:

communication on human performance

group dynamics on human performance

supervision on human performance

team coordination on human performance

team experience on human performance

impact of plant and equipment including technology, vehicles, tools, rollingstock and infrastructure on human performance including consideration of design, usability, reliability and suitability

impact of the work environment including workspace weather and surrounds on human performance including consideration of design, usability, comfort and suitability

impact of workplace rules and procedures on human performance including consideration of design, usability and suitability

individual strategies

safety awareness including principles of human error.

Assessors must hold credentials specified within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence and all regulatory requirements included within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must occur in a workplace environment.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Resources for assessment must include:

a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or simulations

applicable documentation including legislation, regulations, codes of practice and workplace procedures.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Differences between errors and violations are identified 
 
 
Individual capabilities and limitations that impact on human performance are identified 
 
 
 
 
 
Strategies to mitigate errors are identified 
 

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