Fiske Human Factors Engineering Ltd.
Reliability, Operability, Maintainability & Safety
Fiske Human Factors Engineering (FHFE) Ltd was established in 2014 to provide specialist Human Factors Engineering (HFE) services to Design Houses, Operators, Regulatory Bodies and Manufacturing Companies that work within and support high hazard industry.
…..’Our core aim is to deliver value to our clients through effective and integrated Human Factors Engineering solutions, helping them achieve their safety targets and reduce overall capital and operational expenditure……’
The four key tenants of our work are....
The four key tenants of our work are....
RELIABILITY
RELIABILITY
'...the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well...'
This is concerned with human error and its sources, influencing factors, its identification / classification, qualification or quantification and its reduction or elimination. Techniques such Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA), a qualitative method, or HEART/THERP, quantitative methods, are used to gather and analyse task data. These techniques can then be used to influence design or be integrated as part of Hazard & Operability Studies (HAZOP) or as substantiating evidence in Safety Case orientated projects.
OPERABILITY
OPERABILITY
'... the ability to be used effectively for an intended purpose...'
This is concerned with the identification, development and implementation of design requirements derived from the analysis of user tasks associated with the operation (i.e. changing, monitoring) of a system. These requirements will be derived from some form of task analysis; however there are other techniques such as operational sequence diagrams, functional adjacency diagrams and link analysis.
MAINTAINABILITY
MAINTAINABILITY
'...cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue...'
This is concerned with the identification, development and implementation of design requirements derived from the analysis of user tasks associated with the maintenance of system component and conditions, These requirements will be derived from some form of task analysis specifically tailored to identify and address potential maintenance errors and latent fault conditions.
SAFETY
SAFETY
'...the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury...'
This is concerned with work organisation, safe staffing levels, behavioural based safety, safety culture, working environment, work instructions / safe systems of work and more traditional safety in design.
