Development and Evaluative Human Systems Integration of

Control Room Design

Team MembersRay Klein (Dalhousie – Psychology)

John McCabe (Dalhousie – School of Healthand Human Performance)

Ron Pelot (Dalhousie – IndustrialEngineering – Director, RBC Centre for Risk Management)

Elaine Toms (Dalhousie – School of Business Administration -Director)

Mark Fleming (St. Mary’s – Psychology)

Michael Taber (Dalhousie –Interdisciplinary Studies)

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Presentation Outline

RationalePurposeResearch Focus AreasPhases of Data Collection Methods

O&G Incidents (Last 20 years)

• Piper Alpha Platform, 1988• Rowan Gorilla I, 1988 • Union Oil rig fire, 1989• Fulmar Alpha explosion, 1991• Texaco Milford Haven Refinery explosion, 1994• Mobil oil rig explosion near Nigeria, 1995• Morgan oil field rig explosion, 1996• Esso Longford Gas Plant explosion, 1998• Pertobras P-36 rig explosion, 2001• Arabdrill 19 Jack-Up explosion, 2002• GSF Adriatic IV rig fire, 2004• BP Texas City Refinery explosion and fire, 2005• Mumbai High North rig fire and explosion, 2005• Usumacinta drilling platform collision, 2007

Current Emergency Response Training in Canada

Requirements:CAPP GuidelinesCNSOBPCNOPBTransport Canada Approval

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OPITO/Cogent Assessment Factors

(Adapted from OPITO Approved Standards , 2005)

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Purpose

1. To systematically investigate existing emergency response management training for the offshore oil and gas industry.

2. Develop a standardized checklist and evaluation criteria for MME/PICA training in Atlantic Canada.

3. Validate the standardized training methods through field testing.

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Systematic Review

Fundamental Areas of Interest

Human Systems Integration (HSI)Information processing and automationSituation Awareness (SA)Performance evaluations and behavioural markersHierarchical task analysis

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Components of HSI

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Wickens and Hollands Model of Information Processing

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SA Model(Endsely, 1995)

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Phases/Data Collection

6 Phases:1. Establishment of baseline parameters2. Field evaluation, SME interviews and SA

checklist criteria3. Design of new control room system4. Development of standardization training,

SA evaluation of actual MME/PICA5. Evaluation - Offshore data

collection/analysis6. Application of findings – Formalization

and communication of design principles

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Methods

ParticipantsMME/PICA trainees from SSTLOffshore ERT members

MeasuresSA checklist (SAGAT) – Task analysisSME interviewsPsychometric assessmentPsychophysiologicalErgonomic assessmentRisk analysis

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Questions?