Human factors specialist

Level

Master's level

Length

3 yrs

typical

Sector

Engineering and manufacturing

Pay

Paid

you earn while training

In a nutshell

To make systems, products, tasks, jobs, organisations and work environments better for their intended users.

Conduct task analyses and workload assessments for critical roles

Evaluate control room and interface designs for usability and safety

Lead or contribute to human factors incident investigations

Advise engineering teams on human-centred design decisions

Develop and deliver human factors training for operational staff

Contribute to safety cases and regulatory submissions

Research and apply evidence-based human factors science to real problems

Human cognition, perception, attention, and decision-making under pressure

Task analysis, workload assessment, and human reliability analysis

Human-machine interface and control room design principles

Organisational safety culture, leadership, and Just Culture frameworks

Incident investigation using systematic human factors methodologies

Human factors in high-reliability and safety-critical industries

Applying ergonomics to physical workplace and equipment design

Ready to look for a place?

See live Human factors specialist apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.

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