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Home My WebLink AboutAVT-240 1 BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION OF MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Course Syllabus AVT 240, Introduction to Aviation Safety Basic Information About Course and Instructor Semester and Year: Fall 2013 Course and Section Number: AVT-240-001 Meeting Times and Locations: Technology Building, TBA Instructor:TBA Office Location:Room A-325 Phone:201-447-7975 Departmental Secretary: Sandra Haan Office Hours:8am-4pm weekdays Email Address: Course Description 15 lectures, 0 labs, 3 credits Prerequisites and co-requisites, if any: None  Diversity Course – Aviation elective Aviation Safety is a study of the new developments in Human Factors, Accident Investigation and Risk Management as applied to the aviation industry. Topics considered include a brief history of the evolution of Accident Investigation, the impact of automation systems, and advances in Human Factors theory. Safety Management Systems concept application, and practical Aircraft Accident Investigation will be stressed. Student Learning Objectives: As a result of meeting the requirements in this course, students will be able to 1. Demonstrate the fundamental concepts of Safety Management Systems and how they are utilized in current real-world applications. 2. Be able to employ the safety concepts to validate various procedures in Aviation Systems. 3. Demonstrate the fundamental principles of Safety Systems design and how they are applied. 4. Demonstrate the fundamental structure of Safety Management Systems and be able to apply the knowledge and computational tools to solve operational problems. 5. Be able to perform fundamental analysis of performance of safety systems using current tools. Each of the above listed student learning objectives will be assessed by: 1. Written assignments and/or quizzes 2. Written examinations 3. Classroom exercises or other assessments as determined . 2 Course Content Aviation Safety will provide a broad brush coverage of historical, current and future Aviation Safety Systems and the impact of Accident Investigation methods and Human Factors results. The course will be delivered in a Technology building classroom. Power Point presentations with lecture, internet source material and group exercises with computational software tools will be utilized. Special Features of the Course Upon Completion of this course the student will have the ability to understand and apply practical aspects of Aviation Safety systems. Course will be taught through a combination of power point presentations an d internet source materials and research texts and developed software tools. Course Texts and/or Other Study Materials Deep Survival By Laurence Gonzales Published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-32615-4 $10.17 Deep survival is a great book! Laurence Gonzales uses extreme sports as a venue to explain human performance. He is an aviator and a journalist not a psychologist, so his book is readable. He communicates with stories. Students tend to remember the story, or be reminded of the stor y, and then bring back the concepts he intended to communicate. The book is full of exciting examples of various human performance issues. Students will end up reading the entire book if you assign exce rpts. It is well priced and available at most any local book store. The Human Contribution By James Reason Published by Ashgate Publishing Company ISBN-10: 9780754674023 $32.00 The Human Contribution is a summing up of James Reason’s work. He admits to it being mostly his opinion. Influenced by Human Factors experts like Sydney Dekker of Lund University and Ohio State University. The Human Contribution displays the heroic intervention. We so focus on the human as a hazard that we forget the human normally intervenes to keep the system running. So the bulk of safety information is what works as opposed to what doesn't work. He has added another layer to the Swiss Cheese, its Cheddar. No holes. It represents the skill of operational people. However a mouse is nibbling the cheddar. The mouse represents unrecovered minor errors that erode the last line of defense. Online at: http://www.lusa.lu.se/research/sidney-dekker-homepage http://www.faa.gov/data_research/safety/ http://www.icao.int/icao/en/anb/aig/ 3 http://www.icao.int/anb/humanfactors/ Research, Writing, and/or Examination Requirement(s) Course research will be at the discretion of the student with instructor oversight./writing/presentation/examination requirements. Student group work on classroom exercises is vital to course success. Participation is included in final course grading. Grading Policy Students should refer to the instructor’s grading policy which will be distributed on the first meeting of class. Attendance and tardiness policies Will be determined by the instructor for each section of the course. These will be established in writing on the individual cours e outlines. Attendance will be kept by the instructor for administrative and counseling purposes. Final examination policy is an open text policy. All course materials maybe used. Ingenuity of application will increase the student’s grade. Class exercise participation constitutes one quarter of the final grade . Late work and make up examinations will be handled on a case by case basis. BCC Attendance Policy All students are expected to attend punctually every scheduled meeting of each course in whi ch they are registered. Attendance and lateness policies and sanctions are to be determined by the instructor for each section of each course. These will be established in writing on the individual course outline. Attendance will be kept by the instructor for administrative and counseling purposes. A daily list of class cancellations is posted on the college’s web page: www.bergen.edu. If students find the class has been cancelled without being posted, they should report it to the Divisional Dean’s Offic e (A- 325) or to the Evening Office (L-113). Other College, Divisional, and/or Departmental Policy Statements Code of Student Conduct. Plagiarism and/or academic dishonesty. American Disabilities Act Sexual Harassment policy. 4 Policy on acceptable use of BCC technology. Policy on the purpose and value of faculty office hours. May be found in the Bergen Community College catalogue or online at: http://www.bergen.edu/Documents/Catalog/Catalog -Policies_11-12.pdf Student and Faculty Support Services Learning Assistance Center Room: L-125 447-7908 Sidney Silverman Library Room: L-226 447-7436 Office of Specialized Services Room: L -115 612-5270 BCC Web Advisor is available at: https://go.bergen.edu/WebAdvisor/ Include a Course Outline and Calendar Week Date(s) Topic/Activity Assignments/Events 1 Sep 5 Jan 28 Introduction to the Course CT 1 OL2,3,4 2 Sep 12 Feb 4 Historical perspective of Aviation Safety, Accident Investigation CT 2 OL2,3,4 3 Sep 19 Feb 11 The process of simple Risk and Hazard identification CT1 OL2 4 Sep 26 Feb 18 Safety Mitigation Strategy CT 5 Oct 3 Feb 25 Exam 1 6 Oct 10 Mar 4 Return and Review of Exam 1 Safety System development CT2 OL2 7 Oct 17 Mar 11 Human Factors in Aviation 8 Oct 24 Mar 18 Mechanical failures from an operational standpoint CT2 9 Oct 31 Mar 25 Group safety exercise #1 CT2 OL 1 10 Nov 7 Apr 1 Exam 2 Integrated Safety Concepts ASAP programs OL2 11 Nov14 Apr 8 Return and Review of Exam 2 Human Factors intervention 12 Nov21 Apr 15 Management roles and Just Culture CT2 OL1,2,3 13 Dec 5 Apr 22 International Aviation Safety requirements OL 2 OL 3 OL 4 14 Dec 12 Apr 29 Course review Final Deadline for Late Exercises and Extra Credit Work 15 Dec 19 May 6 Final Exam Note to Students: This Course Outline and Calendar is tentative and subject to change, depending upon the progress of the class.