How Human Factors Influence Behaviour
Organisational, job and individual factors including workload, competence, fatigue, communication, peer pressure and risk perception.
How to prepare for CN1
Learn the principle, locate scenario evidence, explain why it matters, choose proportionate controls and show how actions will be prioritised and reviewed.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Organisational, job and individual factors including workload, competence, fatigue, communication, peer pressure and risk perception.
Exam cue: Name the specific construction evidence before applying the principle or control.
Concept 2
Classify the influence before selecting a response; redesign work and supervision as well as addressing individual conduct.
Exam cue: Prefer prevention and collective protection before procedural or personal controls.
Concept 3
Avoid blaming the worker when time pressure, poor equipment, weak procedures or conflicting incentives shaped the behaviour.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Giving a generic hazard or control list without connecting it to people, task and site conditions.
Guardrail: Do not give a generic control list without linking it to the task, people, site conditions and verification method.
Treating a document, inspection or item of PPE as proof that the underlying risk is controlled.
Guardrail: Do not give a generic control list without linking it to the task, people, site conditions and verification method.
Memory anchors
CN1 2.2 · How Human Factors Influence Behaviour
Organisational, job and individual factors including workload, competence, fatigue, communication, peer pressure and risk perception.
How Human Factors Influence Behaviour · decision cue
Classify the influence before selecting a response; redesign work and supervision as well as addressing individual conduct.
How Human Factors Influence Behaviour · evidence check
Avoid blaming the worker when time pressure, poor equipment, weak procedures or conflicting incentives shaped the behaviour.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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