Development of a Cognitive Work Analysis Method for Safe Ship Navigation and a Case Study

Hong, Seung-Kweon

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2013;37(3):231-237.
Published online June 30, 2013.

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Development of a Cognitive Work Analysis Method for Safe Ship Navigation and a Case Study

Seung-Kweon Hong

Abstract

What to analyze cognitive works that are involved in ship navigation is a basic work to make alternatives for maritime safety such as development of bridge equipments, extraction of potential human errors and development of education/ training methods. In the domains in which much research on the human error has been performed such as aviation and nuclear plant, analysis methods for cognitive work analysis have been developed and applied to them. However, the research on the cognitive work analysis is not sufficient in the maritime domain. This paper proposes a method to analyze cognitive work of ship navigation. The method was developed so that some maritime characteristics and a variety of factors influencing cognitive works are reflected on cognitive work analysis processes. On the other hand, an ship collision accident was analyzed by the proposed method as a case study.

Key Words: cognitive work;ship’s collision;human error;work analysis method;education and training