Review of Human Factors Psychology Assessment Techniques

Abstract

Human factors assessment is important to help designing task, working process, equipment, work-station, and work environment. As a result, it can enhance work performance, decrease human error and prevent accident at work. Regarding to a literature review, it was a limited article about Human Factors Psychology Assessment Techniques publishing in Thailand. The objectives of this article were to collect and publish types of human factors psychology, assessment techniques. There are many types of Human Factors Psychology Assessment Techniques. In this article, Human Factors Psychology Assessment Techniques were categorized by purpose into four types including i) Task Analysis Techniques; ii) Human Error Identification (HEI) Techniques; iii) Situation Awareness (SA) Assessment Techniques and iv) Mental Workload Assessment Techniques (MWL). The article also provided some examples of methods, domains of application, tools needed, validation studies, advantages and disadvantages. Human factors and ergonomics researchers in Thailand and other relevance can use this guideline to select appropriate human factors psychology assessment techniques.