DGAC G-40-02 Human factors guide to continuing airworthiness

What is this Guide for?

This Guide is a tool to assist in the practical application of human factors principles in continuing airworthiness activities.

This version incorporates:

• Feedback from experience related to human factors in the maintenance activities of the 145 organisation,
• Human factors in Continuing Airworthiness Management activities of the Part CAMO organisation (replacing previous Part-M/G organisations).

This Guide aims to:

• Present the basic principles related to human factors,
• Explain in concrete terms the concepts and expectations associated with human factors in the context of continuing airworthiness,
• Highlight important issues and specify certain complex elements to be put in place,
• Highlight the specific features that need to be taken into account in each area
• Propose some practical solutions for the implementation of the human factors principles,
• Propose specific topics on HF that may be of interest to develop.

References

Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 and the associated AMC/GM on Continuing Airworthiness, Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 on Occurrence Reporting, ICAO Doc 9824/AN450 Human Factors Guidelines for Aircraft Maintenance Manual and ICAO Doc 10151 Manual on Human Performance (HP) for Regulators.

Use and Limitations

This Guide is not designed as training material for human factors.
It should not be considered as an exhaustive or restrictive document, nor as a set of additional regulatory obligations.

Elements proposed in this Guide must be assessed and adapted to each organisation according to size, field of activity, level of technology and own business culture.
Practical elements proposed in this Guide should be taken first and foremost as examples.

The Guide can be used to identify and put in place practical solutions adapted to each organisation.

In the context of human factors implementation within an organisation, the organisation shouldn't confine itself to this information alone. Organisations should make use of other documents published on human factors in general or relating to continuing airworthiness.

Original version 

The original version in French is DGAC Guide G-40-01 général Partie-M et Partie-ML.

Download

Both the English and French versions can be downloaded download from: https://documentation.osac.aero/

English version

You can download the English version here. 

French version

You can download the French version here.
 

Feedback

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