School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Crew Resource Management
  • Unit Code

    SCA3200
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr John MURRAY

Description

This unit will introduce the concept of Crew Resource Management (CRM) as a management system providing optimum use of all available resources on the flight deck, resulting in improved safety and efficiency of operations. Training procedures for use in environments where human error can have profound effects will be elaborated. The primary focus on interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision making on the flight deck of a large aircraft will be emphasised. Cognitive skills as the mental processes used for gaining and maintaining situational awareness, will be analysed.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed SCA1117

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the concepts of judgement and decision making in a multi-crew flight deck environment.
  2. Evaluate methods of flight crew communication and the importance of leadership and teamwork.
  3. Explain flight deck optimisation procedures and relevant systems management.
  4. Discuss the importance of aviation ethics and responsibility.
  5. Analyse essential professional issues in modern transport aviation.
  6. Analyse aviation industry practice as it relates to Indigenous Australian community engagement.

Unit Content

  1. History of CRM, aeronautical decision making, situational awareness, dangerous attitudes.
  2. Communication techniques, leadership and teamwork.
  3. Human error and flight deck automation.
  4. Cultures and CRM, airmanship, aviation workplace responsibility.
  5. Environmental issues in modern aviation, health and safety concerns, professional collaboration.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestCRM factors tests15%
Tutorial PresentationCRM in action15%
EssayProfessional practice essay25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination45%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Crew Resource Management
  • Unit Code

    SCA3200
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr John MURRAY

Description

This unit will introduce the concept of Crew Resource Management (CRM) as a management system providing optimum use of all available resources on the flight deck, resulting in improved safety and efficiency of operations. Training procedures for use in environments where human error can have profound effects will be elaborated. The primary focus on interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision making on the flight deck of a large aircraft will be emphasised. Cognitive skills as the mental processes used for gaining and maintaining situational awareness, will be analysed.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed SCA1117

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the concepts of judgement and decision making in a multi-crew flight deck environment.
  2. Evaluate methods of flight crew communication and the importance of leadership and teamwork.
  3. Explain flight deck optimisation procedures and relevant systems management.
  4. Discuss the importance of aviation ethics and responsibility.
  5. Analyse essential professional issues in modern transport aviation.
  6. Analyse aviation industry practice as it relates to Indigenous Australian community engagement.

Unit Content

  1. History of CRM, aeronautical decision making, situational awareness, dangerous attitudes.
  2. Communication techniques, leadership and teamwork.
  3. Human error and flight deck automation.
  4. Cultures and CRM, airmanship, aviation workplace responsibility.
  5. Environmental issues in modern aviation, health and safety concerns, professional collaboration.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestCRM factors tests15%
Tutorial PresentationCRM in action15%
EssayProfessional practice essay25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination45%

Core Reading(s)

  • Flin, R. H., O'Connor, P., & Crichton, M. (2008). Safety at the sharp end: A guide to non-technical skills. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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