Catching up with SAFEMODE: Enhancing tools for better maritime and aviation safety culture worldwide
The online platform, called the HUman Risk-Informed Design (HURID) platform, is considered the key achievement of the SAFEMODE project launched in 2019 to help improve safety in maritime and aviation operations. When SAFEMODE ended in late-2022, this did not also mean the end of HURID, which had been created to support best-in-class human factors (HF) analysis in design and operations. According to Simone Pozzi of SAFEMODE project coordinator Deep Blue, Italy, the platform has been growing steadily, continuously being refined and updated. “Now it is also mobile-friendly!” states Pozzi.
Three stand out
As of 30 August 2024, HURID has 300 registered users from across the globe, with particular interest being shown in three of the platform’s library of tools. First is the HF Compass that guides HF experts in the application of HF techniques, tools and methods in their workflows. The second tool garnering the most interest is Human Performance Capability Profiling. It allows organisations to identify their most critical human performance areas and then helps them determine how well equipped they are to manage them. The third popular tool, the Safety Eye app, runs safety culture evaluations in organisations. Since its launch in 2022, the app has provided support to 13 organisations in the aviation and maritime sectors conducting safety campaigns. HURID became a reality thanks to EU funding. “Addressing the challenges faced by SAFEMODE is beyond the capacity of any single organisation, it requires a collective effort,” Pozzi points out, adding: “This funding enabled us to create a global community of HF practitioners, which was essential in developing the HURID platform. More importantly, it enabled the creation of the entire HURID approach, which we now use to guide us when offering HF services to organisations. None of this would have been possible without EU funding.”
Keywords
SAFEMODE, aviation, maritime, safety culture, human factor, HURID