Knowledge areas

Knowledge Areas

If you are applying for Registered Membership, you need to demonstrate knowledge in each of the five following areas:

1. Anatomy, anthropometry and physiology in human activities, including:

• anatomy
• anthropometry
• physiology
• physiotherapy
• biomechanics
• physical capabilities
• postural and biomechanical loading
• physiological fatigue
• disorientation
• vestibular loading
• musculoskeletal disorders
• ageing
• sensory and motor disabilities
• repetitive strain injuries

2. Environmental stressors (performance shaping factors), psychophysiology, including:

• sound and noise
• thermal environments
• visibility and lighting
• vibration
• acceleration and g-forces
• hyperbaric & hypobaric environments
• circadian rhythms
• physiological fatigue
• physiological stress
• audition
• vision
• other senses

3. Socio-technical systems, including:

• human machine systems
• knowledge elicitation
• system design standards
• systems theory
• soft systems
• systems evaluation and validation

4. General & Organisational psychology, including:

• behaviour and attitudes
• motivation
• vigilance
• mental fatigue
• decision making
• human reliability
• human error
• risk perception
• learning and skills acquisition
• mental workload
• mental modelling
• situation awareness
• psychometrics
• cognitive skills
• psychological stress
• global cultural variances
• safety cultures
• team work and groups
• communications
• group behaviour
• organisational behaviour
• organisational change

5. Survey and research methods, including:

• experimental design
• statistics
• measurement techniques