Lloyd’s Register Foundation and The Nautical Institute have joined forces to produce a special limited edition bound set of all 40 issues of the Alert! human element bulletin, a global educational resource on the human element.
Enough have been produced for every maritime training college in the world to have a copy, so all will have access to the topics and case studies covered by the project over its 14-year history.
“Collectively they form a vital global educational resource for the maritime community; unique within any industry and actively used to promote safety at sea,” said Professor Richard Clegg, Foundation Chief Executive, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, which has funded the project.
Bulletin editor Commodore David Squire said that Alert! had developed into a “powerful tool” for promoting the importance of the human element in shipping. From the beginning the project has “raised awareness” of maritime professionals across the industry to human element issues. He added that the information was as relevant today as at the start of the project and will remain so for the future “because no matter how much business needs change and how much technology is introduced, there will always be a need for human intervention.”
“This bound set contains all the Alert! bulletins and the descriptions of human element competence developed by the project,” explained Dr Jonathan Earthy, Human Factors Coordinator, Technical Directorate, Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore.
One of the strengths of the project was that it looked at all parts of the industry and their effect on the design and different aspects of operation, showing how human element principles can be applied at all stages in the design, operation, updating and maintenance of any ship and its systems.
“The Institute will maintain the electronic library of this human element material for the foreseeable future and ensure that the Compendium gets into the library of maritime colleges and universities so that the next generation of designers and seafarers can benefit”, concluded John Lloyd, CEO of The Nautical Institute.
All the 40 issues of Alert! may be found here.
