Apprenticeship training course

Human factors specialist (level 7)

To make systems, products, tasks, jobs, organisations and work environments better for their intended users.

• Qualification level: 7 ; Equivalent to master’s degree.
• Typical duration: 36 months
• Apprenticeship category: Engineering and manufacturing
• Maximum funding: £19,000 ; Maximum amount government will fund ; for apprenticeship training.
• Also known as:
  • Ergonomist
  • Human factors consultant
  • Human factors engineer
  • Human factors practitioner
  • Human factors specialist
• Skills:
  Skills an apprentice will learn

  • Select and apply human factors methodologies to project requirements.
  • Use computer-based tools to assist in the design, analysis, evaluation and validation of jobs, interfaces, tasks and environments such as: Computer Aided Design, Task Analysis, Anthropometric Modelling, Workload Analysis, HCI/User Interface Design and Prototyping.
  • Produce Specific-Measurable-Appropriate-Realistic-Timebound (SMART) requirements.
  • Identify and comply with legal, statutory and any other relevant legislation and standards to bound and inform design and engineering choices.
  • Design and execute trials and experimentation involving Users.
  • Collect, analyse and interpret data using numerical, analytical and critical analysis techniques.
  • Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders in multidisciplinary teams using different methods including oral, written, and presentation.
  • Plan, manage and lead projects.
  • Produce documentation such as assessments, risk registers, plans, specifications and assurance cases.
  • Plan and undertake research to meet the project requirement.
  • Technical decision making related to human factors engineering considering the impact on the project and area of delegated authority.
  • Use human factors design principles when developing solutions.
  • Plan and manage own time.
  • Integrate human factors programme of work within engineering programmes.
  • Teamwork and leadership skills including: negotiation techniques, conflict management, development techniques, and diversity, equality and inclusivity considerations.

Full information on Human factors specialist (level 7) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

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