Reducing the risk of failure by better training and education

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1153-1162

  Le May, I ^a   Deckker, E ^a  

^a Metallurgical Consulting Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Human factors; Risk of failure; Training

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; HUMAN FACTORS; HUMAN ISSUES; RISK OF FAILURE; TRAINING; TRAINING AND EDUCATIONS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 62649142264     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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