Job requirements for control room jobs in nuclear power plants

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-405

  Schumacher, Sandra ^a   Kleinmann, Martin ^a   Melchers, Klaus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ability requirements; Control room jobs; Job analysis; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear safety

Indexed keywords

ABILITY REQUIREMENTS; COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; CONTROL ROOM JOBS; CONTROL ROOMS; HUMAN FACTORS; LEADERSHIP STYLE; NORMAL OPERATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OPERATING CONDITION; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TWO DOMAINS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 79151474487     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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