Bridge Resource Management: Training for the Minimisation of Human Error in the Military Naval Context

Abstract

Naval maritime operations entail a permanent concern for safety, ensuring that all crew members receive the necessary information on time. This implies the existence of specific training for improving non-technical skills (NTS). This paper proposes that bridge resource management (BRM) may be determinant for the success of naval maritime operations. Through a literature review on NTS, maritime team training and BRM, the paper presents insights about the way the level of NTS, inherent to BRM, may be determinant for naval officers to operate in safety. We propose that human error may be minimised and safety maximised in military teams operating in the maritime environment through the implementation of an NTS training programme. The paper offers an insight into the importance of safety during maritime operations, focusing on recent international orientations about training requirements, proposing that implementing BRM will be pivotal for the future of the military navy context.

De Danske Seariders’ Træning af Søværnets Besætninger: Et Studie af Interaktion, Roller og Dilemmaer

“…En del bøger og artikler beskaeftiger sig dog med 'human factors' betydning for maritim sikkerhedskultur og militaer scenarietraening, men 'human factors'-tilgangen er begraenset i den forstand, at der fokuseres bredt på ikke-tekniske faerdigheder (nontechnical skills) og mindre på effekterne af den situerede interaktion. Forfatterne har ikke kunnet finde human factor-studier, der anskuer militaer maritim scenarietraening ud fra et mikrosociologisk perspektiv (Hancock et al 2008;Fjeld, Tvedt & Oltedal 2018;Barnett, Gatfield & Pekcan 2006;Cavaleiro, Gomes & Lopes 2020;Grech, Horberry & Koester 2008). Bailey, Housley og Belcher (2017) har dog produceret et interessant kommunikations-og interaktionsstudie af broteams på civile handelsskibe, som traekker på Goffmans teoriapparat, herunder rollebegrebet.…”