Designing the Human Element into Maintenance

Some degree of automation for the checkout and trouble-shooting of complex equipment may be necessitated by the little time available for performing these maintenance actions. Although seldom is there a requirement for a high degree of automation, so much attention has been drawn to the elimination of human errors that maintenance may be automated even though automation is not required. To capitalize upon both the merits of automation and the capabilities of humans, an integrated program is proposed for the analysis of maintenance requirements and the evaluation of man-machine alternatives for meeting these requirements.