Houston-Galveston Vessel Traffic Service Watchstander Analysis

Abstract

A team of human factors specialists analyzed the performance of watchstanders in the U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Center at Houston, TX. Data collected included copies of the center's forms and logs, records of watchstander activities for a total of fifteen hours of observation, timed measurements of typical watchstander activities and computer delays, records of twelve in-depth interviews with center personnel, stress questionnaires administered to nine watchstanders, and photographs of equipment and workspace layout. Analysis of the data yielded tentative models of time utilization and the relationship of activity to traffic load and sixteen suggestions for improving operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA055776

Entities

People

  • C. N. Abernethy
  • D. B. Devoe
  • K. J. Kearns

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Coast Guard
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Instructors
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Observation
  • Pain
  • Personnel Management
  • Plotting Boards
  • United States

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Science