Trans RINA, Vol 156, Part C1, Intl J Marine Design, Jan - Dec 2014
4.1(e) Students’ life as a Naval Architecture undergraduate
It was encouraging to see that all 35 students want to be ship designers as their dream profession. Apart from that, the majority of
students mentioned that they would
choose to study Naval Architecture, if they were high school graduates again. The prominent motivation was the students’ interest to have more practical experience and demonstrations onboard ships. Furthermore students mentioned the following additional areas of learning which will be helpful for their future.
more understanding on HF in ship design more understanding on HF Engineering
4.2 ONBOARD SURVEY 4.2(c) According to
4.2(a) Impact of experience gained by the students during the knowledge
activities for their design failures that make HF/HCD
After analysing the students’ feedback given in the record sheets, it was encouraging to see that all of them were able to identify
discomfort or disturb the work flow of the seafarers during their day to day operations. In addition, they were able to identify the good design features available on the vessel and their findings are summarized in Table 2. Furthermore, they got insight on habitability, workability, maintainability and controllability issues faced by the seafarers during their activities.
Table 2: Design failures/ good design features identified by students
Design Failures Steep stairs
Poor accessibility and operability of valves
Poor accommodation layout design
Insufficient headroom
Insufficient natural light in accommodation Insufficient width of the stairs in emergency Poor work flow Excessive vibration Cramped entry and exit points
4.2(b) Students’ feedback on significance of considering HF/HCD during ship deign
Majority of the students provided positive feedback on the significance of including HF in the early stages of the ship design process for overall safety of the ship and wellbeing of the seafarer. Besides that, they recognized the significance of designers’ critical thinking about the end users, space utilization, workflow support and the
Good Design features
Sufficient space in the bridge for teamwork
Sufficient space in the galley, engine store room
Adequate washroom & washing facilities
Adequate study facilities the students, what practical
benefits seafarers may receive by applying HF/HCD during ship designs
It was encouraging to see that all the students were able to recognize the benefits that seafarers may receive by applying HF/HCD and their feedback was given as follows,
less chance of accidents & better safety reduce fatigue seafarers’ job satisfaction seafarers will have ships that are comfortable and safe for them to operate
improved workflow longer working life can increase the efficiency can increase the productivity decrease risk of personal issues
5. DISCUSSION
5.1 METHODOLOGICAL DISCUSSION According to Marshal
and Rossman [25] & K.
Williamson [26] ‘a thoughtful and insightful discussion of the literature builds a logical framework for the research that sets it within a tradition of inquiry and a context of related studies’. It will help the researcher to understand the research question and
teamwork support for the crew during design stage. In addition to that, 30% of
the students requested to
introduce this discipline in their Naval Architecture degree course for them to gain in depth knowledge.
However, 10% of students pointed out the drawbacks of implementing HF/HCD in design. The following statements were given by them,
“HCD should focus on making repairs easier rather than day to day work”
“An excellent idea but sometimes failed when you want to fit all of the equipment in smaller space”
“It can be difficult to match an ideal level of comfort with an efficient working area. Generally common sense can dictate the best compromise”
its context.
Therefore the body of the literature was reviewed to identify previous studies on the topic of applying HF and HCD disciplines to the maritime industry.
Due to the easy access to the target group and significant population available at AMC, a survey was selected as the best approach to initiate the study. According to Mitchell and Jolley [27], there are two main types of survey instruments as questionnaire and interview. In this study the questionnaire was employed as the instrument to gather data. Since the researcher was available during the survey, this instrument can be further identified as Investigator-administered survey that has advantages and
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