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Field test designs for the evaluation of vessel operators' use of and confidence in various aids to navigation
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1995-12-01
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NTL Classification:NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;
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Abstract:Development Center in evaluating current Coast Guard policies and development plans for
Waterways Management, a "Waterways Management Research and Planning" task plan was
established as Task Area A in FY '94. The purpose of this task area is to develop decision support
tools to assist Coast Guard waterways managers in improving the way they meet the waterway users'
requirements for aids to navigation and waterway services. A Waterways Users research topic was
established in 1994 and a Baseline Analysis report on Waterway Users was presented in April,
1995. This analysis defined the waterway users to be "vessels ofvarious types, sizes and uses, not
the humans operating the vessels", and went on to consider the most important attributes of the
vessels. The attributes were defined, for the most part, in physical terms (size and number of
vessels, cargo carried, maneuverability, etc.) but consideration was given to the human dimension
as well. One of the research tasks proposed in the Baseline Analysis was Task 2-6, User
Requirements - Human Factors Critical to Assessment of Effectiveness of Coast Guard Aids to
Navigation and Waterways Services. That Task, in turn, was divided into two subtasks, 2-6.1 Define
Waterway Users by Navigational Requirements and 2-6.2 Select User Groups for In-Depth Study,
which were funded in FY '95.
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