Subject 7: Human Factors
Build the human skills that keep you and your passengers safe
Enhance safety and performance with a short course aligned to the CASA Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) syllabus.
Gain an understanding of the psychological and physiological factors that affect flight performance.

Overview
Where Jandakot
When Semester 2, 2025
How On Campus
Gain critical insights into pilot behaviour, decision-making, and crew interactions with our Human Factors Short Course, specifically aligned to the CASA Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) syllabus.
Understanding human factors is key to becoming a safe, effective, and resilient pilot. This course explores the psychological and physiological elements that impact flight performance, covering essential topics such as:
- Human performance and its limitations
- Situational awareness and decision-making
- Communication and teamwork
- Stress, fatigue, and workload management
- Error management and threat recognition
Delivered by aviation professionals with practical experience, this course prepares you for the CPL theory exam and helps you develop the mindset and skills to prevent human error and enhance flight safety.
This course is ideal for CPL theory students, trainee flight instructors, and pilots seeking to strengthen their human performance knowledge.
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Semester 2, 2025
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Indicative fees and charges
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for all units in the course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. If you're a student that has successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in to complete this course. Please view the full list of fee disclaimers.
Units
National ID | Unit title |
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09638 | Subject 7: Human Factors |