Staying safe in the forest: Evaluating forestry worker non-technical skills and associated influencing factors.

林业作业可以包括在陡峭的地面上工作，砍伐树木，操作一系列林业机械，空中植树和种植。由于林业环境中存在一系列危害，以及每年持续发生的伤亡记录，林业被认为是一个高风险行业。该项目的工业合作伙伴，苏格兰林业和土地（FLS），强调林业工作的危险性，并热衷于探索提高林业工人安全的方法。在航空和农业等其他高风险行业，重点是非技术技能，即安全和有效工作所需的认知和社交技能。然而，还没有任何研究审查林业内的这些技能。拟议的博士项目将旨在开发一个非技术技能行为标记系统的林业工人，除了探索可能提高或不利影响非技术技能表现的因素。该项目将为未来的培训干预提供基于证据的指导，旨在支持非技术技能，提高安全性并降低英国林业工人目前的死亡率和受伤率。制定林业工人非技术技能行为标记系统。评估可能影响林业工人非技术技能绩效的因素.制定适当的培训指南，以支持在林业范围内发展非技术技能。拟议研究的第一阶段将侧重于通过访谈、促进讨论小组和修改后的德尔菲研究来制定林业工人非技术技能分类法。第二阶段将包括一项在线调查和观察性研究，以确定影响因素以及这些因素在非技术技能方面的差异程度。最后，将有一个实际的发展阶段，将整理研究结果，以产生一个行为标记系统，信息传单和播客，加上一个培训工具包。

Forestry operations can encompass working on steep ground, felling trees, operating a range of forestry machinery, aerial tree work and planting. Due to the range of hazards present within the forestry environment, and a persistent record of fatalities and injuries each year, forestry is considered a high-risk industry. The industrial partner for this project, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), emphasise the dangers of forestry work and are keen to explore methods of enhancing safety for forestry workers. Within other high-risk industries such as aviation and agriculture there has been a focus on non-technical skills, the cognitive and social skills required for safe and effective work performance. However, there has not been any research examining these skills within forestry. The proposed PhD project will aim to develop a non-technical skill behavioural marker system for forestry workers, in addition to exploring the factors that may enhance or adversely impact non-technical skill performance. The project will produce evidence-based guidance for future training interventions designed to support non-technical skills, enhance safety and reduce the current fatality and injury rate of forestry workers in the UK.PhD project aims:1. Develop a behavioural marker system for forestry worker non-technical skills.2. Evaluate factors that may influence forestry worker non-technical skill performance.3. Develop appropriate training guidance to support the development of non-technical skills within the forestry context. Phase one of the proposed research will focus on the development of a forestry worker non-technical skills taxonomy via interviews, facilitated discussion groups and a modified Delphi study. Phase two will comprise an online survey and observational study to identify influencing factors and the extent to which these vary across non-technical skills. Finally, there will be a practical development phase which will collate the research findings to produce a behavioural markers system, information leaflets and podcasts, plus a training toolkit.