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Bridge Resource Management: Training for the Minimisation of Human Error in the Military Naval Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2020

Sandra Campaniço Cavaleiro ,
Catarina Gomes  and
Miguel Pereira Lopes
Sandra Campaniço Cavaleiro*
Affiliation:
(CINAV, Escola Naval Centro de Investigacao Naval, Almada, Portugal) (Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciencias Sociais e Politicas, Lisbon, Portugal)
Catarina Gomes
Affiliation:
(CIPES, Centro de Investigação em Política, Economia e Sociedade, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal) (CICPSI, Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigacao em Ciencia Psicologica, Lisbon, Portugal)
Miguel Pereira Lopes
Affiliation:
(Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciencias Sociais e Politicas, Lisbon, Portugal) (CAPP, Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Administracao e Politicas Publicas, Lisbon, Portugal)
*
(E-mail: [email protected])
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Abstract

Naval maritime operations entail a permanent concern for safety, ensuring that all crew members receive the necessary information on time. This implies the existence of specific training for improving non-technical skills (NTS). This paper proposes that bridge resource management (BRM) may be determinant for the success of naval maritime operations. Through a literature review on NTS, maritime team training and BRM, the paper presents insights about the way the level of NTS, inherent to BRM, may be determinant for naval officers to operate in safety. We propose that human error may be minimised and safety maximised in military teams operating in the maritime environment through the implementation of an NTS training programme. The paper offers an insight into the importance of safety during maritime operations, focusing on recent international orientations about training requirements, proposing that implementing BRM will be pivotal for the future of the military navy context.

Keywords

Bridge Resource ManagementNon-Technical SkillsTeam TrainingHuman Error
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 73 , Issue 5 , September 2020 , pp. 1146 - 1158
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2020

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