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A Study on the New Aptitude Test Items for the Safety Critical Workers: Focused on Stress Tolerance under Emergency and Solitary Driving Situation

  • Shin, Tack-Hyun (Dept. of Industrial & Information Systems Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2012.01.02
  • Accepted : 2012.03.19
  • Published : 2012.03.30
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Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to highlight the importance and validity of introduction of stress-concerned aptitude items for the safety critical workers, corresponding to the radical environmental change in railway industry. To attain this purpose, the author performed a brief literature survey, and scrutinized the western practice in detail. Then, the necessity of introduction of stress-related aptitude items was suggested, based on the statistics resulted from a survey which has been once performed for experts and drivers. The final conclusion is that the present selection system through which the safety critical workers are being staffed, without any rigorous screening mechanisms cannot but have some limitations. So, an overall restructuring for aptitude management system needs to be done in order for us to advance to the position of upper-class railway country.

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