Researcher

Associate Professor Carlo Domenic Caponecchia

Fields of Research (FoR)

Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors), Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified

Biography

Carlo joined the School of Aviation in 2010. He has an Undergraduate Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Newcastle, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of New South Wales.

Carlo research is in human factors and safety applied across several domains, including

Human error analysis
Risk perception and communication
Distraction and fatigue
Psychosocial hazards and psychosocial injury
System safety and risk...view more

Carlo joined the School of Aviation in 2010. He has an Undergraduate Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Newcastle, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of New South Wales.

Carlo research is in human factors and safety applied across several domains, including

Human error analysis
Risk perception and communication
Distraction and fatigue
Psychosocial hazards and psychosocial injury
System safety and risk management

Carlo provides expert witness testimony, particularly regarding safe systems of work, and provides consultancy advice to several industries on safety-related projects (workplace culture, safety management, psychosocial hazards). He regularly provides seminars and keynotes to industry forums regarding safe systems of work.

Carlo is a member of the Standards Australia Committee responsible for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (SF001) which deals with AS/NZSISO 45001:2018, and part of the Australian delegation to ISO Technical Committee 283 which developed an International Standard on Psychological Health at Work (ISO45003: 2021). He is a member of the Safework NSW MSD Consultative Committee.

Professional Affiliations:

President, International Association for Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH)
Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA)

Carlo currently teaches AVIA9101 Safety Risk Management: Human Processes, and AVIA3013/GENS5003 Workplace safety.

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

A range of potential topics for research degrees include

Reliability and usability of methods for understanding complex systems and incidents (eg. FRAM)
Application and refinement of Human Factors taxonomies and tools
Evaluating methods for error and incident classification
Assessing the validity of trainee Pilot selection tests
Methods for providing feedback on trainee pilot visual scanning
Driver distraction from smartphone use, including voice control activation
Driver drowsiness on short commuter trips
Safety management systems and management systems standards (MSS)
Aviation health and wellbeing: physical and mental health of crew and passengers
Accessibility and usability of public spaces
Improving Injury data classification and management
Psychosocial hazard management and work re-design
Workplace safety in various domains/applications (including work re-design for older workers, injury classifications, improving WHS databases)