This is where you can talk to trained members of your PEER group, if you feel your mental health is not at it's best.
What is the Tech Ops Peer Support Group
This member of the Dirty dozen occurs often with shift workers, when they don't repay their sleep debt.
What is fatigue?
The amount of sleep you should be getting minus the amount of actual sleep you are receiving.
What is sleep debt?
The slang term used for mental laxity or any task related forgetfulness. IE: forgetting to put oil caps on
What is a brain fart?
This is a service that is part of your benefits package. IT is a confidential, professional counselling service you can reach out to when in need.
What is EFAP
Cell phone use is becoming one of the leading causes in this Dirty Dozen
What is distraction?
The natural cycle of being awake and asleep.
What is the circadian Rhythm?
One of the awesome members of the Tech Ops Safety Advisory/Instructor Team
Who is Slater or Jess? Will Accept Steve Jones for .5
This is the mental health initiative, that you can register and log into, promoting discussions around mental health. Hint: People have been wearing buttons around the Westjet world displaying how they are feeling.
What is Not myself Today
When you go to do a task an are missing the proper tools or parts.
What is lack of resources?
Planned, Emergency, and Habitual are 3 examples.
What are types of Naps?
The dairy model used when discussing Threat Error Management
What is the Swiss Cheese model?
This is not simply feeling sad or a temporary change in mood or a sign of weakness. It is a real medical condition with many emotional, physical, behavioral and cognitive symptoms.
When a procedure has become common practice, but is NOT in an approved standard, manual or company documentation. Could be positive or negative.
What is a Norm?
Taking naps, staying hydrated and strategically consuming this are effective methods of coping with sleepiness during night shift.
What is Caffeine?
It is better to be this rather than reactive, when it comes to reporting threats.
What is proactive?
Using sleeping pills, or alcohol to cope with stress, fatigue, and pressures can lead to this.
What is substance abuse?
This Dirty dozen involves Repetitive functions on a continual basis without incident, which ends up putting our safety guards down.
What is Complacency?
The FRMS toolbox has helpful tips, and articles on how to manage fatigue and can be found here.
What is comply365?
Along with the Dirty Dozen, there were two other models that the aviation industry uses. One is the Shell model this is the other.
The PEAR model