An experimental investigation of the effect of the usage of skilled-operators'eye fixation points on the training of plant operation

Abstract

This study first investigates experimentally the tendency of eye fixation points of skilled operators on control panel in the operations of DURESS that is an artificial simple plant and confirms that skilled operators tend to fix the symbols corresponding to some specific plant variables and the eye fixation changes corresponding to plant conditions. Then, this study investigates the effect of the usage of the tendency in the training of DURESS operation. This study evaluates the improvement speed of skill level and the ability of managing inexperienced operation conditions depending on the method for the usage of the tendency. The results show that the development speed of operation skill increases by the usage of the tendency. The results also show that the managing ability of inexperienced operation conditions can develop by fewer training operations when the tendency is used with instructing novice operators to consider the reason of the tendency in training operations.