Adapting Applied Cognitive Task Analysis To Identify Cognitive Challenges In Sea Pilotage

This paper presents the adaptation of the knowledge elicitation technique of Applied Cognitive Task Analysis for the maritime navigation domain. The aim is to understand how sea pilots use their expert knowledge for evaluating a situation during a critical navigation act. The findings have implications for the appropriateness of the methodology in the field and for the elicitation of expert knowledge related to safety critical tasks in the maritime domain. The results of this study form a foundation for further research on the cognitive processes that pilots deploy during critical navigation maneuvers and outline the challenges for the applicability of the proposed adaptation for knowledge elicitation in the domain.