As part of the Technical Regulations and Product Design module of the Mechanical Engineering study programme, we hosted Mr Miha Ajster, Maintenance Manager at Pohorje Cable Car, who is also our graduate of the Mechanical Engineering programme, who won 1st place at the national competition within the framework of the 29th Technical Conference of Maintenance Workers of Slovenia with his diploma thesis!
At the guest lecture, Mr Ajster began by presenting the tasks of a maintenance worker, the importance of complying with legislation and safety standards for the safe use of cable cars or funiculars, and also emphasised the difference between the knowledge and experience of operators and how important the connection between these is for reliable and safe operation as well as use. As he says, the cause of an accident is most often the negligence of operators; it rarely happens that an accident occurs because the equipment material has failed.
Most often, the operator's personnel are responsible for an accident due to lack of knowledge of the equipment operating instructions, failure to carry out regular daily equipment inspections, poorly trained personnel for supervising passengers on cable car installations, and similar. He also presented students with pictorial material of equipment damage and accidents due to weather conditions and human error, where he again emphasises that staff training is of key importance, as workers are the first on the installation when problems arise and try to prevent a catastrophe.
Source: Academia (26. 10. 2023). Fotografije: arhiv Academie.
This English summary was produced automatically from the Slovenian report and is pending editorial review. Slovenska različica
