Shisa kanko

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A Japanese train driver at the shisa kanko .

Shisa kanko ( Japanese 指 差 喚 呼 , also 指 差 確認 喚 呼shisa kakunin kanko or 指 差 呼 称yubisashi koshō ) refers to an occupational health and safety measure that is carried out in Japan. Important things are pointed out and called out loud to avoid mistakes and clear up ambiguities.

Originally the measure was coined by employees of the Japanese railway . In the early 20th century, train drivers began shouting the route signals loudly there, but the gesture of pointing to the signals was not added until a few decades later. In doing so, attention was paid to expansive gestures and loud language in order to draw attention to the essentials and still remain focused on monotonous tasks. The shisa kanko passed from the railroad industry to other areas of industry, meanwhile this behavior is expressly recommended by the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA, 中央 労 働 災害 防止 協会). It is rarely used outside of Japan, with the exception of, for example, the New York subway .

Since the shisa kanko the Visuomotor of practitioners trained behavior sharpens the attention and promotes rapid detection of situations outside the norm. The often very exaggerated execution of this measure with loud verbal confirmations may be dismissed as amusing outside of Japan. Nevertheless, a study by the Railway Technical Research Institute from 1994 showed that shisa kanko was able to reduce the error rate by up to 85% in simple tasks. A 2011 study at the University of Osaka confirms this finding and also shows that response time improves.

literature

  • Kazumitsu Shinohara, Hiroshi Naito (Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University) Yuko Matsui, Masaru Hikono (Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Japan): The effects of “finger pointing and calling” on cognitive control processes in the task-switching paradigm In : International Journal of Industrial Economics, Issue 43, Volume 2, pages 129-136. March 2013. DOI 10.1016 / j.ergon.2012.08.004

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Alice Gordenker: JR gestures . Ed .: The Japan Times . October 21, 2008 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  2. ^ The effects of "finger pointing and calling" on cognitive control processes in the task-switching paradigm . In: International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics . tape 43 , no. 2 , March 1, 2013, ISSN  0169-8141 , p. 129–136 , doi : 10.1016 / j.ergon.2012.08.004 ( sciencedirect.com [accessed August 29, 2018]).
  3. ↑ This is why Japanese train drivers make strange pointing movements . In: watson.ch . ( watson.ch [accessed on August 29, 2018]).