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Until recently, the only way to train heavy equipment
operators was on real machines in real work environments under the
supervision of experienced staff, with all of the danger and associated costs.
Since trainees must confront
the full complexity of the machines right from day
one, they learn slowly and the cost of maintaining equipment
used for training is very high.
Now Simlog's Personal Simulators are
helping to change all that in the following ways.
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Safety and Operator Training
Pre-requisite Abilities
Personal Simulator as Coach
Skills and Confidence
Re-training Older Operators
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Teach by showing
Watching movies of experienced
operators at the controls of real equipment only goes so far.
After a while, you need to explain, starting with
basic operating concepts.
And here's where Simlog products can help,
by making it possible to demonstrate the right and wrong
ways of doing things, right in the classroom!
Pre-screen for operator potential
Studies show that up to 30% of the people training lack the necessary
pre-requisite abilities
and therefore never become completely competent or productive.
With Simlog-style pre-screening help,
When the simulator is used to help evaluate training candidates,
the average competency of your training class increases,
leading to higher productivity and fewer equipment problems.
In addition, on average,
your training staff will have time to turn "average" trainees into
"good" ones (instead of "wasting" time with the weakest trainees
who are unable to develop the required proficiency.
Learn by doing
By learning to do things right, and by
gaining confidence in their skills,
your new operators will come up to speed faster once they
graduate to your equipment, and reach their production targets sooner.
And along the way, you'll be lowering the
the costs of maintaining that equipment during training.
And remember: the simulator-based training is "unsupervised"
and requires no trainer interaction (indeed, there is no "trainer station").
So your training staff can be spending time where it really counts,
outside the classroom with your real equipment!
Refresh or upgrade skills
Each Simlog product features an innovative
instructional design consisting of
Simulation Modules that are progressively harder.
As a result,
trainees begin with the first one, and then move on when they are ready.
But operators looking to refresh or upgrade their
skills can "jump" right to the more advanced modules instead.
Benchmark performance
By having your best operators establish
simulator-based benchmarks, it becomes possible to evalute
the proficiency of everyone else and help them improve,
all the while reducing legal liability and improving individual operator
accountability.
And the same benchmarks can be used to pre-qualify new hires
or even contracting staff, so that when you need extra help,
you'll be able to count on it.
The big picture
The fact is, there are even more
advantages to simulator-based training, but
Simlog's Process Model (PDF file)
will give you the big picture.
Questions? Just contact Simlog!
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