a leader in the development of Personal Simulators for cost-effective heavy equipment operator training, now has available what it claims is the world's first PC-based wheel loader simulator for quarrying and mining. Developed in collaboration with leading OEMs and training professionals, this puts trainees at the controls of a modern wheel loader featuring virtual digging and interaction with a simulated off-highway truck. The simulated training emphasises best practices for skills assessment, skills development and refresher training for new and veteran operators alike.
"Simlog's new Wheel Loader Personal Simulator follows the success of our Off-Highway Truck Personal Simulator to provide expanded training help that responds to the needs of training service providers and owner/operators all around the world," says Paul Freedman, Simlog Founder and President. "Like all of our products, our new Wheel Loader Personal Simulator is based on Simlog's proven instructional design to provide an autonomous training tool that knows how to teach, affordably and safely."
The instructional design segments training into a series of Simulation Modules of increasing difficulty to train new operators in a step-by-step and carefully measured way. The first module, Controls Familiarization teaches people to master the operator controls. Later modules, such as Load and Carry and Truck Loading with Spotting, are designed to teach advanced skills that are vital to productive quarry and mine operations.
Another feature of the simulation software's instructional design is automatic measurement of key performance indicators pertaining to the productivity and quality of the simulated work. This feature enables trainers to assess the operator potential of training candidates and the rate of skills development before new operators move on to train at the controls of real wheel loaders.
"As modern mining equipment is increasingly complex, costly and difficult to operate, proper operator training has become indispensable to optimizing productivity, quality and safety of work," says Rick Longstaff, President of VISTA Training. "Simlog's Wheel Loader Personal Simulator can produce significant business benefits by reducing the number of hours equipment is removed from production, and by improving safety while minimizing accidents due to operator inexperience."
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