Learning How To Handle Construction Equipment By Utilizing The Technology Of Simulators
Construction equipment simulators are making is that much easier and simpler to attain expertise in the handling and managing of these heavy duty machines. As the technological and construction industries merge to create a more streamlines and free-flowing experience, construction equipment simulators are leading the way as it trail blazers a new dawn on these industries alike.
There is already a variety of simulators which simulate the actual training of these heavy duty machines, highlighting the importance of knowing which controls to push at which time, to render desired results.
Below are a few variations of construction equipment simulators:
Valmet Komatsu Forestry Simulator
With the Valmet simulators a new standard is set when it comes to efficient driver training. Due to new technology and the latest achievements in virtual reality, the simulator offers entirely new opportunities to improve the training of current and future forest machine operators.
Simulator JCB 3CX
JCB created this simulator off of their corporate website. When searching for a new simulator package which was to be released we found this. The best part about this simulator is that you can operate the machine using many of its features.
Simlog - Construction Equipment Simulation Software
Effective and affordable 3D simulation for heavy equipment operators in the crane/construction, forestry, and mining industries. Simlog’s new Personal Simulators differ from every other simulator product on the market today in five important ways.
Each Construction equipment simulator provides training and facilitates objective evaluation in the following areas:
• Training and evaluating novices in the proficient operation of equipment
• Providing a new-recruit screening system
• Providing effective refresher training for experienced operators
• Instilling the theory and practical aspects of economical mining
• Providing training in emergency situations not possible on the real equipment
• Entrenching safety procedures
Thanks to these simulators, heavy-equipment operators can train safely and inexpensively.
The construction workforce crisis is in full bloom, and, luckily, contractors have a new tool to help train equipment operators.
Using a standard office PC and a joystick that can be bought in any gaming store, the Personal Simulator software takes the trainees through a series of highly specific exercises designed to make them familiar with the equipment and how it is used.
“This is virtual reality, but not virtual training,” explains Mike Keffer, marketing specialist for Simlog, based in Montreal. “Students using the Personal Simulator are really being trained to be productive and safer.”
Using Simlog’s data as a basis, one can is clearly shown that students who pass one week of simulator training, on average, become as proficient at the simulator controls as trainers who are experienced operators. That means that when the students do begin training on real construction equipment, they are familiar enough with the controls to operate it safely.
The costs incurred on training individuals on real-time construction equipment is quite hefty, especially when one considers the costs associated with personnel, fuel, and equipment wear and tear limit cost effectiveness and reduce training opportunities. Therefore with construction equipment simulators, these costs are dramatically reduced, resulting in more economically viable training sessions, and ultimately the increase in trained, skilled and qualified construction equipment handlers.
