Simulators improve mine operator training and safety
Mining Engineering
, 2003, Vol. 55, No. 10, pp. 20-21
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Simulator technology has advanced to the point where the cost of mining equipment simulators is beginning to make commercial sense. Simulator-based evaluation allows operators or potential employees to be assessed in a pseudo-real environment under surface and underground mining conditions. Simulator training also allows operators to be exposed to emergency and advanced situations such as brake or steering failure or a tire blowout.
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