Turkey's largest and highest-quality galvanized steel producer Borçelik, it has implemented to increase the skilled workforce Borcelik Technical Academy (BTA) using virtual reality for the first time in the world has developed a crane simulator.
With its crane simulator training, BTA aims to support the safest use of cranes that are of vital importance in many sectors today, including steel. It responds to a very important and critical need in our country, where there is no crane operator school yet.
Safe education that transcends tradition
Stating that the business continuity of the crane operator is an expertise that must be realized by taking into account different criteria such as occupational health and safety, Borçelik Executive Board Member responsible for R&D, Information Technologies, Digital Transformation, Management Systems, Mustafa Ayhan, He said that it will make a great contribution to the training of competent employees. Ayhan continued his words as follows:
“The recruitment process of candidates who want to become a crane operator covers a long period. It takes between 6 and 8 months for a new crane operator to receive on-the-job training to operate the cranes alone. This process also carries risks in terms of occupational safety. The crane simulator training we have started to offer aims to eliminate crane-related problems, while making the training process much safer. Candidates experience a unique learning process by confronting with more than 100 scenarios that we have created virtually during the education process and are not addressed in traditional education methods.
Increase in efficiency in business processes
The first phase of the training, which focuses on the speed of doing work and productivity, as well as increasing the crane operating competence of the operators, starts with e-learning in which safe movements are explained. After this process, candidates whose levels are determined by testing begin to receive training with a simulator that uses virtual reality technology, with a realistic factory environment and a realistic crane equipment. With virtual reality technology, the trainings that increase the competence of candidates in occupational health and safety also make comparisons of the participants on the basis of exam performance, time and accuracy.
Information about the training of BTA, which enables training of highly competent crane operators using advanced technology and starts a new era in this field www.borcelikteknikakademi.com It can be learned from the site.
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