In a building and manufacturing industry reliant on competent plant personnel, it’s crucial that new employees are exposed to ample hands-on training. The key to success is providing them with practical experience while minimizing the risk of injury and avoiding downtime. But how can hands-on technical training be achieved in a safe environment that doesn’t interfere with production? Read more and find out.
Isover readies plant personnel with virtual reality training
With simulated procedures in Virtual Reality, Saint-Gobain Isover is able to provide sophisticated employee training on-demand.
Virtual reality training stood out as a perfect way to teach employees in a hands-on capacity while simultaneously ensuring a safe learning environment.
Virtual technical training lets workers step into a 1:1 virtual replica of their production facility and train without the risk of injury or need for machine downtime.
Isover worked with the SynergyXR 3D design team to create a digital twin of their real machines. Now workers can use virtual reality to train on equipment that looks and feels exactly like the one from the real world - without the risk of injury or having to shut down operations for training.
Workers are able to filter out the world and focus on learning the procedure without us having to stop production for it.
Helle Maria Monke | Training Coordinator at Isover
The team responsible at Isover has approached this big change with an open and inviting mindset, taking the time to support their colleagues and thoroughly explain the concepts of VR to ensure long-term cultural integration.
VR makes the training less time-restricted, it helps personnel connect the dots with hands-on procedures, and it completely removes the risk of workplace injuries.
The thing that stood out to me was that everyone learned the procedure very quickly, and they were having fun while doing it.
Camilla Bøttcher | Operations Assistant at Isover
The next step for Isover is to replicate the success they’ve had with the safety training pilot and upscale it to cover more safety drills in VR, where they can easily apply their gained experience to design robust training procedures.