JLG unveiled new simulator

JLG has unveiled new simulator equipment at its expanded training centre in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania.

The simulator employs advanced gamification learning (use of video game technology) to familiarise operators with the controls and operation of the JLG 800S telescopic boom lift and the JLG G10-55A telehandler. It offers three training sessions on each piece of equipment, including controls familiarisation and two operation scenarios -beginner and advanced levels.

The new centre is located on a four acre tract of land that includes obstacle courses designed to train participants in the safe operation of aerial work platforms and telehandlers. The proving grounds recreate a working construction site, where operators are assigned loads to move and obstacles and hazards to manoeuvre around and over, including slopes, grades, and telephone poles with simulated power lines. The proving grounds were designed to help participants master equipment operation as they learn to overcome some of the more difficult challenges encountered on job sites.

Richard Smith senior director of product training said: “All of the controls work just like those on a boom lift or telehandler. Two joysticks allow an operator to manoeuvre height and reach, and also drive the machines. Everything is to scale, and the module offers two views: one from the operator’s perspective and a second external side view of the equipment. The simulator helps reduce the learning curve when a user first operates a piece of JLG equipment, as it replicates working with an actual machine on an actual job site.”

The equipment simulator is one part of JLG’s new training products at McConnellsburg, which also include on-line learning and train-the-trainer programmes. Users registered with the ‘JLG University’ can also access the equipment simulator remotely via personal computer and, by the end of 2014, using an iPad. (Source: Vertikal.net)