Adif uses virtual reality to train its workers

Virtualware has developed a simulator, using HTC Vive device, to create an immersive learning experience that replicates real work environments, situations and incidents, and allows certain checks to be carried out, even use different materials necessary to make them.

Adif It has a technological training center where its infrastructure maintenance personnel attend.. The center seeks to be a reference both nationally and internationally, for which they wanted to focus on the development of an immersive learning experience in railway environments. The purpose was to provide high-level and innovative training to its workers in certain assembly and maintenance procedures for the electrification systems that are used in the preventive and corrective maintenance tasks of the facilities..

Virtualware has developed a virtual reality simulator using the device HTC Live for immersive training in the maintenance and grounding process in electrification installations. The 'interactive pill' takes students into a virtual scenario that reproduces real work environments, the situations and incidents. Thanks to the virtual reality system they are totally immersed, using the controls to perform different operations such as opening panel saws, catenary equipment, etc.

The simulator integrates two protocols, both alternating current, like direct current, allowing them to carry out certain checks, even use different material as poles necessary to carry them out.

The simulator is part of a complete specialty training that they offer to their new employees., combined three methodologies: theoretical classes, simulation and VR sessions, and practical classes.

At the moment, The first experience is being carried out with several workers at the Valencia Technological Training Center, and it has been proven that this methodological combination allows optimizing learning, improving and accelerating knowledge transfer to participants, helping them to train in the procedure of different protocols step by step without any type of risk.

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