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How virtual reality can make training safer and easier in high-risk industries

|Date: February 15, 2019

How virtual reality can make training safer and easier in high-risk industries

Ben Bennett is the managing director at virtual reality specialists Luminous Group. Here, he shares his t ...

Ben Bennett is the managing director at virtual reality specialists Luminous Group. Here, he shares his top tips for training employees in high-risk industries. It’s no secret that working in any indu ...

February 15, 2019
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Genie Tech Pro Online Training Provides Technicians the Ability to Attain a Higher-Level Skill Set

|Date: November 29, 2018

Genie Tech Pro Online Training Provides Technicians the Ability to Attain a Higher-Level Skill Set

While it is essential for rental technicians and engineers to have a sufficient level of expertise to kee ...

While it is essential for rental technicians and engineers to have a sufficient level of expertise to keep equipment properly maintained and safe to operate, with the constraints of a daily job, findi ...

November 29, 2018
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CITB Awards Outsourcing Contract to SSCL, Secures Sale of CPCS Scheme

|Date: November 29, 2018

CITB Awards Outsourcing Contract to SSCL, Secures Sale of CPCS Scheme

CITB VISION 2020: CITB to award outsourcing contract to SSCL CITB (The Construction Industry Training Boa ...

CITB VISION 2020: CITB to award outsourcing contract to SSCL CITB (The Construction Industry Training Board) has today announced its intention to sign an enabling partner agreement with SSCL (Shared S ...

November 29, 2018
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Flannery Plant Hire Laying Skills Foundations in Birmingham with Planned £2.5million Investment

|Date: November 27, 2018

Flannery Plant Hire Laying Skills Foundations in Birmingham with Planned £2.5million Investment

Leading plant hire company P. Flannery Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd shows its intention to make Birmingham its s ...

Leading plant hire company P. Flannery Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd shows its intention to make Birmingham its skills hub, as it submits planning application for a state-of-the-art plant operative training f ...

November 27, 2018
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Yanmar Assembles Dealer Network For Product Training Event

|Date: November 14, 2018

Yanmar Assembles Dealer Network For Product Training Event

Last month (October), representatives from Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe’s (CEE) UK and Ireland de ...

Last month (October), representatives from Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe’s (CEE) UK and Ireland dealer network visited New Forest Farm Machinery in Hampshire for an exclusive training event. Al ...

November 14, 2018
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Training Meets Technology With New Simulation Zone at Plantworx

|Date: November 13, 2018

Training Meets Technology With New Simulation Zone at Plantworx

Simulation technology as a training tool is a proven concept in various professional fields – for example ...

Simulation technology as a training tool is a proven concept in various professional fields – for example F1 drivers, pilots and astronauts have already benefited from simulation-based training for ma ...

November 13, 2018
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New Plant Operator Trailblazer Apprenticeship

|Date: September 07, 2018

New Plant Operator Trailblazer Apprenticeship

The Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) has granted approval for a new Construction Plant Operator Trailb ...

The Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) has granted approval for a new Construction Plant Operator Trailblazer Apprenticeship to be developed. A submission was devised by an employer-led Trailblazer w ...

September 07, 2018
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Bobcat Goes Beyond Training

|Date: July 26, 2018

Bobcat Goes Beyond Training

Bobcat has announced the launch of its new ‘Bobcat Institute’ at the Doosan Bobcat EMEA Campus The Instit ...

Bobcat has announced the launch of its new ‘Bobcat Institute’ at the Doosan Bobcat EMEA Campus The Institute has grown and developed the training it provides to the regional Bobcat dealer network over ...

July 26, 2018
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AFI Training is CITB Approved

|Date: July 23, 2018

AFI Training is CITB Approved

AFI’s successful Training team (UTN Training and Integrated Training Solutions) were one of the first tra ...

AFI’s successful Training team (UTN Training and Integrated Training Solutions) were one of the first training providers to achieve CITB Approved Training Organisation status in May 2018. Earlier this ...

July 23, 2018
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Nationwide Platforms Adopts Virtual Reality Training

|Date: July 05, 2018

Nationwide Platforms Adopts Virtual Reality Training

Nationwide Platforms’ virtual reality (VR) powered access training has made its debut on the M5 Oldbury v ...

Nationwide Platforms’ virtual reality (VR) powered access training has made its debut on the M5 Oldbury viaduct, being carried out by joint venture contractor BMV for Highways England. BMV (BAM Nuttal ...

July 05, 2018
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