This new addition will give the resources industry access to a technically superior simulator which has never before been available to the Australian sector.

The simulator, a Komatsu 830e (electric truck) has excellent reporting capabilities, an advanced trainer interface and a fast console change-out, making it ideal for large training situations.
The ThoroughTec simulator is the latest addition to the Skills Centre’s existing fleet of 18 5DT simulators, purchased in June 2006 using funds provided by the State Government.

The construction industry is following the mining sector’s approach to operator training.  The result is a virtual ground.

Whether there’s a need for competent operators in the plant hire industry is not really debatable.  Two-and-a-half years’ ago, the concept to develop a virtual training room sprouted from the industry’s dilemma and on July 31 2007, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to inaugurate what is claimed to South Africa’s first articulated dump truck (ADT) simulator.