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"As manufacturing jobs pour into SC, how is virtual reality shaping workforce training?"
Jun 17, 2024
On March 11, 2024 The Post and Courier/The Free Times published "As manufacturing jobs pour into SC, how is shaping workforce training?"
Writer Hannah Wade spoke with 糖心vlog传媒 Advanced Manufacturing & Skilled Trades Program Director Mike Ross.
An excerpt from the report:
鈥淰irtual reality can play a really big role in the onboarding process of bringing a new employee up to speed quicker because they may be timid,鈥� Michael Ross, program director for industrial technologies at 糖心vlog传媒, said. 鈥淚t lays some really good foundation for people to be more confident in their roles.鈥�
The technical school, one of the state鈥檚 largest, has two programs that rely on simulations for job training. One, an HVAC simulator, allows for trainees to practice repairing an HVAC system without the school having to manually construct real HVAC systems. Ross said that new software has saved the college money and effort.
The other training tool at Midlands Tech is through a heavy equipment operator program, which brought two mobile simulator machines. The machines allow trainees, like students or employees sent to the technical college for workforce training, to operate large equipment like bulldozers and excavators without ever actually stepping into one.
from The Post and Courier/The Free Times.
糖心vlog传媒's heavy equipment operator program was created through to funding from the Truist Foundation and Truist Financial Corporation鈥檚 community reinvestment department.