VR Mine Sound Test Training
This training module was designed for miners working in Nutrien potash mines. The course trains workers on checking mine shaft ceilings for weakness using a sounding test. This module created a safe, controlled environment for workers to test their skills in sounding tests. The application is mobile and usable across Nutrien’s work sites, saving the company time and money in training costs.
Client
Nutrien
Made For
Quest 1
Outcomes:
We were able to produce an effective VR simulation and keep it within the Quest 1’s restrictive graphic requirements that the Quest 1 has. The simulation provided the company a much safer way to train personnel in a very necessary but dangerous procedure while simulating the real-world training procedures.
Benefits:
Nutrien wanted the ability to train their personnel in a very important procedure, while also eliminating as much risk as possible. VR enabled them to do just that. This training can take place in a room kilometers from a mine tunnel, and yet be as effective as the real thing. Melcher was able to simulate a dangerous sounding scenario in order for the trainee to experience finding a weakened portion of the mine tunnel roof, without the risk of that trainee getting hurt.
Testimonials:
“We had a chance to install the updated file with the longer scaling bar and it works really well. We’ve impressed a number of general foremen and our mine superintendent with it already. Everyone so far has been really impressed with what we’ve been able to create here.”
– Joshua Pauls, Mine Mechanical Engineer,
Nutrien Potash, Lanigan
