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Title: Driver Simulation-Based Training of Heavy Vehicle Operators: Targeted task analysis and considerations for training design
Author/Creator: Mitsopoulos-Rubens, Eve | Lenne, Michael G | Salmon, P M
Description: The use of simulation for training operators of heavy vehicles is gaining momentum. However, there still exists a gap in knowledge about the appropriate skills to target, and in particular, with regards to skill areas of a non-technical nature. By taking a first-principles approach, we first sought to conduct a targeted analysis of the heavy vehicle operator task and, in turn, to assess which of the goal-based tasks identified through the task analysis would be most appropriate for simulation-based training. In general, simulation provides a safe and efficient option for training critical skills that could otherwise be trained on road (e.g., gear shifting). Simulation also provides the opportunity to train critical skills in a structured and formal way that could otherwise not be achieved in a real heavy vehicle, except on an opportunistic or incidental basis (e.g., hazard perception). Nonetheless, the challenge for training system design still remains: what constitutes the appropriate balance between simulator-based and real truck-based practical training, and for which curriculum components and skill sets.
Relation: 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, New York, United States 17-20 June 2013
Relation: Proceedings of the Seventh International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design / pp.418-424
Relation: http://drivingassessment.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/DA2013/Papers/064_Mitsopoulos-Rubens_0.pdf
Year: 2013
Publisher: University of Iowa, Public Policy Centre
Subject: FoR 1205 (Urban and Regional Planning) | heavy vehicle operators | driver training

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