VR Mobile Crane Simulator survey results, Still time to apply for $10k Rigging Engineering Scholarship!
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Volume 1, Issue 16

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Photo:  The ITI Facilities Crew working to set up the Houston Training Center. The crew braved triple digit temperatures to assemble the Drifting & Winching Building (DWB)

Dear Friend,

VR Survey Results are in!

Mobile Crane Operator Virtual Reality Simulator Survey Results

76% of Survey Respondents Look Favorably on VR Use for Crane Training

Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-generated perspective that allows the user to experience an altered reality environment. The latest generation of VR headsets fit around the user's head and over their eyes, visually separating him or her from whatever space they are physically occupying. Images make up the simulated reality and are feed to the user using two small lenses. Through VR headset, a user can virtually climb Mt. Everest, experience the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower, explore the Amazon or experience a movie as one of the main characters. 

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With the possibilities of VR being endless, ITI launched a survey at the end of June to learn more about the potential of VR simulator use in the crane and rigging industry as a training tool. The survey launched at the end of June 2016, and closed Friday, July 15, with more than 600 individuals completing the survey. Every completed survey submission is automatically entered to win an Apple Watch or an Amazon Echo. Winners will be announced on Friday, July 22.

The survey methodology, findings and complete results are available here.  

Person of the Week

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Sheldon Redpath

Global Head of SHE-Q, Mammoet

Sheldon Redpath has worked throughout the globe in the oil and gas field, facilitating risk mitigation strategies for more than 22 years. His approach has always invloved challenging the status quo and ensuring leaders are involved and engaged when it comes to keeping employees safe on the job. 
Sheldon has been, and continues to be a driving force of continuting education, and a standard competency level of knowledge and ability for industrial workers, including load handling operations. 

$10k Rigging Engineering Scholarship

Professional development is an essential element for any career path. Lifting Gear Hire wanted to help encourage people working within the crane and rigging industry to invest in themselves to develop additional knowledge and skill.  Enter ITI.

To read more and submit an application, click here.

New ITI Bookstore Catalog

The ITI Bookstore offers a wide variety of reference materials related to the crane, rigging, and heavy equipment industry. Employee skill levels, efficiency and safety can be improved by effectively using a number of items available in the new catalog which is now available for download.

 

Download the Catalog!

Rigging Engineering Basics 2nd Edition

A newly revised and expanded 2nd edition of Rigging Engineering Basics is now available from the ITI Bookstore. The 2nd edition features diagram and graphical updates, and expands on important concepts including vectors in telecoms applications, splitting and combining loads with spreaders and lift beams, and an oversight of Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs). Rigging Engineering Basics is 466 pages and features full color images and examples. Check it out here.

Case Studies

How can ITI help your organization? Check out some case studies featuring ITI customers. 

To the Case Studies!

Warm Regards,

Team ITI

 

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