A $2-million investment has paid for upgrades at a B.C. Ferries terminal building on Vancouver Island, converting it into a state-of-the-art training facility.
Screens, displays, computers and modern control panels are now set up at Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo and members of the media were given a tour Wednesday, May 10.
Malcolm Rodger, B.C. Ferries91裸聊视频� manager of simulation training and an instructor, said the set-up makes for a better educational experience. The equipment simulates real-world marine situations as much as possible, even providing a sensation of a rocking vessel. However, there are no vibrating floors or mist spraying and it91裸聊视频檚 all visual.
91裸聊视频淭he maps were built with pictures, digitalization and specific requests from B.C. Ferries. Things are in the right place and things are to scale91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Rodger said. 91裸聊视频淚s it perfect? It91裸聊视频檚 not meant to be perfect, it91裸聊视频檚 meant to be in the likeness, but it91裸聊视频檚 very good.91裸聊视频�
Robin Grypma, B.C. Ferries91裸聊视频� senior manager of bridge simulation, worked in the fleet for 10 years and has been training people for the last six. The new simulator is impressive, she said, and 91裸聊视频渘ight and day91裸聊视频� compared to the equipment used when she was coming up. The previous simulator, while excellent, was outdated after 12 years, she said.
91裸聊视频淭he models themselves, they91裸聊视频檙e all hydro-dynamically developed, so they respond much more efficiently and with more response in this new simulator,91裸聊视频� said Grypma. 91裸聊视频淭he visuals are a thousand times better. The equipment we91裸聊视频檝e installed 91裸聊视频� is actually what91裸聊视频檚 on board. We replicate [what91裸聊视频檚] onboard so there91裸聊视频檚 less training about how to use equipment and more training with how to respond to emergencies.91裸聊视频�
Training facilities at Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay are no longer being used, making the Nanaimo facility 91裸聊视频渢he focus,91裸聊视频� said Rodger.
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