Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0883839

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0883839

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Improving Efficiency and Safe Workplace Operations in Heavy Industry: Training Problem Solving and Decision Making through Immersive Simulation. Civil construction is critical to Australia's economic growth. Currently the industry suffers from significant accident rates and severe labor shortages. Simulators offer a means to tackle both issues by accelerating training and familiarizing staff with unsafe, hazardous situations. This project will test and refine training programs to ensure they are both valid and effective. Results will maximize quality of simulator-based training for heavy industry and contribute to safer workplace practices on high risk work sites. Training innovations in heavy industry are essential to keep Australia's competitive edge in the domestic labor market and Asia-Pacific region.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-11-2008

End Date: 13-11-2014

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $540,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Planning And Problem Solving | Virtual Reality And Related Simulation | Cognitive Science | Environmental And Occupational Health And Safety

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Vocational education and training | Civil | Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) |

Other Keywords

Civil | Cognitive Science | Environmental And Occupational Health And Safety | Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) | Planning And Problem Solving | Virtual Reality And Related Simulation | Vocational education and training

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