NUNA TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (NTT) Contract Field & Simulator Heavy Equipment Training

Drivers/operators are trained to make the split second decisions required to handle situations too dangerous or difficult to teach or test in a real vehicle.

Operational within minutes of arrival on-site, NTT's mobile simulator has been specially designed for work in the harsh environment of the Canadian north. Experienced training supervisors require only minimal additional computer skills to test and train operators with the simulator. Drivers/operators are also trained to make the split-second decisions required to handle situations too dangerous or difficult to teach or test in a real vehicle. Even night time driving can be simulated.

The benefits of simulator training go far beyond individual performance. There is no risk to trainee, trainer or equipment. Real equipment is kept in production. Production cycle times are not reduced. Unscheduled brake, tire and engine maintenance, most commonly caused by inexperienced operators, is greatly reduced.

Caterpillar  (rock truck, excavator, dozer and loader)
Komatsu     (truck)
P&H            (shovel)
Mobile Field Training Lab

SIMULATOR Based Curriculum Overview

• Start-up Procedures
• Pre-Operation Checks
• Directional & Braking Controls
• Steering
• Loading
• Hauling & Material Movement
• Machine Capacity
• Dumping
• Safety Tips
• Operator Error Reports
• Parking

FIELD Based Curriculum Overview

• Operator's Responsibilities
• Machine Safety
• Machine Operator's Manual Review
• Walk-Around Inspections
• Start-up Procedures
• Pre-Operation Checks
• Directional & Braking Controls
• Steering
• Loading
• Hauling & Material Movement
• Dumping
• Safety Tips
• Parking

To complement NTT's core training program, NTT provides EQUIPMENT ORIENTATION programs in:

• Haul Truck (CAT 777D Platform)
• Wheel Loader (CAT 992G Platform)
• Crawler Dozer (CAT D10R Platform)
• Track Excavator / Shovel (CAT 5000 Series Platform)
• Motor Grader (CAT M Series Platform)
• Skid Steer Loader
• Forklift
• Compact Equipment

NTT also offers SHORT CLASSROOM programs:

• Skid Steer Loader Safety
• New Employee Safety at the Job Site
• Powered Mobile Equipment
• Forklift Safety
• Flag Person
• Trenching Safety
• Job Site Safety
• Project Planning for Equipment Operators
• Arial Life Safety
• Surface Equipment for New Operators

Since 2001 NUNA TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES has provided training to 2,000+ operators under the following clients:

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, Baker Lake, NU
Areva Resources Canada Inc., SK (Trans Alta)
Athabasca Economic Development, SK
Aurora College, Yellowknife, NT
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, Mary River, NU
BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Ekati Mine, NT
College of the North Atlantic, Goose Bay, Labrador
De Beers Canada Corporation, Snap Lake, NT
Deep Bay Graphite, South Reindeer Lake, SK
Diavik Diamond Mines Ltd., Diavik Mine, NT
Finning Canada, Tumbler Ridge, BC
Highland Valley Copper, Logan Lake, BC
Highvale Mine, AB
IOC (Iron Ore Canada), Labrador
Kitikmeot Corporation, Cambridge Bay, NU
Manitoba Métis Federation
Opaskwayak Cree Nation, The Pas, MB
Meadow Lake Tribal Council Buffalo Narrows, SK
Northern Career Quest, SK
Northland College, Pinehouse & La Ronge, SK
OCN First Nation, The Pas, MB
Québec Cartier Mines, QC
Shore Gold Inc.
Teck Cominco Highland Valley Copper, BC
TransAlta Coal, AB
University College of The North, The Pas, MB
Wabush Mines, Wabush, Labrador
Western Coal, Tumbler Ridge, BC
Voisey Bay Nickel, Goose Bay, Labrador
Aurora College, Yellowknife, NT
Yukon Mine Training Association

“I found this tool to be one of the most cost effective, time efficient and detailed evaluation systems available... a person with no experience could be thoroughly trained in the operation of rear dump trucks in a very short amount of time, without hindering the productive capabilities of the existing fleet. The training given to operators is incredible. Never before have we had the tools to instruct in practical terms how the react to brake failures, tire fires, wet and slippery conditions, fog and dust, night driving, etc. – all in one sitting. For me this simulator is one of the most advanced value for money products available to the mining industry and should be used by all.”

Peter Edwards, Competency Based Training Advisor
for the mining and quarrying industries in Western Australia