International recruitment firm Humanis integrates mining simulator from Immersive Technologies

Sept. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- The PRO3 simulator will be used as part of Humanis' ongoing strategy to expand its mining services operations and build on the strategy to become the largest labour-hire agency in Australia.

Humanis, which recently acquired mining services company ResCo Services, is involved in a range of industrial and commercial operations including mining and light industrial. The PRO3 simulator acquisition will extend ResCo's ability to provide high quality RTO (Registered Training Organization) certified recruits to the market.

Immersive Technologies Chief Executive Officer Peter Salfinger said "Utilising the PRO3 simulator, ResCo will be able to greatly enhance their recruitment, assessment and personnel offering to the mining market, reducing costs and improving the qualification process of its recruits to their growing customer base."

"The simulator provides ResCo the ability to safely train new and existing mining personnel in a broad range of operational and safety scenarios, measuring operator's skill and experience levels prior to being placed on site."

Humanis Chairman Craig Ransley said "This investment is part of the strategic growth for Humanis in the global resources sector. We believe that the simulator will provide cost effective, high quality training and up-skilling of candidates assisting our clients to address the critical labour shortages faced by the industry."

"ResCo is well recognized for its leadership in safety management. The introduction of the simulator to our operator training strategy will assist in maintaining this position. Being able to develop the fundamental operational and safety skills of our operators in a controlled environment will ultimately reduce safety related risks on the mine site."

ResCo says the PRO3 simulator will initially be utilized with its client Rio Tinto (Coal & Allied) Mt Thorley Warkworth site, located 15km southwest of Singleton, NSW Australia. The simulator will supplement the sites own simulator based training program which is focused on operator up-skilling and efficiency training.

Further to the PRO3 simulator, the sale to Humanis includes Caterpillar and Komatsu OEM Alliance modular equipment units to support both haul trucks and Immersive Technologies' Training Systems Integration (TSI) package. The TSI package provides Immersive Technologies' customers with a benchmark standardised training program for implementing simulation training. TSI packages are developed to meet the needs of specific simulator implementations based on best practices gathered from Immersive's extensive global mining customer base.

Media are invited to attend a special hand over of the PRO3 simulator to Humanis/ResCo this Friday at AIMEX (the Asia Pacific International Mining Exhibition) in Sydney.

   Date: Friday, September 9
   Time: 2pm
   Location: AIMEX Hall 3 – Stand 3120 (Sydney ShowGrounds)
   Notes: Food and beverages provided

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About Immersive Technologies
Immersive Technologies is the world's largest and most proven supplier of surface and underground mining equipment simulators to the global mining industry.

The company has achieved this unique position by focusing on its mission to make every mining and earthmoving equipment operator in the world safer and their employer more profitable through its simulation technologies. Immersive Technologies’ Advanced Equipment Simulators are helping hundreds of mining companies around the world to increase their equipment operators' safety and site profitability through effective simulation training.

Immersive Technologies' provides its customers with the most effective mining equipment simulators available. This is made possible through the formal exclusive licensing and technical information alliances Immersive has established with the leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), including: Caterpillar, Hitachi, Komatsu, Liebherr and P&H MinePro.