Honeywell introduces cloud-based operator training

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has announced a connected-learning solution based on its UniSim Competency Suite platform. Part of the Honeywell Connected Plant initiative, UniSim eLearn is hosted in the cloud and designed to revolutionise access to operator training simulation (OTS).

OTS is a preferred solution for operator training in the process industries. Studies consistently show trainees retain up to 15 times the information they can otherwise recall from a typical lecture with hands-on practice. Dynamic models of complex industrial processes, combined with real-world operator interfaces, provide OTS trainees with the practice and experience to quickly develop confidence and competencies to manage both normal and abnormal situations.

“With UniSim eLearn, we bring the training direct to the trainee’s workstation,” said Shree Dandekar, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Connected Plant. “Businesses don’t have to worry about travel time or operators missing scheduled training sessions. They can easily fit training around work commitments and absences to ensure essential training is never missed.”

For a higher level of learning experience, competency management offers instructors the opportunity to create problems for operators to respond to in a simulated environment. UniSim eLearn also improves the effectiveness of OTS training interventions by combining a range of online learning methods, providing tailored curriculums for smart, fast training. Courses rapidly build and test foundation skills with interactive Q&As and video learning, followed by OTS exercises to practise and hone performance.

Using the cloud to connect trainees across enterprises, UniSim eLearn dismantles barriers to operator learning and delivers consistent experiences. It offers a simple, multisite training solution and improved access to OTS for those with logistical, personnel or infrastructure constraints.

Users can also benefit from the process technology expertise and experience of UOP, a Honeywell company and provider of process licence technology. Realistic, high-fidelity, cloud-based training simulators for several of Honeywell UOP’s key refining technologies are available. Embedded with Honeywell UOP proprietary process technology, each training simulator includes a selection of preconfigured training scenarios designed to develop important troubleshooting and operational skills delivery.