Pre job training is one of the important links for new employees, which is particularly important in manufacturing and other industrial industries. Facing the environment of dangerous goods and heavy machinery that need strict supervision, it is very important to ensure the life safety of workers in the process of operation. With the increasing prosperity of industrial production and the rise of global production, distance training has become an indispensable training method out of necessity and convenience. With the continuous deepening of enterprise digital transformation, more and more enterprises use head worn computers to conduct remote training for employees in different places.

1. What is distance training? What are its advantages over face-to-face training?

Distance training is usually also called distance education or online education. It describes that in the case of geographical restrictions between trainers (including lecturers or instructors) and trainees, training courses can be conducted through online courses, webinars, podcasts, voice or video calls, ar/vr and other technologies.

It is generally believed that the advantages of distance training include the following aspects:

Allow trainers to train one to many

Allow trainers to train people in different positions at the same time

Reduce downtime losses caused by training

The advantage of distance training is its flexibility. If in the past, distance training was also regarded as a supplement to face-to-face training, the travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 have forced enterprises and other organizations to take distance training as one of the main ways for employees to improve their abilities.

2. Three golden rules of distance training

Not all training methods can achieve the same effect, and effective methods of face-to-face training may not be suitable for distance training. Riowell training director shared the three golden rules summed up when instructing customers remotely on how to use HMT.

Treat differently from face-to-face training

Face to face training strategies do not always apply to distance training. Training methods created for face-to-face may need to be redesigned for remote.

In addition, online learning is completely different from face-to-face learning. For people who work at home and receive training, it is very important to design a more relaxed and casual call atmosphere and communicate with those who participate in the training. For example, it is not necessary to wear formal clothes and make-up during the training. People don't like watching live courses. They are used to keeping silent in online classes or video conferences. Therefore, it is important to improve people's acceptance of distance training so that they can always participate.

Don't rely too much on pre prepared teaching materials

The riowell technical team strongly recommends experiential training when sharing how to use the headset computer with customers. In short, experiential training is to summarize experience while doing it.

If we want to teach someone how to make a video call on hmt-1, we can demonstrate the use of a headset computer to customers by installing Microsoft teams, logging in and creating a sample contact list. Such a guidance process can be repeated all the time to train different new users, but can customers really complete it once they start to operate independently? Usually not. On the contrary, goal oriented experiential training can better solve this problem. In the case of remote video calls, technicians gradually guide customers to complete the whole experience by helping them answer the following questions:

How do you get the application on HMT?

How do you log in to the application?

How do you get online?

How do you add your contacts?

Then we will browse all menus and functions of the application, talk with the headset computer together, and transfer the training carrier from the computer to the headset computer to complete the training. In this way, the trainees can easily start the next independent operation, and spontaneously understand exactly what they should do when the trainer is not around through repeated review and practice.

Although experiential training does require more time and energy, the ability to acquire knowledge and retain technology is stronger than traditional training methods.

Slow down! More efficient training

Trying to get more and faster in a short time is a common problem in employee training. Generally speaking, training means more time investment.

Many people don't understand distance training, so they don't know whether it is worth spending more than two hours. New customers often require one day or 10 classes for the original three-day course. The core factor for training to achieve the expected effect is time. As with experiential training, it is equally important to establish a scientific training schedule. Each time, the trainees are asked to reflect on what they have obtained with a small amount of new information, which in turn helps them remember the materials.

3. Use realwear HMT equipment for remote training

The improvement of employees' skills is very important for front-line or manufacturing work. Riowell's head mounted computer can be used for remote training in complex industrial environments or in remote geographical constraints.

Hands free operation: the headset computer is completely controlled by voice commands. This enables workers to better ensure their own safety, view the content on the headset computer, and use tools with both hands for production operations—— This is usually necessary in an industrial environment.

Real time communication: as long as front-line employees can connect to Wi Fi, LTE networks or hotspots, remote staff can interact with their trainers in real time.

Accurate communication: cameras enable trainers to view images and videos from the perspective of remote workers. Trainers can also display or project their screens onto the tiny displays of remote workers. In this way, the information can be conveyed more clearly and accurately.