SiKE PRO:
«Digital Twins»
«Digital Twins»
of Technological Equipment
and Processes for Training Students
in Blue-Collar Professions
31.07.2024
and Processes for Training Students
in Blue-Collar Professions
31.07.2024
It is important for educational organizations and enterprises to effectively address the challenge of personnel training. At the same time, they encounter several challenges, including:
- a high risk of injury when training with actual equipment and units;
- a lack of high-quality materials that serve as substitutes for training with actual equipment;
- a lack of time and resources to develop specialized training solutions.
How can we ensure high-quality training for students to address real production problems while making training in blue-collar professions accessible, effective, and safe?
SIKE PRO makes job training affordable, effective, and safe
Since 2006, SIKE has been developing training simulators and courses for specialists in industrial enterprises. Over the past 15 years, SIKE’s digital solutions have been adapted for students in educational institutions and have become part of the SIKE PRO library of ready-made training solutions for blue-collar professions.
SIKE PRO offers comprehensive training solutions, including 'digital twins,' covering everything from theoretical study to practical skills. They include digital training systems such as electronic courses, 3D atlases, general simulators, and VR simulators.
“Digital twins” will enable colleges, universities, and enterprises to address personnel training and skill development, ensuring that specialists are fully prepared to tackle real production challenges upon entering the workforce.
SIKE PRO offers comprehensive training solutions, including 'digital twins,' covering everything from theoretical study to practical skills. They include digital training systems such as electronic courses, 3D atlases, general simulators, and VR simulators.
“Digital twins” will enable colleges, universities, and enterprises to address personnel training and skill development, ensuring that specialists are fully prepared to tackle real production challenges upon entering the workforce.
The SIKE PRO library contains educational systems known as "digital twins," including:
E-courses
Allows for the study of theoretical concepts in any field, including:
Basics of the technological process, labor safety instructions, terminology, defects in finished products, and more.
Suitable for distance learning: students can access the course and complete their training at their convenience.
3D Equipment Atlases – Digital Twins of Equipment
They enable a detailed study of equipment design, regardless of complexity.
The equipment is presented as realistic interactive 3D models, enabling detailed examination of complex units and machinery. They include studying the structure "inside and out," understanding the purpose, location, and appearance of equipment elements, components, and assemblies, and their placement within the workshop.
Simulators – Digital Twins of Process Control Systems
They develop conscious skills in conducting a technological process to achieve products of the required quality under conditions that closely mimic real production processes.
The simulator allows you to develop and practice equipment control skills using an automated process control system, ensure the correct and safe conduct of operations, and respond quickly to emergencies.
The simulator allows you to develop and practice equipment control skills using an automated process control system, ensure the correct and safe conduct of operations, and respond quickly to emergencies.
Hardware-Software Training Complexes – Digital Twins of Process Control Systems with Physical Control Panels
A Hardware-Software Training Complex is a comprehensive simulator that includes both software (simulator) and hardware components.
The hardware consists of a replica of the production control panel (physical console), which closely simulates actual production conditions and aids in developing muscle memory.
SIKE PRO Training Areas
The following SIKE PRO training areas are currently available:
- metallurgy;
- mining and processing production;
- chemical industry;
- mechanical engineering;
- oil and gas industry;
- labor protection and industrial safety.
Stages of Preparation in SIKE PRO
SIKE PRO allows you to choose a ready-made set of systems tailored to a specific learning task, profession, or specialty for step-by-step training, including:
Advantages of SIKE PRO Solutions
The integration of science, modern technologies, and best practices has enabled the company to create "digital twins" with the following qualities:
- 1High-precision modeling of physical and chemical processes.
- 2Equipment control systems and 3D equipment models that closely simulate reality.
- 3Insights from top experts at leading manufacturing companies, who have directly participated in the development of simulators.
- 4Versatility: A student who acquires and practices skills using a "digital twin," the SIKE simulator, can apply those skills to similar equipment.
- 5It eliminates the risk of injury during training: simulators allow students to practice skills, experiment, and even make mistakes without real-world consequences.
- 6Flexible selection of courses and simulators tailored to specific training needs.
- 7Easy adaptation in the workplace and rapid career growth comes from the deep understanding of technological processes and foundational knowledge of labor protection and industrial safety provided by SIKE simulators.
Application areas of SIKE PRO
- Educational organizations
- Training and assessment of students' knowledge in secondary specialized and higher educational institutions.
- Conducting practical classes, laboratory and unsupervised works, and specialty certification."
- Implementation of a practice-oriented approach to training.
- Research work.
- Career guidance work, open days.
- Conducting competitions and olympiads.
- Enterprises
- Vocational training and retraining courses.
- Training for new employees.
- Employee certification for work clearance.
- Retraining of specialists in related fields.
- Conducting "best in profession" contests.
SIKE PRO contributes to achieving the primary goals of education:
- 1ОEnsuring educational accessibility
- 2Improving the quality of education
- 3Development of an innovative educational environment
- 4Implementation of federal, regional, and local education development programs, including the federal program "Professionalitet"
- All SIKE PRO solutions are registered in the Russian Software Registry.
Since 2022, solutions from the SIKE PRO library have been provided to educational institutions to create 21 educational clusters as part of the 'Professionalitet' program, covering metallurgy, mining, hydraulics, equipment repair, and mechanical engineering.
Within the "Professionalitet" program, over 3,000 students used SIKE PRO simulators in 2023.
Within the "Professionalitet" program, over 3,000 students used SIKE PRO simulators in 2023.
Additional details on SIKE PRO digital solutions are available in the following articles:
- "SIKE" simulators at the Lipetsk Metallurgical College: training for qualified mid-level specialists
- Get to the bottom (sike.ru)
- Vyksa Metallurgical College: on the demand for metallurgical specialists and career guidance (sike.ru)
- Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "MGTU named after G. I. Nosov," Multidisciplinary College: feedback on cooperation with SIKE
- Polevskoy Multidisciplinary Technical School named after V. I. Nazarov: feedback on cooperation with SIKE
Digitalizing education is a crucial task in developing today's digital society. Therefore, SIKE continues to expand training areas for digital twins and make modern education more accessible to the younger generation.