Episode 005 - Snowplow Simulator Training with Richard Powers
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Richard Powers, the District Engineer at the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Globe District, gave a presentation on snowplow driver training at the 2006 APWA North American Snow Conference.
A portion of this unique driver training program is performed using a snowplow simulator.
You can learn more about this training program by listening to my interview with Richard by clicking the “Podcast” icon or “Launch Player” button.
You can view some of Richard’s presentation slides in the Photo Gallery.
Richard also showed a short video of this training program as part of his presentation.
Click here to watch the video.
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If you have questions or would like to contact Richard to learn more about this Snowplow Simulator training program, send me an email using the Contact Me button above, and I will send you Richard’s contact information.
My thanks to Richard for sharing this very interesting technology with us.
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Video provided by and made available with permission of the Arizona Department of Transportation.
