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Price Waterhouse Coopers discovered when compared to traditional training methods―self-paced online learning and classroom education― VR simulations helped employees become more confident in their ability to perform their jobs, taught them faster and created a stronger emotional bond to training content.

They compared the three main forms of learning―classroom, elearning and VR training―and found people retained the imparted information more effectively using VR.

Tradiebot’s smart platforms can fast-track training and hiring, which is more valuable now than ever due to a lack of a skilled and experienced workforce in collision repair, for example.

“The global manufacturing industry is undergoing a transformation with how work is to be done. We need to be smarter, faster and more agile to accommodate the rapid changes in market demand,” according to a company press release. “Tradiebot is developing the technology to adapt, repair and rebuild. Our systems bring knowledge and mastery of skills to your fingertips with a tap on a touch screen. Design detail and sophisticated machines

will take the time and tedium out of even the most complex preparation and repair processes.”

By using Tradiebot, job candidates can hit the ground running as opposed to learning on the job. They’re able to absorb the data more quickly and remember it longer, as well as practice without experiencing anxiety.

“By using our systems, students are able to see it, hear it and do it, and by doing all three, they are able

to retain the information at approximately 90%,” Rutter said. “Since studies claim that people retain 5% of what we see one hour after it’s presented and roughly 30% after reading it, you can see that the increase in retention is significant with VR.”

Another big part of the Tradiebot approach revolves around the fact it’s done everything it can to make all of its training modules fun and engaging in order to create a comfort zone to promote learning.

“When the user puts on their gear and jumps into the paint booth, they are intrigued, and once they realize that it’s fun, they are less anxious and more open to learning,” Rutter said.

Will Tradiebot help get more young people interested in becoming collision repair professionals by making training easier, more hands-on and fun?

“If you look at it, the collision repair industry doesn’t do a lot to attract new talent, by starting them out at minimum wage and in many cases, saddling them with major debt from student loans,” Rutter said. “But, if Tradiebot can get students interested in learning through full immersion and virtual reality, the future for this industry will get a much-needed boost with a fresh and skilled labor force.”

Making learning fun and less stressful, Tradiebot will hopefully attract new skilled professionals into the body shop world as a result

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