Safe EarthWorks Training with the use of Augmented Reality

The main objective of the SetAr project is to decrease the rate of accidents during construction works, especially during earthworks, through a training methodology based on Augmented Reality (AR).

Acronym

SetAR

Reference code

2020-1-PL01-KA202-081555

Description

The main objective of the SetAr project is to decrease the rate of accidents during construction works, especially during earthworks, through a training methodology based on Augmented Reality (AR).

To achieve this goal, training resources will be developed containing knowledge on earthworks, with special emphasis on work efficiency and health and safety rules.

The project will contribute to improve the employability of construction workers, fostering mobility, due to its international content (presentation of practices from participating countries) and its multilingual form (this will help users to become familiar with and handle the vocabulary and terms used in specific earthmoving activities).

Activities and results

Throughout the project, the partnership will develop a series of works through which the partners intend to achieve a certain impact and focus on a number of potential long-term benefits, such as the following:

Improved efficiency of earthworks.
Decrease in the accident rate during earthworks on construction sites.
Decreased fatality rate in the construction industry.
Increased Health and Safety awareness of all involved in the construction sector: engineers, students, workers, etc.
Promotion of social dialogue on earthworks issues (i.e. health and safety aspects and certification) at national and EU level.
Knowledge base for the creation of new professional courses and the improvement of existing ones.
Reduction of costs associated with training, in terms of time spent and financial and resource costs.
Improving and strengthening education and training systems in response to the main challenges of today's world (digitalisation, employment, economic stability and growth, as well as active participation in democratic life and the free labour market).

The European Commission lists the main challenges facing construction, including:

Training: Improving specialised training and making the sector more attractive, in particular for blue-collar workers, technical schools and universities.
Innovation: More active adoption of new technologies.

The project will address these needs by creating innovative training using AR technology.

The project will also address health and safety issues. As previous research on training outcomes in the sector indicates, the intended impact on health and safety is low, and workers are not very interested in more traditional methodologies. The use of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets), AR technology and the use of more innovative support tools will make the training offered by SetAR much more interesting.

Developers of the project

University Research Institute on Robotics and Information and Communication Technologies (IRTIC)

irtic.uv.es

robotica@uv.es

Advanced Research and Technological Expansion in Computer Graphics (ARTEC)

irtic.uv.es/artec

cartec@irtic.uv.es

Keywords

augmented reality, construction, workplace accidents, efficiency, training

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