What is Human Performance Training?   Sensori Safety

Author: Sensori Safety Published: 2/01/2022 Time: 3 Minutes

Human performance training, is an alternative treatment that uses brain and eye exercises to determine how workers see, process, organize and respond to information. It is designed to improve performance in key areas such as attention, reaction time, focus, and hand-eye coordination for mobile equipment operators. It can also improve eye tracking, visual acuity, depth perception, and memory.

This concept of training has been used by practitioners for over 150 years. It was originally developed by ophthalmologists searching for a non-surgical alternative to treat strabismus (eye turn). These ophthalmologists created a series of visual exercises called “orthoptics”, meaning “straightening of the eye”.

In the mid-twentieth century an innovative group of optometrists realized that for vision therapy to be effective, vision must be viewed as much more than a simple mechanical neuro-muscular system. It was then that they went on to develop and expand vision therapy into the successful method of visual improvement it is today. This new form of vision therapy has given people a whole new way of interacting with the world.

Human performance training is remarkably successful in improving neurocognitive and visual-motor skills. Within 15-30 training sessions many of our users reported that they experienced:

• Increased mental sharpness
• Ability to filter out distractions
• Ability to focus for longer time periods
• Enhanced ability to make quick decisions

Human Performance training is designed as an individual and personalized treatment program that adapts to meet the capability and individual needs of each user. These neurocognitive and vision exercises consist of specialized 3-D computer programs and interactive training drills that are performed weekly, usually under the supervision of a Human Performance Coach.

The training works well for workers who struggle with maintaining attention and have a difficult time identifying objects in their peripheral and/or central fields of vision. It can be of good use to workers who have a difficult time comprehending information, move at slower speeds, or have issues with accuracy; and when the training program is complete, these benefits can last a lifetime. It is recommended that rather than stopping the program at the end of the 12-month period, this vision training remains ongoing throughout the worker's time at the facility, as the data shows that with time they will perform even better.

At Sensori Safety 20/20 vision is not enough! Just because a forklift operator can see doesn’t mean they have the quick reaction or attention skills needed to identify where an object is in their peripheral, accurately recognize how fast it’s traveling, or note if it’s changing direction.

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