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INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL NEWS
SMRT Opens New Bus Training Centre in Singapore
SMRT Corporation’s new Bus Training and Evalua- tion Centre (SMRT BTEC), Singapore’s first team-based bus training centre, was declared open on 2 July by Guest of Honour, Mrs Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport.
Located at the Devan Nair Institute
for Employment and Employability in Jurong East, SMRT BTEC (for- merly known as the Bus Career Development Centre) offers simulator training for bus staff who drive buses and staff who manage bus opera- tions from a command centre. It was set up in collaboration with e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) and the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU) following a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September 2014 as part of a joint initiative to drive the professionalisation of Singapore’s bus industry.
The centre was named BTEC to underscore its expanded role as a centre for research, development, training and evaluation to promote better management of bus service safety and reliability. This is done through closer coordination between Bus Captains and service coor- dinators, who monitor buses during their journey with the help of GPS satellite trackers.
SMRT has designed and developed the centre which houses an In- tegrated Driving and Service Control (iDSC) simulator to enable net- worked training amongst bus captains and service controllers. This structured development of team-based competency will improve bus service reliability and improve commuters’ travelling experience. SMRT BTEC will also leverage on a Professional Learning Management Sys- tem (PRO-LEARN) which employs data analytics to constantly monitor driving performance for continuous improvement.
During the launch, SMS Josephine Teo was given a tour of the facility and hands-on training on the iDSC simulator which employs the latest simulation technologies to create virtual traffic scenarios. This makes it possible for bus captains to be trained and well prepared for situa- tions which may be dangerous for bus drivers to practise in real life, to enhance safe driving skills.
The iDSC simulator will be the first of its kind in Singapore to in- corporate a Service Control Management System (SCMS) to allow team-based training. The SCMS allows up to 16 bus captains can to train together with two service controllers to improve deployment and headway, and ultimately reduce bus bunching and improve bus service reliability.
The iDSC works together with PRO-LEARN, an evidence-based train- ing system that makes use of data analytics which enables evidence- based training to be conducted. Buses fitted with telematics devices are tracked by GPS satellites. The analytics gathered can provide in- formation such as a bus captain’s road behaviour and driving patterns
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SMRT 开设新 巴士培训中心
国际业界动态
新加坡首家以团队为基础 S
MRT企业的新巴士培训和 评估中心(SMRT BTEC)是
的巴士培训中心，在7月2日由 交通部兼财政部高级政务部长杨莉明开幕。
位于裕廊东的蒂凡那就业与职能培训学院，SMRT BTEC(之前称为巴士事业发展中心)，为巴士司机 和指挥中心负责巴士运营职员提供模拟培训。它是 巴士业者SMRT，全国职工总会就业与职能培训中心 (e21)及全国各交通工友联合会(NTWU)共同打 造，三方于2014年9月间签署了谅解备忘录。此备忘 录是驱动新加坡巴士业专业化联合倡议的一部分。
这个被称为巴士培训和评估的中心也将用来作为研 发、培训及评估，促进更好的巴士业管理、巴士服 务的安全性及可靠性。这可通过巴士车长和服务 协调员的密切合作，在全球定位人造卫星追踪器 (GPS)的协助下监控旅途而达到。
SMRT设计和研发了一个“综合驾驶与模拟中心” (iDSC)，确保为车长和服务监控人员提供网络培 训。这个结构化，基于团队的能力发展，将加强服 务的可靠性和改善通勤的出行经验。该巴士培训 和评估中心，也将通过专业学习管理系统(PRO- LEARN)，一个透过数据分析来持续监控驾驶表现， 以取得持续的改善。
杨莉明在推介期间，参观了该设施和亲自接受“综 合驾驶与模拟中心”的模拟培训。该模拟器采用最 新的模拟技术，可模拟公路上发生的各种情况。 这使车长能够获得训练，并让巴士司机能够多加练 习，以便在真实况中做好应对，加强驾驶安全技能。
该“综合驾驶与模拟中心”模拟器是新加坡首个与 服务控制系统(SCMS)结合成一体的模拟器，以提 供建基于团队的培训。该SCMS可容纳16 名车长与两 名服务监控员同时进行培训，改善部署和进展，并 在最终降低巴士的颠簸和改善巴士服务的可靠性。
该模拟器与PRO-LEARN一同运作。后者是个循证培训 系统，可运用数据分析来进行建基于证据的培训。安 装上远程信息处理装置的巴士会被全球定位系统人造 卫星所追踪。所收集到的分析将提供有关车长的驾驶 行为和驾驶模式，以便培训师能够针对个别车长所需 要关注的地方，为他们提供量身打造的培训。
SMRT BTEC的巴士和评估中心共有16台模拟器，8台 巴士驾驶座模拟器和8台巴士模拟器培训师。该中心