Hand & Power Tools Safety
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Experience Overview
- 21 minutes run time (including tutorial)
- Student completion records
- VR training certificates
- Training results
- Behavioral metrics
- Response times
- Training groups
- Scheduling
- Set refresher training frequency
- Modelled from Unit of Competency: MEM18002
Empower your workforce to spot hazards, act safely, and prevent injuries before they happen in high-risk workshop environments.
This immersive experience places users in a dynamic automotive workshop, where they’ll confront real-world hazards linked to hand and power tool use. Perfect for safety inductions and ongoing risk awareness, the training goes beyond compliance—developing the instinct to recognize danger and respond with the right actions.
Power tools are essential on the job—but when used unsafely, they become one of the most common causes of serious workplace injury.
Participants are dropped into high-risk, fast-paced scenarios where they must:
- Identify unsafe practices involving tools, PPE, and manual handling.
- Assess hazards using the Hierarchy of Controls framework.
- Respond to emergency situations with calm, correct decision-making.
- Recognize when others are working unsafely—and know how to intervene.
This hands-on, scenario-based training builds real competence, driving lasting behavioral change and safety culture on the ground.
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Learning Outcomes







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Identify common workshop hazards associated with hand and power tools:
- Frayed cords, missing guards, incorrect use of grinders, drills, pressure washers, hammers, and spanners.
- Unsafe work environments (e.g. cluttered floors, tools left unattended, or obstructed walkways).
Understand and apply safe tool use practices:
- Using the correct tool for each task.
- Verifying tools are maintained and undamaged before use.
- Never modifying safety features (e.g. removing guards).
- Locking out and tagging damaged equipment.
Perform effective housekeeping:
- Keeping work areas tidy.
- Avoiding placing tools or materials in pedestrian walkways.
- Maintaining exclusion zones and safe work distances
Select and use appropriate PPE for various tasks:
- Eye, ear, hand, and face protection.
- PPE matched to specific risks like heat, noise, or flying debris.
- Awareness of hair, clothing, and jewelry that may catch in tools.
Apply safe techniques with different tools:
- Using both hands on power tools.
- Cutting or pulling tools in safe directions.
- Correct posture and support when working at height or under vehicles.
A. Tutorial Phase
- Learners use a virtual tablet to take hazard photos.
- Introduced to basic workshop interaction and inspection mechanics.
B. Discovery Phase
- Knowledge-check questions around hazardous vs. safe practices.
- Introduction to differences in tool safety, PPE, and workshop behavior.
C. Instructional Phase
- Guided inspection of various hazardous and safe tool use situations.
- Learners document and analyze scenes with immediate feedback.
D. Practice Phase
- Semi-independent review of workshop scenarios.
- Learners must judge whether each situation is safe or hazardous and justify their assessment.
E. Exam Phase
- Fully independent assessment of real-life scenarios.
- Learners take photos of hazards and answer situational questions.
- Covers use of drills, grinders, jacks, spanners, and other tools.
F. Results and Feedback Phase
- A results summary is provided through the tablet interface.
- Feedback reinforces correct behaviors and highlights areas for improvement.
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CONTACT USWhat is Custom VR Builds?
It’s a service where Next World creates a fully tailored VR-training solution for your company — a custom course built to meet your industry-specific requirements rather than using a generic off-the-shelf VR module.
How does the custom-build process work?
The process typically follows these phases: you provide training documentation, subject-matter experts get involved, learning outcomes are identified, storyboard is created, virtual assets are modeled, testing and quality assurance, and finally deployment in your environment.
What type of training scenarios can be built?
You can build VR scenarios for hazard awareness, safe-practice with tools and equipment, practicing safety procedures step-by-step, and even testing learner’s knowledge in simulated hazardous situations — as if in real life but safe.
Is custom VR suitable for refresher training as well?
Yes — custom VR builds can be used for refresher/training-update courses to efficiently refresh skills and knowledge without re-arranging real equipment or putting people at risk.
What learning methodology does custom VR follow?
Next World suggests a blended approach: combining face-to-face, practical and immersive training methods, which helps improve retention, practical competence, and reduces incidents.