MAP-01-011 HFI Technical Guide - Human Factors Integration ...

MAP-01-011 – HFI Technical Guide (STGP 11)HFI Technical Issuesskills development, and for more advanced user or maintainer role training, arerequired to support initial training and specialist conversion training at shoreestablishments.7.1.7 Fidelity of Synthetic Training EquipmentThe platform management system will always be operational whilst at sea andthis may place greater emphasis on the availability of shore-based simulators forsystems management and for fault simulation and repair training. The sole useof real equipment as the basis for training is now a very expensive, inefficient andprobably ineffective way of developing and maintaining individual and teamperformance at the required level of operational readiness. Even within theclassroom environment, use of the real equipment may prove prohibitivelyexpensive particularly when additional scenario generation and instructionalcontrol facilities are required. Synthetic training provides a method of deliveringtraining ashore and on-board (often within the harbour) at individual and teamlevels. For example, synthetic training now provides the opportunity to link realequipment with other platforms, other synthetic devices and scenario generationfacilities creating a virtual warfare environment for training at team, crew, taskforce and even theatre level.Three types of training fidelity need to be considered as follows.1. Physical Fidelity – The degree to which the training replication of theoperational equipment requires exact physical representation in spatialarrangements, the appearance and direct tactile feel of controls.2. Functional Fidelity – The degree to which the training replication of theuser interface with the operational equipment will need to represent andemphasise the informational aspects of the task including scenarios,tactical objects and their behaviour, format, content and response.3. Environmental Fidelity – The degree to which the host environment forthe equipment needs to be replicated in terms of sound, motion andambience (heat, humidity, lighting etc.).In addition to the degree of replication of the real equipment, synthetic trainingdevices require instructional facilities. These include instructor facilities formonitoring and controlling training scenarios and the provision of additional cuesor feedback not available in the real equipment or environment to promotegreater understanding or to support learning of very complex material or skills.Nov 2006 Page 7-10 Issue 4