The present work aimed to evaluate the potential gains from the use off virtual reality simulators in the training of harvester operators. Data were collected during the training of 39 operators, regarding their performance in the following variables: time of execution, fall direction, cut height, processing efficiency and piling up and productivity. The results led to conclude that virtual reality simulators are viable and essential tools in the training of forest machine operators, increasing quality and productivity. Productivity presented the best operator performance with gains of 41.3% in relation to the beginning of the training, followed by time of execution with 38.8% and fall direction, with a mean gain of 36.1%.
Training; simulator and productivity
