HSE supervisor training

Supervisor is a serious game which allows you to play the role of a supervisor on a drilling site. You are expected to handle hazardous situations, watch you personnel and take care of health safety and environment requirements.

This demonstrator shows the potential of simulations combined with gaming technology. You fulfill tasks which lead to “good” or “bad” supervision.

The enabled site is modeled after the Simwell training facility in Schoonebeek, The Netherlands. Supervisor is a proof-of-concept built in close cooperation by Shell and Delft University of Technology.

In the past few years Shell learning organization was confronted with companies who could provide serious gaming solutions. Serious gaming involves the use of concepts and technologies derived from (computer) entertainment games for non-entertainment purposes such as for learning, policy and decision-making.

The purpose of this proof-of-concept is to demonstrate and enhance the feasibility and credibility of serious gaming technology and concepts for Shell learning, training and management activities.

Supervisor has been developed by the in-house production team, the Gamingstreet.
The game uses the Unreal 3 engine, normally used in blockbuster entertainment games, providing the possibility to create a near realistic experience.
It was developed with a modular approach in mind, meaning that it should be able to create new scenarios in an easy way.

In one scenario, the supervisor trainee should know how to recognize defects, protocol violation and know how to react in hazardous situations.
During the gamesession, player actions are being logged on a webserver. After completing the scenario all logging results can be used by the game facilitator to have an evaluation with the trainee.