Virage Multimodal: Truck Simulator VS600M

MNTC’s South Penn Campus

• Semi-truck, also called: tractor-trailer, big rig, 18-wheeler
• School bus
• Dump truck
• Waste management truck

The Truck Simulator VS600M allows students to train in an immersive pod. Students experience real truck parts and what it is like to drive almost any type of heavy vehicle with both automatic and manual transmissions. Students will also experience realistic force feedback and vibrations on the shifter.

Students can become familiar with not only driving safety but then also have the opportunity to practice their driving skills related to a particular industry. For example, students can learn to use a retrieval arm on a waste management truck or learn shifting patterns for certain vehicles and overall vehicle operation for various trucks and heavy vehicle types.

MNTC’s VS600M simulation model is unique as it provides driving variables that can be changed and challenge students such as the weather, time of day, traffic load, road hazards, animals, and pedestrians.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, “The economy depends on truck drivers to transport freight and keep supply chains moving. As the demand for goods increases, more truck drivers will be needed. Trucks transport most of the freight in the United States, so, as households and businesses increase their spending, the trucking industry should grow.”

The site also states that job prospects are projected to be good for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers who have proper training and a clean driving record.

The onetonline.org website lists a CDL driver’s median annual wage in Oklahoma at $45,680 with the typical basic-education requirement a high school diploma.

• The tractor is the truck.
• The trailer is attached to the tractor.

Students can become familiar with driving safety, practice skills related to a particular industry. For example, picking up a trash receptacle with a retrieval arm, or learn shifting patterns, and overall vehicle operation.

• CDL Skills Training
• School Bus Driver Training