Simutech Multimedia Wins 2009
Canadian Award for Training Excellence
Troubleshooting Industrial Controls Recognized by The Canadian Society for Training and Development.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- October 28, 2009 -- Simutech Multimedia today announced that their Troubleshooting Industrial Controls program has been honoured as the GOLD Award Winner in the External eLearning Program category of the 2009 Canadian Awards for Training Excellence. The honour, awarded by The Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD), was presented at the President's Dinner and Awards Gala as part of the CSTD and IFTDO World Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Canadian Awards for Training Excellence honour exceptional and innovative Canadian-developed learning products and programs. The External eLearning Program award recognizes that the Troubleshooting Industrial Controls software meets "best practice" learning principles and demonstrates excellence in originality, instructional design, evaluation strategy, communication style, packaging and overall value.
The award-winning product, Troubleshooting Industrial Controls, is a software simulation of a complex fluid processing system designed to represent the industrial control systems found in many industries. The software teaches users a systematic approach for troubleshooting and repairing both electrical and mechanical faults safely and efficiently.
"[Troubleshooting Industrial Controls] has excellent simulations, content, and presentation of material," said the CSTD Awards Judging Team. "The simulations are appropriate, useful, and realistic [and] will transfer to the job easily."
"Receiving this award is a great honour," said Warren Rhude, President of Simutech Multimedia. "We are constantly striving, through the use of simulations, to create training programs of the highest quality and effectiveness and would like to thank the CSTD for recognizing the results of these efforts."
CSTD is Canada's professional association focused on training, learning and performance in the workplace. With over 1,600 members, CSTD represents learning and performance professionals from both the public and private sectors.
For more information about the CSTD and their awards please visit www.cstd.ca.
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