Cheung, C; Muchoki, L; Jin, R; Adamu, Z; Chi, N W and Lin, J C (2023) A systematic review of digitalisation adoptions in construction safety education and training. In: Tutesigensi, A and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
Construction industry has been facing high accidents and fatalities while on the job training and education in university has been found critical for improving safety performance. The advancement of technologies in this industry has been claimed to be useful in training and educating both workers and students on safety procedures. This review-based study aimed to identify and analyse technologies that have been adopted in built environment to help improve health and safety on construction sites through training and education. A systematic literature review approach was adopted by analysing 55 articles relevant to this theme. Safety scenarios addressed, safety regulations and standards, and learning outcomes were analysed to evaluate the identified technologies. The results indicated that the adopted immersive technologies were able to improve the learning performance of trainees and learners as evidenced by case studies. These technologies could increase the students and workers' user engagement and motivation on health and safety training. Further differences between education and training were unveiled, for example, training-based platforms were more likely to miss the content in safety regulations and standards.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modelling, digitalisation, health and safety, construction safety, immersive technology, education &,,,,,,,,,,, training |
| Index terms: | health and safety, fatalities, regulation, platform, learning outcome, education and training, built environment, building information modelling, construction site, case study, construction safety, construction industry, immersive technology, safety performance, systematic literature review, motivation, user engagement, digitalization |
| Subjects: | virtual reality, infrastructure and transport systems, research evaluation and metrics, occupational health and safety management, design methods, environmental health, psychology, industry analysis, digital technology, information systems, professional education, political science, health risk and incident analysis, health safety and environment, work location, student development, digital design, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Sustainability, Health and Safety, Education, Human Resources, Digital Applications, Research Practice, Site Management, Governance, Urban Studies, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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