MINERÍA la mejor puerta de acceso al sector minero EDICIÓN 576 / SEPTIEMBRE 2025 146 results, as also reported by some studies in relation to age. Thus, Cuenen (2019), in a study, reported that simulator-based training improves the driving performance of older drivers, enhancing measures such as lateral control and right-of-way behavior, and that specific feedback is crucial for certain skills. In their article, the authors investigated whether simulator-based driving training can improve specific measures of driving ability in older drivers and found that driving multiple times in a simulator improves performance in certain driving skills, such as lateral control. In our study, two variables obtained from the measurements performed by the simulator software were efficiency and safety. When reviewing the literature on factors that influence driver safety and efficiency in the mining industry, there are many factors such as fatigue, stress, weather conditions, among others, and how training can mitigate these effects. However, the comparative statistical tests of the scores before and after training indicated that there were statistically significant differences in all groups. This effect is also evident in the results of other studies, such as that of Larue (2018), which points out that driving simulators improve driver education by engaging novice drivers in procedural and higher-level skills. Novice drivers perceive simulators as effective tools that align with their expectations for driver training. The study concludes that young people are likely to engage in technologically enhanced driver education using driving simulators and found that, despite focusing heavily on procedural skills, novice drivers believed that simulators could also be used to obtain higher-level skills. Moreover, they considered them consistent with their expectations of road safety education, suggesting that novice drivers would be willing to further develop this countermeasure through simulators. With regard to older drivers, Urlings (2019) found that both driving simulator-based training and computerbased training improved knowledge of traffic signs, general driving skills, and specific aspects of driving in at-risk older drivers. In the study, training features that had been shown to be effective in previous research on older driver training were incorporated into both a computer-based intervention and a driving simulator program, in order to examine the effect of both training formats on overall driving ability and on specific aspects of driving in older drivers at risk of reduced driving capacity. En nuestro estudio dos variables que se obtuvieron de las mediciones realizadas por el software del simulador fueron la eficiencia y la seguridad. Al revisar la literatura sobre los factores que influyen en estos aspectos de los conductores en la industria minera, se determinó que existen muchos como la fatiga, el estrés, las condiciones climáticas, entre otros, y cómo la capacitación puede mitigar estos efectos. Sin embargo, las pruebas estadísticas comparativas de los puntajes antes y después de la capacitación indicaron que existían diferencias estadísticamente significativas en todos los grupos. Este efecto también se evidencia en los resultados de otros estudios, como el de Larue (2018) que señala que los simuladores de conducción mejoran la educación vial al involucrar a los conductores novatos en habilidades procesales y de nivel superior. Los conductores novatos perciben los simuladores como herramientas eficaces, que se alinean con sus expectativas en cuanto a la formación de conductores. En su estudio se concluye que es probable que los jóvenes se dediquen a una educación vial mejorada tecnológicamente mediante simuladores de conducción y descubrieron que, a pesar de centrarse en gran medida en las habilidades procesales, los conductores novatos pensaban que los simuladores también podían usarse para obtener habilidades de nivel superior y que estaban en consonancia con sus expectativas sobre la educación vial, lo que sugiere que los conductores novatos aceptarían mejorar esta contramedida con simuladores. En cuanto a los conductores de edad mayor, Urlings (2019) encontró que tanto la formación basada en siFigura 4. Diferencia antes y después de la capacitación en puntajes de seguridad en simulador Simumak Modelo Simestruck Gold (m1=117). Figure 4. Difference before and after training in safety scores on the Simumak Simulator, Simestruck Gold Model (m1=117).
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