The CM Labs Forklift Simulator Training Pack delivers a high-impact learning experience designed to build operator competency and reduce workplace incidents. With accurate forklift dynamics—including instability during tight turns, slope driving, and load braking—trainees are immersed in realistic scenarios that reflect real-world challenges.
From basic maneuvers to complex load handling in confined spaces, learners gain hands-on experience in a range of indoor and outdoor environments populated with racks, pedestrians, power lines, and ramps. The simulator integrates visual aids like the stability triangle, rear-view camera, and a mini-map to improve situational awareness and decision-making.
Progressive learning exercises are complemented by detailed performance metrics such as overturns, major collisions, and load contact violations. Certification prep and freeform practice options help operators move beyond compliance into true proficiency. The Forklift Simulator runs on the portable Vortex Edge Plus and motion-enabled Vortex Edge Max, offering flexible deployment for any training program.
CM Labs’ Mini Excavator Simulator Training Pack is the first solution of its kind to focus on the unique operating challenges of compact utility equipment. Designed for safety and realism, the simulator replicates everything from tipping behavior and vibration to underground utility line interaction—making it an ideal tool for training safe, confident operators in high-risk utility environments.
Trainees advance through a progressive curriculum that covers walkaround inspections, controls familiarization, digging around underground lines, and loading/unloading from trailers. Real-time teachable moments provide feedback to prevent negative habits, and a freeform sandbox encourages exploration and problem-solving.
Supported by CM Labs’ Smart Training Technology™, the simulation captures critical performance metrics like utility strikes, vehicle tip-overs, idle time, and soil spillage. Compatible with Edge Plus, Edge Max, and Advantage platforms, the Mini Excavator Simulator is part of CM Labs’ comprehensive utility training ecosystem, which also includes digger derricks and boom trucks.
The CM Labs Rough Terrain Crane Simulator Training Pack prepares operators for the most demanding lifting scenarios—from complex tandem lifts to navigating confined spaces near power lines. With highly accurate boom dynamics, cable behavior, and crane controls, trainees experience every nuance of mobile crane operation in a safe, repeatable environment.
The simulator’s progressive curriculum teaches load charts, LMI configuration, hook and pendulum control, and lift plan execution. Trainees gain hands-on experience in tasks like working inside buildings, changing parts-of-line, and performing CCO test courses. Built-in scoring tracks metrics such as pendulum time, rough load handling, and safety violations, giving instructors actionable insights.
CM Labs’ patented Smart Training Technology™ delivers a mechanical simulation layer that replicates engine torque, transmission, tire deformation, and lift response. The Mobile Crane Training Pack is compatible with all Vortex hardware configurations, and can be paired with the Signal Person Station for team-based learning in complex virtual jobsites.
The Intellia Tracked Excavator Simulator Training Pack by CM Labs delivers a highly immersive experience that builds real-world skills in trenching, load handling, and precision excavation. Trainees engage in a virtual jobsite equipped with Trimble® Earthworks technology, replicating real machine operation while building efficiency and safety awareness.
This training pack emphasizes the three pillars of expert operation—safety, technique, and efficiency. Exercises include everything from walkaround inspections and boom/stick control to pipe placement and bench loading. Trainees also practice working around personnel and power lines, with real-time tracking of movement accuracy, idle time, bucket fill percentage, and safety violations.
The simulator uses CM Labs’ industry-leading Smart Training Technology™ to create the most realistic soil simulation and machine response available. With customizable environmental settings, instructors can simulate weather changes and low-light scenarios for added challenge. Compatible with all CM Labs platforms (Edge Plus, Edge Max, Advantage), this solution ensures safe, scalable excavator training for schools, unions, and contractors alike.
The Intellia Wheel Loader Simulator Training Pack from CM Labs delivers realistic, high-impact training for core earthmoving tasks. Whether you're stockpiling materials, transporting loads, or mastering truck loading, this simulator builds true-to-life skills with zero wear and tear on actual equipment.
Trainees progress through a comprehensive learning path that covers controls familiarization, bucket positioning, material transport, and safe load handling. Built on CM Labs’ award-winning Smart Training Technology™, the simulator offers precision hydraulic behavior, terrain response, and soil flow physics—giving operators the authentic “feel” of the job.
Performance data such as fuel consumption, cycle time, idle time, and collision tracking provide measurable insights for instructors. Compatible with Edge Plus, Edge Max, and Advantage platforms, the Wheel Loader Training Pack also includes quick coupler functionality and multiple attachments like forks and a truss boom. It’s the perfect tool for preparing operators for the rigors of real-world job sites.
CM Labs proudly introduces the Intellia Mini Excavator Simulator Training Pack, the first of its kind in the industry. Developed to meet the increasing complexity of modern jobsites, this immersive training solution sets a new standard for safety and operator readiness. With built-in scenarios addressing critical issues like underground utility line work, this simulator enables learners to train in high-risk environments—without the actual risk.
Designed for both novice and experienced operators, the Mini Excavator Simulator blends authentic machine behavior with real-world terrain challenges, providing a comprehensive training pathway. From walkaround inspections to advanced control techniques, users gain valuable experience in a highly realistic environment. With no wear and tear on physical equipment and enhanced safety outcomes, training programs can scale more efficiently than ever before.
The Intellia Drone View from CM Labs transforms how instructors interact with simulation-based training. Designed to work seamlessly with all CM Labs hardware platforms—including Vortex Edge Max, Vortex Edge Plus, and Vortex Advantage—this innovative solution lets instructors monitor operator progress in real time from two immersive perspectives: Drone Mode and Avatar Mode.
Drone Mode offers sweeping aerial views and the ability to dive below ground level to assess grading volumes, while Avatar Mode allows instructors to walk the jobsite as a dynamic character, even acting as an obstacle to enhance situational awareness and safety. These tools empower instructors to deliver more targeted feedback, improve training efficiency, and elevate safety-critical thinking among trainees.
Build safer, smarter operators—before they step into the cab. CM Labs’ Walkaround Inspection training elevates the essential pre-use inspection process with interactive, guided experiences. More than a checklist, this tool empowers learners with the knowledge to recognize faults, apply preventative maintenance habits, and build foundational safety skills.
Train safer. Train smarter. Contact us to learn more about adding Walkaround Inspection training to your simulation program.
From safety and liability concerns to high equipment costs and limited space for hands-on training, heavy equipment training programs today face significant challenges. Programs must also navigate lengthy setup and cleanup between training sessions, weather delays, and the complexities of objectively evaluating student progress—all while under pressure to address a growing labor shortage and attract more students to the trades. Fortunately, simulation-based learning tools offer a solution.
There are many advantages to using simulation in education. CM Labs’ simulation tools offer a range of powerful benefits for educational institutions, including CTE schools, community colleges, high schools, vocational schools, and even correctional facilities:
Simulation eliminates setup and takedown times, as students learn in realistic simulated learning environments no matter the weather. Simply press the “Restart” button to reset the environment; no cleanup needed.
Hot-swappable controls allow instructors to switch between many different equipment types, including earthmoving machines, cranes, and forklifts.
With CM Labs’ instructor tools, educators can craft custom learning paths, designate custom scoring thresholds, and integrate simulation training results into an LMS for unparalleled efficiency.
CM Labs’ expert-designed exercises are built to help prepare students for the Electrical Industry Certifications Association (EICA), CCO (formerly the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators), and other certification exams.
With simulation, fuel costs, equipment costs, and repair costs are lowered substantially.
CM Labs’ instructor tools enable precise, data-driven assessments, helping educators track progress, evaluate student ability, and identify strengths and weaknesses.
Simulators provide a completely safe learning environment, allowing students to make—and learn from—mistakes without real-world consequences.
Covering up to 20 inspection points per machine, walkaround inspection simulation training helps students encounter and catch a random variety of malfunctions and issues before they encounter them on a jobsite.
Educators can inject faults into exercises, change weather parameters and time of day, and have students practice high-risk scenarios in complete safety, effectively preparing them for the challenges of real jobsites.
With CM Labs’ instructor tools, educators can monitor multiple students at once via tablet—even from another room. They can also examine exercises from many different angles, including below ground during grading exercises.
Simulation is a proven recruitment tool that the next generation responds well to. With portable desktop simulators and mobile trailers, educators can stand out at career fairs and other recruitment events to boost enrollment.
Simulation is a proven recruitment tool that the next generation responds well to. With portable desktop simulators and mobile trailers, educators can stand out at career fairs and other recruitment events to boost enrollment.
CM Labs has a comprehensive range of education simulation training tools, suited to a wide range of budgets and needs.
Discover a comprehensive library of heavy equipment training packs, powered by CM Labs’ renowned core technology. These solutions allow operators to develop the most transferable skills of any simulation-based learning tool on the market. Each training pack comes with an expert-designed curriculum, realistic work scenarios, and open-ended exercises that foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Backed by 300+ research papers, 25+ years of award-winning research, 20,000 automated daily tests, and trusted by experienced operators and leading organizations all over the world, Intellia Training Packs deliver the highest level of realism available on the market.
As the most advanced forklift operator training available on the market, the Forklift Safety+ Add-On Module is certain to become your go-to training resource for experienced operators, refresher, and recertification needs. Authentic machine behaviors accurately reflect weight distribution, wheel bounciness over ramps, load balance in tight corners, and other details necessary for safe operation. It is also the only solution that accurately simulates water and its inherent characteristics, creating realistic slipping situations in tight corners.
