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Atlas Copco USA is home to many industrial ideas. Founded in 1873, the multinational company manufactures industrial tools and equipment with a wide range of markets, including general engineering, electronics, manufacturing and process industries, construction, automotive, and oil and gas.

The company’s main focus is to provide industrial power tools, compressed air and gas equipment, construction equipment, industrial vacuum equipment, and other types of service and maintenance to customers worldwide.

It is imperative that the company ensures all products are running at maximum efficiency, and it strives to leave an impact with sustainable, effective solutions in terms of productivity and energy efficiency.

To help serve others on the outside, the company needed to train its employees on the inside.

Training and employee development can help companies gain top talent, increase job satisfaction, improve overall productivity in the workplace and increase overall profit and sales, according to researchers at Ottawa University.

Additionally, employees are 93% more likely to stay with their company when they feel their organization invests in their career development. With proper training, teams will be on the same page, build stronger relationships, and companies will see a large boost in workplace engagement.

For many industrial companies, employee training can happen in large, loud or even dangerous environments—due to noisy machinery. This can not only be unsafe for employees but can also make communicating with one another extremely difficult.

PlantTours recently had the opportunity to work alongside Atlas Copco in its branch located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, to help the firm’s employee training run more efficiently and safely.

Atlas Copco needed to train employees on-site via a class that ensured employee knowledge of its products and machinery, taught employees how to be collaborative and provided the best practices to work efficiently. To do so, it took advantage of PlantTours’ one-way and two-way communication headsets.

One main concern: loud noises. On-site, Atlas Copco had many big pieces of equipment with machines, air compressors, large generators and diesel generators that created extremely loud noises. The overall environment was busy and intense, making it hard for anyone to teach or direct employees.

Atlas Copco used a two-way communication headset created for max noise—and worn around the ear so that they complement hard hats or bump caps.

The two-way communication headsets allowed the Atlas Copco employees to hear one another speak—and to remain safe by wearing their hard hats with their headsets. Employees were able to talk at a normal level with one another, even from a far distance.

Rick Farrell is president of PlantTours.