US partner licensing · NFPA 70E®
Drona Arc Flash is a VR arc flash training simulator that NFPA 70E® trainers and arc flash study firms license under their own brand, giving clients hands-on practice and per-worker proficiency records.
VB Group · electrical safety engineering since 2007 · US office: Katy, Texas
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Trainers and study firms add a simulator because NFPA 70E expects each worker's proficiency to be shown on specific tasks and equipment, and recorded when it is shown. Classroom slides cannot produce that evidence. Hands-on NFPA 70E training on a simulator can, at every client site, without energizing a panel.
Per the 2027 edition, 110.6(A)(1)(c) treats qualification as task- and equipment-specific. A worker can be qualified on a 480 V motor control center and unqualified on medium-voltage switchgear. Training has to follow the equipment the worker actually touches.
Per the 2027 edition, 110.6(A)(5) requires the training record to be made when the employee demonstrates proficiency, not when a course ends. A simulator session with a supervisor watching creates that record on the spot.
Per the 2027 edition, 130.2(A)(2) adds an additional (standby) person, trained in emergency response, whenever an energized electrical work permit calls for shock or arc flash PPE. Every permitted job now needs two trained people, not one.
The simulator covers the full energized-work cycle in four steps, using your client's own arc flash labels. It is NFPA 70E VR training built for the equipment in your study, not generic scenes.
The worker reads the plant's arc flash label: nominal voltage, incident energy, arc flash boundary and approach limits.
Selects arc-rated clothing, face and head protection and gloves rated for the incident energy on the label.
Isolates the energy source, applies lock and tag, and follows the plant's lockout sequence in order.
Runs the live-dead-live test: proves the meter on a known source, tests the circuit, then re-proves the meter.
Use it for first exposure, refreshers and retraining after a revised study.
Auto-fail on critical errors such as wrong PPE rating or skipping the voltage test. Use it for demonstrated proficiency, recorded per worker and attested by a supervisor.
The Drona Arc Flash module runs on compatible headsets: Meta Quest 3 and 3S, Pico 4 Enterprise and HTC Vive Focus. See the full Arc Flash Safety module.
The auditor sees one record per worker, per task: who did it, on which equipment, the score, and which supervisor attested it live. This is what NFPA 70E training documentation requirements ask for, produced at the moment proficiency is demonstrated.
Proficiency record · sampleThe partner sells and delivers, Drona runs the simulation and records, and the client designates who is qualified. The Drona VR safety training partner program is built for firms that sell arc flash study and training together and want to keep the client relationship.
| Who | Does |
|---|---|
| Partner | Sells to the client, owns the relationship, supplies the arc flash study data (labels, boundaries, PPE categories) and delivers the training. |
| Drona | Builds and maintains the simulation, runs the platform and per-worker records, and hosts client data on US AWS infrastructure. |
| Client | Designates which workers are qualified, for which tasks and equipment, using the records as evidence. |
Under your brand, Powered by Drona.
Your logo, your course name and your instructors. Clients see a single line crediting Drona as the simulation provider.
Drona licenses the simulator rather than selling a box, so partners get content updates when the standard changes. Firms searching for an arc flash training simulator for sale usually want one of three things, and each maps to a licence:
White label safety training content under your brand, priced by client sites and workers covered.
For training institutes running scheduled qualified-person courses at their own facility, with headsets on site.
For study firms that attach training to every new or revised arc flash study they deliver.
Partner terms are quoted on request. Facility pricing is published on the pricing page.
Drona onboards your instructors on running train and assess sessions, reading the rubric and attesting on Trainer Cast View, so your team delivers the simulator the same way at every client.
Watch one worker run the full cycle, from label to live-dead-live, while you see the supervisor view. On-site in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma; by video call everywhere else.
Drona supports compliance by producing the training evidence these clauses ask for. It does not qualify workers; the employer does. NFPA 70E clause numbers below are per the 2027 edition.
| Clause | Requirement | What Drona provides |
|---|---|---|
NFPA 70E 110.6(A)(1)(c) | Qualification is specific to tasks and equipment. A person can be qualified for some and unqualified for others. | Scenarios configured per task and equipment class; each record names the equipment tag. |
NFPA 70E 110.6(A)(1)(e) | The employer confirms, through regular supervision or inspection at least annually, that qualified persons follow safety-related work practices. | Assess-mode sessions attested live by a supervisor, with a per-worker annual re-assessment date. |
NFPA 70E 110.6(A)(4) | Retraining at intervals not exceeding three years, and when new equipment or changed procedures call for different work practices. | Updated label values loaded after a revised study, with workers re-assessed against them. |
NFPA 70E 110.6(A)(5) | Documentation made when the employee demonstrates proficiency, showing content, name and dates, kept for the duration of employment. | Per-worker record with scenario, timestamp, rubric score and supervisor sign-off, exportable to PDF or LMS. |
NFPA 70E 110.6(C) | Emergency response training, including contact release refreshed annually, plus first aid, CPR and AED as required. | Not covered by the simulator. Partners deliver NFPA 70E contact release annual training, CPR and AED with an accredited provider. |
OSHA 1910.332(b)(3) and (c) | Qualified persons trained to distinguish exposed live parts, determine nominal voltage and know clearance distances. Training may be classroom or on-the-job. | Scenarios require the worker to identify exposed parts, read nominal voltage from the label and hold approach boundaries. |
Sources: NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace · OSHA 29 CFR 1910.332. Drona is an electrical safety training simulator aligned with NFPA 70E®. It supports NFPA 70E documentation; the employer decides who is qualified.
NFPA 70E does not name a training medium. It allows classroom, on-the-job or combined training, and its informational note says classroom training can include interactive electronic components. VR can record demonstrated procedural proficiency. The employer still decides who is qualified, and physical skills need a field check-off by a supervisor.
Yes. Drona licenses its VR arc flash training simulator to arc flash study firms, NFPA 70E trainers and training institutes to run under their own brand. Partners own the client relationship and delivery. Drona provides the simulation, supervisor attestation and per-worker records. Terms depend on sites and workers covered.
Usually, yes. NFPA 70E requires retraining at least every three years and whenever new equipment or changed procedures call for different work practices. A revised study changes labels, boundaries and PPE categories, so workers exposed to that equipment should be retrained on the new values and their proficiency re-documented.
Attach training to the study you already deliver. The study produces labels, arc flash boundaries and PPE categories. A simulator turns them into hands-on practice with per-worker proficiency records. Drona Arc Flash runs under the study firm's brand, so the firm keeps the client and gains a recurring training line.
NFPA 70E requires documentation made when the employee demonstrates proficiency, showing the training content, the employee's name and dates, kept for the duration of employment. Lockout/tagout and emergency response training need their own records. An audit-ready file holds per-task results with the supervisor's sign-off.
Under the 2027 edition, any energized electrical work permit that calls for shock or arc flash PPE also requires a second, standby worker trained in emergency response. That person waits outside both the arc flash boundary and the limited approach boundary, and needs contact-release, CPR and AED training.
Off-the-shelf VR modules are usually licensed per user, while plant-specific simulations are priced per site. Drona's published US tiers run from about US$14,000 to US$30,000 for a single-site pilot and US$42,000 to US$95,000 for a full plant programme in year one, including headsets. Partner licensing is quoted separately.
OSHA does not adopt NFPA 70E by name, but 29 CFR 1910.332 requires qualified persons to be trained to recognise exposed live parts, determine nominal voltage and apply clearance distances. US employers commonly follow NFPA 70E as the recognised way to meet OSHA's electrical safety requirements.
Facility EHS and electrical managers can run Drona Arc Flash through a local partner who already knows NFPA 70E, or directly with our Katy team. Tell us your site and we will connect you to a partner or book a demo.
Find a Drona partner near you / request a demoRequest partner terms, a demo or the checklist through one short form, and we will reply within one business day from Katy, Texas. On-site demo visits are available in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma; elsewhere we run the demo by video call.
NFPA 70E® is a registered trademark of the National Fire Protection Association. Drona VR is not affiliated with or endorsed by NFPA. Meta Quest, Pico and HTC Vive are trademarks of their respective owners; Drona runs on compatible hardware. More on Drona in the US: Drona VR United States.
