STEPHEN O'HEARN
Senior Instructional Designer, 3D Animator and Immersive Simulation Specialist - Project-based
My background is in story, multimedia instructional design and 2D/3D simulations — this combination allows me to take genuinely difficult subjects and make them simpler, accessible, and teachable.
I focus on construction safety, clinical training, and complex technical processes — work where getting it wrong has consequences.
In the last year I've integrated AI-assisted production into that foundation — not as a shortcut, but as a way to deliver senior-level work faster, at a price point that makes project-based engagement viable for organisations that couldn't previously justify it.
I also build immersive simulations — VR-based training and scenario development for healthcare and construction safety environments, where experiential learning demonstrably outperforms anything on a flat screen.
I work on a project basis. If your training project requires this level of simplification — let's talk.
Construction Safety
Clinical Training
Technical
Processes
Projects
The Provincial BARSTool Assessment
Training Program
BC Air Ambulance pilots
need to decide if a psychiatric
patient require sedation
prior to transport.
This new assessment tool
and eLearning module
guides them through this
process.
Confined Spaces - WorkSafeBC
Every year workers are injured or
die in confined spaces. WorkSafeBC
is responsible for ensuring companies
comply with safety regulations.
This Train-the-Trainer course allowed
seasoned Prevention Officers to teach
this critical training province-wide.
Simulations
Complex technical or safety systems
are difficult to convey by their very nature.
Interactive simulations allow you to break down each step, visualize key information and then give the learner an opportunity to test the lessons in a simulated manner.
Try them here.
