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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Richland,
        Washington, Wednesday, October 5, 2005:</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        Vivid
        Learning Systems, Inc. (Vivid), a web-based compliance training company,
        announced today the appointment of Christopher L. Britton as Chief Executive
        Officer and Matthew J. Hammer as Chief Operating Officer. Vivid, a
        Richland-based company, is a majority owned subsidiary of Nuvotec and is
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Chris
        Britton brings over 30 years of executive experience to Vivid including serving
        as a Chief Executive, Operating and/or Financial Officer several entrepreneurial
        emerging technology companies, including a development stage software company,
        and as a partner in the international public accounting and management
        consulting firm of Deloitte &amp; Touche. Mr. Britton is a Certified Public
        Accountant with a BA and Masters degree in Business Administration from the
        University of Washington. </font></div>
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        his new position at Vivid, Mr. Britton said, &#8220;I am looking forward to this
        opportunity to work with Vivid&#8217;s management team to build a very exciting future
        for the Company. The e-learning industry is still in its infancy and I believe
        that Vivid is well positioned to take a leadership role in shaping the future
        of
        e-learning, particularly with respect to safety and compliance training.&#8221;</font></div>
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        Hammer most recently served as co-founder and President of ImageWorks, a
        premier
        integrated design firm that offers a complete array of media development
        services. ImageWorks, founded in 1994, became a wholly owned subsidiary of
        Vivid
        in May 2004. Mr. Hammer&#8217;s primary responsibilities included strategy, marketing,
        and business development. Mr. Hammer has a BA in Marketing and Business
        Administration from Washington State University and 17 years of marketing
        experience in the high tech industry. </font></div>
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        excited to be part of the leadership team that will mold the culture of a
        publicly traded company. Vivid is in a great position, from a timing standpoint,
        to capitalize on current market opportunities&#8221;, noted Mr. Hammer on his new role
        at Vivid. </font></div>
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        began in 1995 as an eight person computer-based employee training company
        providing services exclusively to the government sector. Since then Vivid
        has
        developed more than 500 compliance-based e-learning programs addressing
        occupational safety, mining safety, food safety, healthcare, employment law,
        and
        quality assurance. Vivid has delivered more than six million computer and
        web-based lessons to 700 government and commercial clients nationwide.
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        general information about Vivid, contact Lori Ramonas, Nuvotec Vice President
        of
        Strategic Communications, at 509-943-5319.</font></div>
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        investor-related information, contact Sandra Muller, Vivid General Counsel,
        at
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        Harbor Statement - Nuvotec notes that certain information presented herein
        may
        contain &#8220;forward-looking&#8221; statements as defined by the safe harbor provisions of
        the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and within the meaning
        of
        Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934. </em></font></div>
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UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C. 20549
FORM
        8-K
CURRENT
        REPORT
Pursuant
        to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
        of
        Report (Date of earliest event reported):
October
        5, 2005
VIVID
        LEARNING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact
        name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
333-116255
42-1623500
(State
                    or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
                    File Number)
(I.R.S.
                    Employer Identification No.)
723
                    The Parkway
Richland,
                    Washington 99352
(Address
                    of principal executive offices)  (Zip code)
(509)
                    943-5319
(Registrant's
                    telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former
                    name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written
        communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
        material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
□
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
        Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
□
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
        Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
        Other Events.
The
        following press release was released for publication on October 5,
        2005.
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VIVID
        LEARNING SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENTS OF NEW CEO AND
        COO
Richland,
        Washington, Wednesday, October 5, 2005:
Vivid
        Learning Systems, Inc. (Vivid), a web-based compliance training company,
        announced today the appointment of Christopher L. Britton as Chief Executive
        Officer and Matthew J. Hammer as Chief Operating Officer. Vivid, a
        Richland-based company, is a majority owned subsidiary of Nuvotec and is
        publicly traded under the symbol "VVDL.OB".
Chris
        Britton brings over 30 years of executive experience to Vivid including serving
        as a Chief Executive, Operating and/or Financial Officer several entrepreneurial
        emerging technology companies, including a development stage software company,
        and as a partner in the international public accounting and management
        consulting firm of Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Britton is a Certified Public
        Accountant with a BA and Masters degree in Business Administration from the
        University of Washington.
Regarding
        his new position at Vivid, Mr. Britton said, "I am looking forward to this
        opportunity to work with Vivid's management team to build a very exciting future
        for the Company. The e-learning industry is still in its infancy and I believe
        that Vivid is well positioned to take a leadership role in shaping the future
        of
        e-learning, particularly with respect to safety and compliance training."
Matt
        Hammer most recently served as co-founder and President of ImageWorks, a
        premier
        integrated design firm that offers a complete array of media development
        services. ImageWorks, founded in 1994, became a wholly owned subsidiary of
        Vivid
        in May 2004. Mr. Hammer's primary responsibilities included strategy, marketing,
        and business development. Mr. Hammer has a BA in Marketing and Business
        Administration from Washington State University and 17 years of marketing
        experience in the high tech industry.
"I'm
        excited to be part of the leadership team that will mold the culture of a
        publicly traded company. Vivid is in a great position, from a timing standpoint,
        to capitalize on current market opportunities", noted Mr. Hammer on his new role
        at Vivid.
Vivid
        began in 1995 as an eight person computer-based employee training company
        providing services exclusively to the government sector. Since then Vivid
        has
        developed more than 500 compliance-based e-learning programs addressing
        occupational safety, mining safety, food safety, healthcare, employment law,
        and
        quality assurance. Vivid has delivered more than six million computer and
        web-based lessons to 700 government and commercial clients nationwide.
For
        general information about Vivid, contact Lori Ramonas, Nuvotec Vice President
        of
        Strategic Communications, at 509-943-5319.
For
        investor-related information, contact Sandra Muller, Vivid General Counsel,
        at
        509-943-5319.
Safe
        Harbor Statement - Nuvotec notes that certain information presented herein
        may
        contain "forward-looking" statements as defined by the safe harbor provisions of
        the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and within the meaning
        of
        Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
        has
        duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
        duly authorized.
VIVID
                  LEARNING SYSTEMS, INC.
Date:
                  October 5, 2005
By:
/s/
                  Robert L. Ferguson
Name:
Robert
                  L. Ferguson
Title:
Chairman
                  of the Board
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