diff --git a/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/torch/encoders.py b/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/torch/encoders.py
index fc5cae71d8..982d0ba8b7 100644
--- a/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/torch/encoders.py
+++ b/ml-agents/mlagents/trainers/torch/encoders.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Tuple, Optional
+from typing import Tuple, Optional, Union
 
 from mlagents.trainers.exception import UnityTrainerException
 from mlagents.trainers.torch.layers import linear_layer, Initialization, Swish
@@ -45,21 +45,44 @@ def copy_from(self, other_normalizer: "Normalizer") -> None:
         self.running_variance.copy_(other_normalizer.running_variance.data)
 
 
-def conv_output_shape(h_w, kernel_size=1, stride=1, pad=0, dilation=1):
+def conv_output_shape(
+    h_w: Tuple[int, int],
+    kernel_size: Union[int, Tuple[int, int]] = 1,
+    stride: int = 1,
+    padding: int = 0,
+    dilation: int = 1,
+) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+    """
+    Calculates the output shape (height and width) of the output of a convolution layer.
+    kernel_size, stride, padding and dilation correspond to the inputs of the
+    torch.nn.Conv2d layer (https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.nn.Conv2d.html)
+    :param h_w: The height and width of the input.
+    :param kernel_size: The size of the kernel of the convolution (can be an int or a
+    tuple [width, height])
+    :param stride: The stride of the convolution
+    :param padding: The padding of the convolution
+    :param dilation: The dilation of the convolution
+    """
     from math import floor
 
-    if type(kernel_size) is not tuple:
-        kernel_size = (kernel_size, kernel_size)
+    if not isinstance(kernel_size, tuple):
+        kernel_size = (int(kernel_size), int(kernel_size))
     h = floor(
-        ((h_w[0] + (2 * pad) - (dilation * (kernel_size[0] - 1)) - 1) / stride) + 1
+        ((h_w[0] + (2 * padding) - (dilation * (kernel_size[0] - 1)) - 1) / stride) + 1
     )
     w = floor(
-        ((h_w[1] + (2 * pad) - (dilation * (kernel_size[1] - 1)) - 1) / stride) + 1
+        ((h_w[1] + (2 * padding) - (dilation * (kernel_size[1] - 1)) - 1) / stride) + 1
     )
     return h, w
 
 
 def pool_out_shape(h_w: Tuple[int, int], kernel_size: int) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+    """
+    Calculates the output shape (height and width) of the output of a max pooling layer.
+    kernel_size corresponds to the inputs of the
+    torch.nn.MaxPool2d layer (https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.nn.MaxPool2d.html)
+    :param kernel_size: The size of the kernel of the convolution
+    """
     height = (h_w[0] - kernel_size) // 2 + 1
     width = (h_w[1] - kernel_size) // 2 + 1
     return height, width
@@ -227,6 +250,25 @@ def forward(self, visual_obs: torch.Tensor) -> None:
         return hidden
 
 
+class ResNetBlock(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, channel: int):
+        """
+        Creates a ResNet Block.
+        :param channel: The number of channels in the input (and output) tensors of the
+        convolutions
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.layers = nn.Sequential(
+            Swish(),
+            nn.Conv2d(channel, channel, [3, 3], [1, 1], padding=1),
+            Swish(),
+            nn.Conv2d(channel, channel, [3, 3], [1, 1], padding=1),
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, input_tensor: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        return input_tensor + self.layers(input_tensor)
+
+
 class ResNetVisualEncoder(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, height, width, initial_channels, final_hidden):
         super().__init__()
@@ -241,7 +283,7 @@ def __init__(self, height, width, initial_channels, final_hidden):
             self.layers.append(nn.MaxPool2d([3, 3], [2, 2]))
             height, width = pool_out_shape((height, width), 3)
             for _ in range(n_blocks):
-                self.layers.append(self.make_block(channel))
+                self.layers.append(ResNetBlock(channel))
             last_channel = channel
         self.layers.append(Swish())
         self.dense = linear_layer(
@@ -251,30 +293,10 @@ def __init__(self, height, width, initial_channels, final_hidden):
             kernel_gain=1.0,
         )
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def make_block(channel):
-        block_layers = [
-            Swish(),
-            nn.Conv2d(channel, channel, [3, 3], [1, 1], padding=1),
-            Swish(),
-            nn.Conv2d(channel, channel, [3, 3], [1, 1], padding=1),
-        ]
-        return block_layers
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def forward_block(input_hidden, block_layers):
-        hidden = input_hidden
-        for layer in block_layers:
-            hidden = layer(hidden)
-        return hidden + input_hidden
-
     def forward(self, visual_obs):
         batch_size = visual_obs.shape[0]
         hidden = visual_obs
         for layer in self.layers:
-            if isinstance(layer, nn.Module):
-                hidden = layer(hidden)
-            elif isinstance(layer, list):
-                hidden = self.forward_block(hidden, layer)
+            hidden = layer(hidden)
         before_out = hidden.view(batch_size, -1)
         return torch.relu(self.dense(before_out))