4 Industry 4.0 and VET
Industry 4.0 is giving manufacturers faster, more flexible, and more efficient processes to produce higher-quality goods and lower costs. because of this, the workforce experienced. One of the biggest changes. Research shows that sectors that are highly vulnerable to automation, may need to upskill or shift their focus to a new discipline to stay in the game, therefore to maintain a competitive and innovative economy, it is important that already during vocational education and training the basis is provided to properly face the recent developments in “working world 4.0”.
To complete this activity:
1. Watch the following video (10 minutes): „Web 4.0 & Industry 4.0 | Bringing us progress or making us jobless?“
2. Watch the following video (5 minutes): „Industry 4.0 Jobs“
3. Watch the following video (5 minutes): „Fourth Industrial Revolution:
creating new job opportunities“
4. Read about the project VET 4.0 and check out the eLearning for Students and Teachers (20 minutes): http://www.vet-4-0.eu/About.html
5. Read the following chapters (p. 1-5 and 18-19, with special focus on Exhibit 10, p. 19) (15 minutes): https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Featured%20Insights/Futur e%20of%20Organizations/Skill%20shift%20Automation%20and%20the%20f uture%20of%20the%20workforce/MGI-Skill-Shift-Automation-and-futureof-the-workforce-May-2018.ashx
6. On the basis of the Exhibit 10, reflect upon your professional profile and the future skills needed (p. 19, https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Featured%20Insights/Futur e%20of%20Organizations/Skill%20shift%20Automation%20and%20the%20f uture%20of%20the%20workforce/MGI-Skill-Shift-Automation-and-futureof-the-workforce-May-2018.ashx)