Beschreibung
Digital technologies can also be found at the workplaces of plastics and rubber processing. Due to these technologies, above all, material planning, production monitoring and control as well as order management have changed, which also effects the work activities of the Mechanic in Plastics and Rubber Processing. Physical work close to the product decreases and is replaced by cognitive activities. New skills are therefore required in order to maintain the ability to act professionally. In addition to personal/social skills, these are above all process knowledge and the secure handling of data. The open and technology- neutral design of the respective training regulation grants that these competences can still be taught at present. However, the occupation should be closely monitored because it is foreseeable that it will face further farreaching changes (new production processes), which will have an impact on the further development of the occupational profile (polarisation) and/or on the target group of potential trainees.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Stephanie Conein, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Arbeitsbereich 2.4 Elektro-, IT-, verkehrstechnische und naturwissenschaftliche Berufe in der Abteilung Struktur und Ordnung der Berufsbildung im BIBB
