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Lack of skills, knowledge and competences in higher education about Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing sector

In this paper, the authors present a complete analysis carried out for reporting the lack, needs and requested comp ... Show more
In this paper, the authors present a complete analysis carried out for reporting the lack, needs and requested competences and skills on the Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) of the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in both Higher Education (HE) as well as in the wood, furniture and manufacturing sector all over Europe. Moreover, this analysis evaluates the level of implementation in this specific sector considering latest technological trends. The analysis was performed within the framework of the European project MAKING 4.0, where a complete set of surveys were launched to agents who were directly involved in the wood, furniture and manufacturing sector to find out what their impressions are about the current knowledge and the one demanded by the I4.0, obtaining results where the low level of competences and qualifications in this industrial sector is demonstrated, both in education and in industry, as well as the poor training offered in I4.0 and its KETs.
It is concluded that there is an evident technological skills gap between those acquired by workers and by Vocational Education Training (VET) and HE students regards the demands of the I4.0, which must be covered within the next years, through training initiatives, enabling and acquisition of needed competences such as, for example, MAKING 4.0.
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Authors: Romero Gazquez, Jose Luis; Bueno Delgado, Maria Victoria; Ortega Gras, Juan Jose; Garrido Lova, Josefina ... [+] Show more

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: Europe

Resource type: Article

Journal title: RIED: Revista Iberoamericana de educacion a distancia = Ibero-American journal of distance education

Subjects: Industry; Technology; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more

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Lack of skills, knowledge and competences in higher education about Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing sector