Robot era workers should actively transform industrial robot programmers

According to the Research Report on the Trend of Organic Composition of Guangdong Capital, written by the Guangdong Provincial Government Development Research Center, as the “machine generation” continues to be pushed forward, there will be a situation of “construction unemployment and skilled workers shortage coexist” in the future. It is the "difficult employment" of the general workers, and the "recruitment of the skilled workers", but it will not cause a large area of ​​unemployment.

Vocational colleges take the lead in awakening

"The current robotics workers in circulation are mostly from the earliest enterprises that are doing automation, and the number is very small." Huang Yansheng, dean of Dongguan Zhitong Vocational Training College, said that the imbalance between supply and demand directly led to robotic mechanics becoming "fragrant", good treatment and development. The prospects have attracted countless people.

The 21st Century Business Herald also noted that at present, the workers who are trying to transform to robotics are still mostly based on traditional mechanics, such as electromechanical workers and machine tool workers, and the transformation of ordinary workers is not so easy.

The traditional mechanics have a good technical foundation and strong industry relevance, so they are the first to wake up and the easiest to transform. They are also the main people who are now spontaneously participating in the training. In addition, from the enterprise point of view, it also favors intermediate and advanced robotic technicians, who are capable of repairing, curing, programming, managing, and designing robots. They are not simple operators.

However, more and more ordinary workers are eager to try, and training institutions and schools are even more popular.

Changsha Ningxiang Economic Development Zone School of Science and Technology Industrial School, the school's robot training class is expected to start in September, the first phase of the plan to recruit 50-100 students, will set up entry-level courses. Professionally cultivate the basic structure and principle of familiar intelligent robots, master the basic theories and professional knowledge of mechanical technology and electrical technology, possess corresponding practical skills and strong practical work ability, and be proficient in the production, equipment, commissioning and sales of intelligent robots. Managed skilled professionals.

The teacher of a training institution told the 21st Century Economic Reporter that for ordinary workers with weak foundations, the teaching ideas are usually “what is missing”, and some people have successfully transformed into robotics. In addition, many ordinary workers develop their robot sales positions after simply familiarizing themselves with robots.

General workers are more likely to turn to the service industry

"Machine generation" is triggering an accelerated change in the employment structure of Dongguan's labor force.

Although more and more front-line workers are beginning to be conscious and take the initiative to transform and upgrade robotic mechanics, it may be difficult to keep pace with the “machine generation” of manufacturing companies.

At present, the total demand for robotic technicians is not large, but it is still in short supply. If a large number of enterprise “machine generation” transformation projects are put into production in the future, the shortage of talent demand will usher in an outbreak.

As of the end of 2015, Dongguan enterprises had declared a total of 1,262 "machine substitution" projects. In addition, according to the “No. 1 Document” of the Dongguan Municipal Government in 2016, by the end of 2018, eighty percent of Dongguan’s industrial enterprises will realize “machine substitution”.

"Conservatively, in the next two or three years, the demand for robotic technicians in Dongguan manufacturing enterprises will grow exponentially, at least tens of thousands." Huang Yansheng said.

It is worth noting that the Guangdong Provincial Government Development Research Center's "Research Report on the Trend of Organic Composition of Guangdong Capital" has pointed out that with the advancement of "machine generation", the demand for high-skilled talents in Guangdong enterprises is increasing. In the first three quarters of 2015, the monthly average supply and demand gap of technical talents in the human resources market in Guangdong reached 175,000. Ordinary workers have insufficient skills in robot applications, and robots are lacking in high-end skilled workers.

If ordinary technicians are difficult to transform into robotic mechanics, what should they do if they are replaced by robots? In fact, this issue has always been a must-answer for "machine generation."

According to the plan, Dongguan promotes “machine generation”. It is estimated that for every 200,000 yuan machine, the demand for labor will be reduced by 4.5 people. In this calculation, the city is expected to reduce the demand for general workers by 40,000 per year.

Wang Wei, manager of Dongguan Zhitong Talents Office, told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that in recent years, the demand for ordinary workers has indeed decreased, mainly because the company recruits workers to be “choosy”, and this is why the recruitment of enterprises is no longer difficult after the “machine generation”.

Wang Wei said that from her observation, the ordinary workers facing transformation and upgrading will generally transform into e-commerce, design and logistics and other services into the service industry. "The reduction of ordinary jobs in the manufacturing industry, the increase in demand in the service industry, and the overall employment market. stable".

The data also shows that in the first three quarters of 2015, the average number of manufacturing enterprises in Guangdong Province decreased by 225,400 per quarter, but the service industry of the manufacturing industry promoted an average of 251,800 jobs per quarter in the tertiary industry.

The above report also believes that Guangdong's promotion of "machine generation" will not lead to large-scale unemployment. However, the report also believes that intelligent transformation and machine generation will result in partial unemployment of low-quality labor, resulting in “difficult employment”, employment and re-employment problems, and the unemployment of the unemployed will be during the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period. A big challenge.

The report predicts that the employment of industrial enterprises in Guangdong will be reduced by about 900,000 a year, but the employment of the service industry will increase by about 1.05 million a year, and the total employment will increase by 150,000 a year.

“General workers’ employment difficulties” and mechanics’ recruitment difficulties indicate that the Dongguan labor market is accelerating adjustment and integration.” Huang Yansheng believes that the relevant monitoring data of the platform shows that ordinary workers participate in skills training and the growth rate of inflows into the service industry. In the acceleration, individual positions have even experienced double-digit growth.

Higher vocational students rely on technical counterattack

Industrial robots are quick to operate, have professional system learning, and have practical training experience, which has become an important reason for He Qingfeng. Now, the robot he commands can assemble a large part of a hundred pounds or a small screw of a few centimeters. Behind the skilled operation, not only the automatic control principle, intelligent technology, robotics, microcontroller development, motor drag Basic knowledge, you also need to manipulate the robot's components through programming, understand the robot assembly process, familiar with the robot's system maintenance and parameter adjustment.

As a typical "post-90s", He Qingfeng proved with practical actions: workers can not be so bitter, and learning skills can be high. "Welding, spot welding, arc welding, I will." Every time he introduces himself, many people regard him as an ordinary welding worker, and what he does is actually control robot welding. "We are a new robotic mechanic group, which is different from traditional skilled workers." He Qingfeng said. Engaged in the robot industry, his parents are very proud of him.

Pick up the goods at the warehouse, transport them to the industrial robots for automatic assembly, then transfer them to the automatic spraying area, and finally the finished products are put into storage... There are no workers in the whole workshop, and all the positions are independently completed by the robot. I have seen the introduction of "Digital Unmanned Factory" and Zhang Yang in Hunan Polytechnic Institute of Vocational Technology. I only have three words in my mind: tall!

"This is our future work environment, how? Is it better than sitting in the office?" Zhang Yang proudly said in his WeChat circle of friends. In his WeChat circle of friends, there is a photo of the robot. "When adding some modules to the robot, such as infrared sensors, electromagnetic sensors, distance sensors, etc., it will use a lot of physics and mathematics knowledge. I used to listen to the teacher in the previous class and feel boring, and now I am particularly interested." Zhang Yang said. Although the college entrance examination has scored a few points, it is hard to enter the higher vocational colleges. However, after more than a year of study, the robot has made him find confidence again.

“As soon as the classmates went to work in a robot company, they felt that the technical content was high, and they had a promising future. The salary was also good.” Ni Ju, who is about to graduate, has recently become the envy of his classmates. In fact, when he first selected the robot application major, Ni Ju also wondered whether the “machine substitution” era, the posts left to the workers are less and less? But now, he sees that even in the “digital unmanned factory”, robots always need people to operate, maintain and maintain. Only when people and machines work together can they create higher work efficiency for enterprises.

At present, China's robot industry chain has not yet formed, and domestic robots are still at the low end of the industry. "There are very few manufacturers of robots in China, and there are not many people who design robots. Many foreign robot manufacturers go to China, some manufacture, some install and sell, which requires a lot of industrial robot programming, industrial robot system integration. The technical personnel such as the operation and maintenance of the application system also need a large number of industrial workers. This is much larger than the demand for talents engaged in robot development and robot body design."