EV and battery manufacturing plants are high-volume, modern production facilities that seamlessly integrate factory and process automation. This high level of industrial automation ensures the precision, uniformity, and stability needed to achieve stringent safety and performance requirements.
The introduction of innovative technologies and methodologies directly impacts skills requirements, creating skills deficits among workers that can quickly lead to critical situations on the production floor.
Foster relevant skills for advanced manufacturing.
For workers to thrive in an Industry 4.0 environment, they need a broader range of skills for high-versatility and productivity, as well as an overall system-level understanding. Strong digital literacy and troubleshooting skills are essential. And wide-ranging soft skills, such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, enable competent decision-making and problem-solving in cross-disciplinary teams. Additionally, adapting to an environment prone to rapid changes calls for lifelong learning skills.
Consequently, teachers and industry training managers must invest significant resources to adapt – or create – training programs aligned to industrial skills requirements. Privileged collaboration with leading battery and auto manufacturers gives us valuable insights into their needs for reskilling and upskilling current workers and onboarding new hires.