Known as Intelligent Industry, the fourth industrial revolution is the model that uses machines and connected systems that improve productivity. It’s the era of intelligent automation, with new process technologies that enable real-time monitoring, flexible production lines integrated with other industries around the world: everything interconnected.
And this integration of the real world with the virtual world increasingly demands from professionals working in this area. The “task accomplisher” industrial worker has his days numbered. Industry 4.0 requires a professional decision maker. Able to plan, negotiate, interpret large amounts of data and information, apply mathematical concepts in problem solving and, above all, have critical thinking.
For many professionals this is already a reality. For others, a futuristic dream. But it’s good to keep in mind that that future has already arrived. And to be successful it is necessary to acquire new skills, even for those who perform the most basic functions.
What main complex of professional education in the country, O National Service for Industrial Learning (SENAI) plays an extremely important role in the qualification and professional training of millions of young people and workers across the country.
In the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, SENAI offers courses to train more analytical professionals, capable of using and interpreting new technologies, anticipating trends, and proposing innovative products and more efficient processes.
In addition to technical skills, SENAI works with its students on behavioral skills, called soft skills: critical thinking; solving complex problems; leadership and social influence; emotional intelligence; entrepreneurship; criativity and innovation; and active learning.
According to the projection made by SENAI, through of the Industrial Labor Map, which is carried out based on scenarios about the behavior of the Brazilian economy and its sectors, the market will have a high demand for professionals of technology and logistics. The forecast is that, within five years, new professionals will appear to respond, for example, to the greater need for ultra-fast internet in a new online world.
The list also includes the high connectivity solutions analyst and the remote work advisor. Technicians in mechatronics and telecommunications will also be in high demand.
All this information is supported by the most solid educational institution, present in Brazil for almost 8 decades. Since its creation in 1942, SENAI has already trained more than 75 million Brazilian workers, in 28 industry segments, from professional initiation to graduation and technological post-graduation.
It is present in 2,800 Brazilian municipalities and annually carries out 2.2 million enrollments in professional education. It has 583 fixed units and 465 mobile units, including two school boats, which take courses to residents of remote regions of the Amazon.
Since its creation, SENAI has contributed to the industrial growth of Brazil. Now, in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, experience and knowledge are needed more than ever to train professionals in line with the new market demands.
Reference: CNN Brasil
