Vocational education helps the silver economy
According to the Seventh National Census Bulletin of the National Bureau of Statistics, my country has a population of 260 million people over the age of 60, accounting for 18.7% of the total population.
The "14th Five-Year Plan for National Aging Development and Elderly Care Service System" proposes to "vigorously develop the silver-haired economy" and makes relevant arrangements. This will help enrich the supply of products and services suitable for the elderly, meet the needs of multi-level and diversified elderly care services, and cultivate and grow The new kinetic energy of the economy is of great significance.
Vocational education is an important force in promoting the development of the silver-haired economy, and it has certain advantages in boosting the development of the aging industry.
The silver economy is an organic whole of market organizations composed of silver products and services, silver labor services, and silver capital markets.
Although the silver-haired economy is considered to be a "sunrise industry", in real life, there is a situation of "applause but not crowds".
An important reason is that the service targets of the silver-haired economy determine that the practitioners work hard, which leads to the lack of attractiveness of the silver-haired industry to talents, and professionals are unwilling to come, use, and retain.
Therefore, to develop the silver-haired economy, it is necessary to change and enhance people's understanding of the silver-haired economy, increase the training of practitioners and professionals, and give full play to the important role of vocational education in changing concepts, boosting spirit, and creating a good soft environment, so that the elderly The industry has received more attention, making people engaged in the elderly industry more confident, allowing more people to be willing to engage in elderly careers, and creating a better social environment for the development of the silver-haired economy.
Talent and manpower are the fundamental factors restricting the development of silver-haired economy.
Taking social elderly care services as an example, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of National Aging Business Development and Elderly Care Service System" requires at least one social worker for every 1,000 elderly people. Most of the nursing positions are "post-50s" and "post-60s" personnel, whose educational level and professional skills are difficult to meet the needs of silver-haired economic development.
As the aging population continues to increase, the gap between the supply and demand of silver-haired economic talents will further widen, and the tension between supply and demand will become increasingly obvious.
Therefore, vocational education should take the initiative to meet the needs of the silver-haired economy, and open the silver-haired economy-related majors in a timely manner, so as to cultivate technical skills and institutional management talents with good professional quality, strong skills and management level for the silver-haired economy.
At the same time, technical training for relevant positions should be strengthened, the professional skills of employees in the silver economy should be improved, the human resources that are in short supply in the silver economy should be revitalized, and the demand for professionals in the silver economy should be met.
It is necessary to further explore and carry out the pilot work of "academic certificate + several vocational skill grade certificates", so as to promote the cross, integration and support of relevant senior-related majors, so as to provide a wide coverage, sufficient quantity and high-quality human resources reserve and pension talents output for the development of the silver-haired economy. , leading the silver hair industry to become a new economic growth point and erupting new economic vitality.
In addition, a school-enterprise cooperation talent training platform should be built to realize the seamless connection between school talent training and enterprise needs, and at the same time reduce labor risks and training costs, and enhance the "hematopoietic" function of enterprises, thereby achieving the purpose of improving labor productivity.
It is worth noting that the supply bottleneck of elderly care products also needs to be broken through.
In reality, the silver-haired economy has a single supply structure, low-grade products, and low management services. There are many disconnects with the growing consumer demand of the silver-haired economy, and the consumption potential of the elderly is far from being released.
If vocational education and enterprises strengthen cooperation, relying on its sufficient talent and intellectual resources, it can develop new technology applications in traditional fields.
For example, using advanced technologies such as big data to carry out innovative research and development of "silver economy" products in key areas of elderly care, such as spiritual comfort, life care, rehabilitation assistance, and safety monitoring, and develop and expand the elderly products industry.
Develop new markets in new fields, participate in aging-appropriate transformation, and develop daily necessities that meet the needs of the elderly for clothing, food, housing, and transportation, such as fall detection, emergency drawstrings, and vital signs monitoring and other wearable devices that are popular among elderly consumers. .
In recent years, from new products such as health testing and monitoring, elderly care monitoring, to new services such as intelligent comprehensive management of chronic diseases and the combination of remote intelligent medical care and elderly care, the rapid development of intelligent elderly care has boosted the wide application of technology in the field of elderly care, resulting in a good economic and social benefits.
Xu Yunping
Xu Yunping