As a "mass production" field engineer, how many tests should a vocational school pass?

　　By 2025, the state plans to train no less than 200,000 field engineers.

Some vocational colleges have begun to explore and plan——

　　As a "mass production" field engineer, how many tests should a vocational school pass?

　　Our reporter Qu Xinyue

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　　On-site engineers who can solve complex on-site problems in the first place on the production line have become the "sweet pastry" that enterprises are chasing after.

In order to achieve the goal of training 200,000 on-site engineers in the next three years, vocational colleges should carry out reforms in terms of education methods, school-running models, and guarantee mechanisms, and find training paths in the production line.

　　A few days ago, the Ministry of Education and other five departments issued a notice, deciding to jointly implement a special training plan for field engineers in vocational education.

Notify the plan that by 2025, no less than 500 vocational colleges and 1,000 enterprises will participate in the project implementation, and no less than 200,000 on-site engineers will be trained.

　　Field engineers, also known as field application engineers or field technical directors, are compound talents who use science and technology to creatively solve technical application problems in front-line positions such as production, engineering, management, and service.

Why is on-site engineer training so important?

What challenges do field engineers face in vocational education if they want to achieve "mass production"?

What areas need breakthroughs?

As the key subject of training field engineers, some vocational colleges have already begun to explore and plan.

　　The supply of graduates does not match the demand of enterprises

　　It can not only formulate welding plans according to materials and sizes, but also participate in the design of production lines, be responsible for the operation and maintenance of on-site equipment, and coordinate the work of employees in various positions... As my country's manufacturing industry continues to advance to a new level, it is possible to be on the production line like this Composite skilled talents who can solve complex on-site problems in the first time have become the "sweet pastry" that enterprises are chasing after.

They are also known as field engineers.

　　"In the digital enterprise of the future, various systems are no longer isolated. Field engineers not only need to master various digital professional skills, but also need to have certain business domain capabilities, including awareness of the enterprise value chain, Knowledge of vertical industries, discovery and identification of pain points, and knowledge of business management, etc.” said Ye Bo, chairman of Wuhan Gongxue Zhilian Technology Co., Ltd.

　　However, such high-quality skilled personnel are in short supply at the production site of enterprises.

Zhang Biao, Director of the Vocational Education Department of Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Talent Service Co., Ltd., told reporters that they conducted a survey on the talent needs of more than 30 companies in Aerospace in 2022. scientific research talent".

　　In addition, according to the "Report on Talent Demand Forecast in the Intelligent Manufacturing Field" released in 2021, it is predicted that by 2025, my country's intelligent manufacturing industry will have a shortfall of nearly 1 million engineers and technicians.

　　At the end of 2022, the "Special Training Program for Field Engineers in Vocational Education" came into being.

Among them, the "quantitative" training goal is clarified, that is, by 2025, no less than 200,000 field engineers will be trained.

　　Zhu Yunli, vice president of Beijing Electronic Technology Vocational College, said that in order to achieve this goal, vocational colleges need to reform in terms of educating people, school-running models, and guarantee mechanisms. "For vocational colleges, the current challenge is mainly the supply of talent training. The degree of matching between the industrial side and the industrial demand side is not high. For example, graduates majoring in equipment manufacturing in higher vocational colleges are mostly on-site manufacturing personnel, equipment operators, and quality inspectors engaged in traditional manufacturing industries at the beginning of their employment. There are relatively few high-end manufacturing industries in the field, and there is a certain degree of incompatibility between the supply and demand of vocational school graduates and the needs of enterprises.”

　　Realize from "following" to "leading"

　　The special training plan clearly states that it is necessary to match vocational education resources for technical positions in which talents are in short supply in key areas of digital and intelligent occupational scenarios.

"Enterprises need talents who can use new technologies, new processes, and new standards in a timely manner. This requires schools to 'lead' or 'run alongside' enterprises in terms of education, technology, and human resource reserves. However, schools currently have more advantages than enterprises. In the 'following'." Zhu Yunli believes that this is related to the poor connection between the current education chain and the industrial chain, and the insufficient depth and breadth of the integration of production and education.

　　At the end of 2022, a conference bringing together hundreds of vocational colleges and enterprises will be held online.

At the meeting, the "School-Enterprise Collaboration Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing Field Engineers" was officially established. Hundreds of units from colleges, enterprises and related industries will seek cooperation in the training of field engineers, including many industry-leading manufacturing companies.

This is also an important step taken by Beijing Electronic Technology Vocational College, one of the sponsors, to promote the training of field engineers.

　　"We hope to carry an industry-industry-education integration community, so that the education and training of vocational colleges can closely meet the development requirements of key areas such as advanced manufacturing." Zhu Yunli told reporters that on-site engineers must "always be on site", which means Therefore, in the training stage, the students have to be "closer" to the front line of the enterprise.

　　"In the process of training, schools and enterprises can empower each other." Zhu Yunli said that after the establishment of the alliance, it will mainly focus on enterprise job demand research and standard formulation, school-enterprise joint training of apprentices, school-enterprise joint construction of digital resources, and promotion of vocational ability evaluation reform. , build a teaching team with a double-teacher structure, and help improve employees' digital skills.

　　To build a school-enterprise community of shared future, vocational colleges and enterprises meet each other halfway.

Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Talent Service Co., Ltd., where Zhang Biao works, has also joined the school-enterprise cooperation alliance.

"It is our common goal to cultivate more technical and skilled talents that enterprises really need." Zhang Biao said.

　　In addition, Zhu Yunli also believes that in view of the new trend of industrial digital development, vocational colleges should actively analyze the comprehensive quality, knowledge structure and professional ability of on-site engineers for the industry, and clarify the corresponding positions and training specifications of new business forms, new technologies and new processes Requirements, establish all-round cooperative relationship with leading enterprises.

　　Finding training paths in the production line

　　Fine operation, understanding of craftsmanship, good management, good collaboration, and innovation... The "special training plan" briefly summarizes the standards of on-site engineers.

However, many industry insiders said that after the top-level design, a series of supporting standards need to be released, and the training program and evaluation standards still need to be further refined and improved.

　　"The training requirements for interdisciplinary technical and skilled talents are actually the talent training goals of our vocational colleges. Such outstanding talents have appeared in our training process, but they are still a minority for the specialist level." In Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Tianjin Vocational University According to Zhang Yongfei, the dean of the college, how to improve the vocational education undergraduate training program and "mass-produce" more high-quality field engineers still needs to go to the production line to continue to find the answer.

　　Zhang Yongfei visits several companies every month.

In addition to communicating with the person in charge of the enterprise, the discussion with the workshop director and technical supervisor of the production line is also a key part of his visit.

"They will tell you what practical problems we face in the production process and what our students will do after they arrive at the job. These views are very valuable for us to formulate training programs." Zhang Yongfei said that research is conducive to the deep integration of schools and enterprises. Jointly cultivate good field engineers.

　　To train on-site engineers, the teaching staff is the basic guarantee.

"Because big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence are new majors that have emerged in recent years, it is difficult for schools to recruit suitable teachers." Zhou Yong, vice president of Changzhou Engineering Vocational and Technical College, told reporters.

　　"Building a teaching team with a double-teacher structure is one of our key tasks in the future." Zhu Yunli said that through school-enterprise cooperation, enterprises are planning to deeply participate in the professional planning of vocational schools, the development of professional core courses, and the construction of teaching staff. Relevant professional and technical personnel and business management personnel with the ability to participate in apprenticeship training, undertake teaching tasks, and carry out teaching research with school teachers. The school will also organize relevant teachers to regularly go to enterprises for job practice, participate in enterprise engineering practice or technical research.