Breaking the "ceiling" of growth and improving the "gold content" of skills, this new system involving 200 million people affects people's hearts——
What dividends can the "new eight-level worker" system bring to skilled workers?
Our reporter Wang Weiyan
The technical positions of super technicians and chief technicians have been added, and apprentices have been added - the era of "new eighth-level workers" has come.
Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security formulated and issued the "Opinions on Improving and Perfecting the Vocational Skill Level System for Skilled Talents in the New Era (Trial)", extending the original "five-level" skill level to "eight-level", forming a system consisting of apprentice workers and junior workers. , intermediate workers, senior workers, technicians, senior technicians, special-grade technicians, chief technicians constitute the "new eight-level workers" occupational skill level sequence, and establish a job performance salary system that matches the level sequence.
By the end of 2021, the total number of skilled workers in my country will exceed 200 million, of which more than 60 million are highly skilled.
What's new in the "new eight-level worker" system?
What dividends will it bring to skilled workers?
This new system, which affects 200 million people, touches people's hearts and carries the expectation of restoring the glory of workers.
Where is the "new eighth-level worker"?
"One person is a worker and supports the whole family. The salary is higher than that of the factory manager." In the memory of Lu Xindi, a 55-year-old senior technician at FAW Jiefang Dalian Diesel Engine Co., Ltd., the former "eighth-level worker" was respected and prestigious, almost It is the existence of "God".
From the 1950s to the 1980s, "eighth-level workers" was a skill level system established along with my country's wage grade system.
At that time, wages were divided into eight grades according to labor complexity and technical proficiency. "Eighth-grade workers" not only became synonymous with top craftsmen, but also influenced the career choices of generations of young people like Lu Xindi.
Chen Lixiang, vice president of the China Vocational and Technical Education Society, told reporters that the "eight-level worker" system has gradually withdrawn from the historical stage because it cannot adapt to economic and social development and cannot truly reflect the level of skills and contribution.
In the 1980s and 1990s, my country learned from the standards of the International Labour Organization, established a three-level skill hierarchy structure of initial, middle and high level, and established technical positions of technicians and senior technicians above senior workers.
Since then, the vocational skill grading system of "five-level workers" for junior workers, intermediate workers, senior workers, technicians, and senior technicians has been gradually established, which is still in use today.
"People call the newly introduced skill level system the 'new eighth level', which reflects the yearning for the glory of workers in the era of 'eighth-level workers'. It is not a replica of the 'Old Grade 8'." Chen Lixiang emphasized that the "New Grade 8" is a higher-level skill evaluation system "grown" in the new technology environment and new job site.
Jiang Wei, the teaching director of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Technician College, was deeply touched by the new technology and new equipment's new requirements for skill levels, "Only one type of work and only one type of equipment can no longer be a good worker, and you need to upgrade on the basis of traditional skills. , superimposed."
Chen Lixiang believes that the popularization of the application of intelligent manufacturing production equipment has created a new work site, which requires new skills for skilled workers such as production line system integration, on-site management, equipment assembly, operation and maintenance, and extends upward on the basis of "five-level workers". The super technician and chief technician are the new skill levels generated to meet the needs of this complex skill.
The growth "ceiling" is broken
In fact, the "ladder" for workers' growth and development is no longer high enough.
In September 2021, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched the pilot work for the appraisal and employment of super technicians.
Since China State Shipbuilding Corporation selected the first batch of 80 super technicians in the country, Shandong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Henan, Anhui and other places have selected the first batch of super technicians in various places.
"Golden Coach" Jiang Wei is one of the first batch of 29 super technicians in Jiangsu Province.
On August 23, 2004, Jiang Wei entered Xuzhou Construction Machinery Technician College as a training teacher.
In 2005, he won the first place in the tool fitter group in the first national "Revitalization Cup" Youth Vocational Skills Competition in Jiangsu Province, so he exceptionally obtained the qualification of the tool fitter senior technician skill level, when he was only 24 years old.
In 2011, in order to adapt to new technologies and new requirements, 29-year-old Jiang Wei was admitted as a senior technician of assembly fitter.
At this time, Jiang Wei, who holds two senior technician certificates, is already "top-notch" in the skill sequence, and there is no room for advancement.
Reaching the "ceiling" prematurely in career development is also the "growth trouble" that high-skilled talents have previously faced.
According to statistics, the average age of the 30 winners of the 15th China Skills Award is about 48 years old, and they are all senior technicians. At this time, they are still more than ten years away from retirement.
One of the original intentions of the "new eight-level worker" system policy was to break the "ceiling" and "invisible door" for the growth of skilled workers, and to unblock the growth channel.
After being rated as a super technician, Jiang Wei felt very motivated and had a higher career pursuit - in addition to the chief technician, XCMG also increased the skill level of "skill master", Jiang Wei has always had an upward ladder to climb.
"The establishment of the post of super technician is not simply to increase the skill level ladder by one level, but to open up a broader space for the career development of skilled talents." Wang Xiaoxue, the labor union of XCMG Group, said that the group has opened up high-skilled talents. With the horizontal flow channel of the technical talent sequence, high-skilled talents such as super technicians can lead the team, participate in scientific research, transform into skilled technicians, service engineers, and production management positions, and play a greater role in the production line.
Treated on par with corporate executives
After the implementation of the "new eight-level worker" system, the "gold content" of the workers is even more reflected in the salary slip.
Wang Xiaoxue said that companies will pay additional skill allowances every month for different skill levels.
After becoming a super technician, Jiang Wei can not only compare the salary and salary of a full-time senior engineer, but also reflect the value of his skills through various distribution forms such as the negotiated salary system and the project work system. " Jiang Wei said.
Linking wages and salaries to skill levels, so that those who work more and those who have more skills will get more, is another original intention of the design of the "new eight-level worker" system.
The reporter found in the interview that in the current corporate practice, although the names of the skill levels raised above the "five levels" are different, the common practice is to establish a "bandwidth salary" of "vertical grading and horizontal grading". , enhance the attractiveness of worker positions.
The company where Qi Songyu, the chief skill master of China FAW Co., Ltd., has added skill positions such as skill master, senior skill master, and chief skill master to the "five-level workers". Correspondingly, the salary is divided into 9 grades , each level from junior workers to senior workers is divided into 25 levels horizontally, reflecting the differences in work performance and skill levels.
The company where Wang Shangdian, a lathe engineer of PetroChina Jinxi Petrochemical Branch, works, has set up chief technicians, enterprise technical experts, group technical experts, and group technical masters above the "five-level workers".
At the end of 2021, after Wang Shangdian was hired as a technical expert of the group, the treatment can be compared to the director level.
In addition to smooth passage and better treatment, in Chen Lixiang's view, the more far-reaching significance of the "new eight-level worker" system is that it allows young skilled workers to see the infinite possibilities of upward development, thereby attracting more young people to enter the factory, sink in the line.
"Equipment is easy to obtain, but skilled workers are hard to find." Wang Xiaoxue expects that under the encouragement of the "new eight-level worker" system, more high-skilled talents will stand out and climb the top of the skill pyramid, helping enterprises to achieve new breakthroughs in the field of intelligent manufacturing.