On November 19, 2020, within the framework of the XIII St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum (SPIIF-2020), a round table "Autoprom - for children" was held.
The main purpose of the round table was to identify current and future (developing) needs and future professions in the automotive industry for the preparation of a study within the framework of the international Russian-Finnish project of cross-border cooperation Race4Scale.
The main topics of the round table were the possibilities of involving schoolchildren and youth in socially significant projects, creating conditions for the disclosure and intensive development of schoolchildren's talents in the environment of scientific and technical creativity, stimulate their interest in the field of innovation and high technology, acquisition of the professions of specialist engineers in the automotive industry and other areas of engineering and technical orientation, practice-oriented education in the context of the implementation of the model “School – Higher education (Vocational education and training) – Enterprise”.
The discussion took place among the main market participants (Nissan Manufacturing Rus LLC., Metalloproduktsia LLC., MGBOT LLC., etc.) and educational organizations: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU), Petrovsky College, etc.). Among the participants of the Race4Scale project, the round table was attended by representatives of ETU "LETI", St. Petersburg secondary school "Kudrovo Education Center".
As a result of the round table, weak signals of the market in the field of education were identified, directions for the development of educational programs were discussed, taking into account the list of competencies necessary for an engineer in the automotive industry. The engineer of the future must have competencies in project management, have the skills of a systems approach, know foreign languages and basic design programs (AutoCAD, CATIA, SolidWorks, etc.). Such an engineer must not only develop new solutions, but also understand the project's profitability, market application and improvement opportunities.
Market participants spoke about the system of training specialists directly at the enterprises, the development of personnel competencies of employees. Basically, companies conduct internal training for employees and implement their own educational programs. Enterprises interact with educational organizations in different age categories. High school students are involved in solving business-cases from leading market participants, visiting enterprises with excursions. Students visit production sites with excursions to the assembly line, implement production practices at enterprises and conduct joint R&D.
The results of the webinar will be included in the Race4Scale project research (WP1).
Round-table recording on YouTube >>>
