Low entry threshold and high demand for talent, but high number of temporary workers and difficult to stand by
How can an electrician's job be told a “new story” about employment when it's hot and hot in ai
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Some workers are moving to electrician “other ways” in the heat of ai, but they can easily enter the labour market on the basis of proof, and some of them are faced with problems of unclear labour relations and mutual liability after accidents. Experts said that the electricity industry had opened up new opportunities in the wave of ai, but if it was to truly attract and retain talent, the industry had to move towards standardization and specialization。
At 6. 30 a. M. On 6 may, the entire city was awakening and the electrician at a construction site in beijing, feng cheung, had arrived at the construction site. Write construction logs, organize tools, and place electrical wires ... As usual, he began work for one day earlier。
This is feng cheung's second year as an electrician. In recent years, with the acceleration of the layout of the ai (artificial intelligence) computing infrastructure, the shortage of talent in areas such as electricity transport has continued to widen, and electrical jobs have begun to burst, with many people like feng cheung choosing to switch to electricians. However, press interviews have found that the electrician job is really entering the profession and standing on its feet, far from being as easy as it might be
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Two years ago, as a result of economic pressure, feng xian decided to resign. What to do? “a growing number of jobs are now at risk of being replaced by ai, but learning to learn is not too bad.” with such an idea, he chose a path that was considered “ai cannot be enough for a while” — an electrician who, at the behest of an acquaintance, knew his current master。
Ms. Wu, who had eight years of internet work experience, had also chosen to switch to electrician two years earlier. “ai has begun to replace basic brain workers in some industries. And the electric industry is `handicraft', with low thresholds, lack of young people and high-quality people, and i personally think that there is greater potential for development.” she said。
“the courses are available at all ages, and all come with a technical mentality.” after about a month of training, the worker liu passed the test and obtained a low-voltage electrician operating license. “i received three invitations for interviews just after uploading the documents to the recruitment website, which is better than putting dozens of curricula vitae in the original industry.” xiao liu was impressed。
“with a low voltage electricity permit, we can enter the relevant company, and our electrician here earns about $8,000 per month.” when journalists consulted a training institution as transitors, the head of the institution stated that the income was above average at the local level。
Aai engineer of the ait digital creative laboratories at beijing university believed that the universal application of ai objectively reshaped supply and demand patterns in the electric industry. “on the one hand, the high cost of the current ai applications in the areas of hydropower, which are relatively low-impact, is relatively high, and, on the other hand, the growing computing demands of ai, the need to build more server clusters under the line and, naturally, the high demand for workers in the maintenance, construction, electricity and other industries.”。
It's hard to get in. It's harder to stay
Low threshold for obtaining certificates, high demand in the industry and low impact on ai ... Despite these “photograms”, interviews with journalists found that switching electricians was not easy。
"it's good to be experienced." the electrician, who had worked for decades, told journalists that the certificates required for entry were basic knowledge, but that in practice, the electrical circuits varied from scenes to scene, and that it was difficult to work independently for a few years。
It's not enough to have a certificate and skills alone, and it's also a “carrying”. "the training school can only help you to `literate', which is completely different from the actual job, and it will not directly place you in employment. The only person who can really get you in is the teacher who works first. It's hard to get in without the master's permission.” ms. Wu。
"at first entry, it's usually a `job' for a teacher, a day's pay. Under this pattern, salary instability has become normal: “some of the masters have been married for 10 and a half days, some once a month, and others have disappeared after the end of their working hours, and one of my fellow friends has been unpaid by the master”
In the view of amateurs, electricians are technical work, but only after feng xian's true entry into the business did he find that the job tested not only technology but also physical strength.” we're gonna screw hundreds of screws a day, and i'm gonna be sore with 10 screw hands. Now, i don't have less than 15,000 steps a day."。
Professionals have revealed that experienced workers generally earn more than ten thousand dollars per month if they undergo plc/cnc (computer number control) mechanics. “this is supposed to be the `ceiling' of the electric industry, but it requires a high level of education and exposure to high-voltage and complex meta-systems at work, with high stress and high risk.”。
“the plc electrician is equivalent to the `advanced form' of an electrician, and in order to do so, it must begin with the normal electrical sciences.” jeong-jin told journalists that this is not only a high cost of learning, a long training cycle, but also a greater degree of uncertainty and a better orientation for workers in the electric industry。
Industry to be regulated
“the electricity industry is usually a specialty and workers are exposed not only to wage problems and irregular working hours, but also to safety training, protective equipment, injury insurance, etc. In particular, in the case of more temporary employment, the lack of clear labour relations and post-accident responsibilities become prominent.” ban xiaohui, associate professor at wuhan university school of law, stated that if talent is to be truly attracted and retained, the plight of “new changers” electricians must be overcome by moving the industry towards standardization and specialization。
“on the one hand, it is necessary to improve the stratification system, to strengthen hands-on training, teaching and continuing training and to upgrade the complex skills of practitioners; on the other hand, it is necessary to improve the system of labour safety, occupational injury protection and safety supervision, and to clearly and flexibly use the boundaries of responsibility in the workplace.”。
In the case of workers in transition, ben xiaohui reminds us of the need to regulate employment relations in order to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. “when entering the profession, the worker shall, as far as possible, enter into a written contract of employment with the employer, specifying the content of the work, remuneration, security, etc.”. He states that even at the learning, follow-up or adaptation stage, employers are required by law to guarantee the minimum wage, remuneration for overtime and necessary labour protection, and are not allowed to avoid legal obligations in the name of “apprenticeships”。
At the same time, workers are reminded of the need to plan their career paths rationally in the face of the impact of ai, without excessive anxiety and blindness。
“it is true that the advent of the ai era has provided new ideas for the development of vocational education.” in quizun, it is suggested that vocational colleges may in the future be able to devote more effort to the development of such jobs as hydroelectricists and construction workers, but for those already working in a certain field, deep-rooted areas may be a cheaper and more secure option。
“what is more necessary now is workers' ability to exercise precision control over ai and not to work together.” jingzheng believes that it is not because of “ai anxiety” and the wind, but rather to sharpen their skills and improve their core competitiveness in areas they know, “after all, it is at the core of what workers in this era need to do when they are capable of doing their job alongside ai.” (worker's daily newspaper, journalist, qinya)
