Cybernetic age isn’t a danger, Confederation points out
The so-called 4th industrial revolution represents a new occasion for the Czech Republic.
A report presented at the 46th World Economic Forum that started on Wednesday 20th January in Davos estimates that in relation with the 4th industrial revolution there will be 7 million jobs lost in the 15 leading developed and developing countries in the next 5 years which will be replaced by only 2 million new ones. Similar scenarios are presented to the general public by the Czech trade unions that warn against the changes which will become fully effective in some 10-15 years. They claim that, in the Czech Republic, up to 40 percent of job opportunities will be endangered.
The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic doesn’t see the next development so dramatic in any case. It perceives the emergence of Industry 4.0 primarily as a new occasion for the Czech Republic.
„As the Czech Republic belongs to the countries with the longest industrial tradition and a large share of the industry to the GDP, it is clear that the changes will affect us,“ the Confederation’s board member Jiří Holoubek said. „But if we will be good prepared for it, the labour market could benefit from these changes.“
He stressed that the Czech Republic is an opened economy with a large spectrum of industrial companies enabling the small and medium-sized firms to assert themselves on the foreign markets because they often produce a unique know-how and could penetrate these markets by means of it.
„Certain impacts of the Industry 4.0 could be awaited on the professions with a generally lower qualification,“ Holoubek stressed. The Confederation wants thus to introduce as soon as possible such market tools that will eliminate these jobs.
„We are not able to say responsibly which professions will be needed in 10-15 years most,“ Holoubek said. „It is nevertheless sure that the industry will be looking for technically educated higher-level experts whose are produced by our educational system less and less in the last decade.“
A report presented at the 46th World Economic Forum that started on Wednesday 20th January in Davos estimates that in relation with the 4th industrial revolution there will be 7 million jobs lost in the 15 leading developed and developing countries in the next 5 years which will be replaced by only 2 million new ones. Similar scenarios are presented to the general public by the Czech trade unions that warn against the changes which will become fully effective in some 10-15 years. They claim that, in the Czech Republic, up to 40 percent of job opportunities will be endangered.
The Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic doesn’t see the next development so dramatic in any case. It perceives the emergence of Industry 4.0 primarily as a new occasion for the Czech Republic.
„As the Czech Republic belongs to the countries with the longest industrial tradition and a large share of the industry to the GDP, it is clear that the changes will affect us,“ the Confederation’s board member Jiří Holoubek said. „But if we will be good prepared for it, the labour market could benefit from these changes.“
He stressed that the Czech Republic is an opened economy with a large spectrum of industrial companies enabling the small and medium-sized firms to assert themselves on the foreign markets because they often produce a unique know-how and could penetrate these markets by means of it.
„Certain impacts of the Industry 4.0 could be awaited on the professions with a generally lower qualification,“ Holoubek stressed. The Confederation wants thus to introduce as soon as possible such market tools that will eliminate these jobs.
„We are not able to say responsibly which professions will be needed in 10-15 years most,“ Holoubek said. „It is nevertheless sure that the industry will be looking for technically educated higher-level experts whose are produced by our educational system less and less in the last decade.“
- Radim Klekner
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section SP Statements