Occupational competency standards will be vital for expediting the transformation of domestic industries, Premier Mao Chi-kuo said today at the Cabinet's weekly meeting.
Having the same standards across schools, companies and training programs will enable industries and academia to work closer together on improving the country's talent pool, Mao said after the Ministry of Labor's (MOL) report on the talent cultivation component of the government's Productivity 4.0 plan.
He directed the MOL, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Education and the Council of Agriculture to review and finalize occupational competency standards in line with Productivity 4.0 and another industry-academia linkage program.
Talent cultivation, the final piece of the Productivity 4.0 plan, will help transform industries while bolstering their international competitiveness, the premier said. These efforts to upgrade industries and help workers hone their specialized and interdisciplinary skills will be important not only in promoting Productivity 4.0 but also in building industry-academia links.
To succeed in a Productivity 4.0 environment, workers must upgrade themselves from traditional machine operators to intelligent systems managers, said the MOL, which is in charge of the talent cultivation component. To nurture more Productivity 4.0 workers, the MOL will speed up the establishment of occupational competency standards, offer guidance and resources to businesses, help companies choose and train the talent they need, and expand on-the-job training programs for those already working.