Hardware mold industry faces talent shortage

The mold industry was once the young man who applied for a job, but in recent years, the young people who want to learn the arts in the mold industry have declined year after year. The mold master faces a situation where the green and yellow are not connected. This situation is particularly prominent in Ninghai, Zhejiang.

According to Bao Mingfei, president of the Ninghai Mould & Die Industry Association, in the 1980s and 1990s, parents of many rural children tried to send their children to study molds, including some young people in society, but also wanted to learn molds, even to Open the back door. Because the mold master at that time was a prosperous profession, not only was it technically strong, but also had higher income than the general industry. But now, various mold companies in Ninghai are faced with the confusion of being unable to find people. "Not only is the senior master mold difficult to find, even ordinary apprentices are difficult to recruit, even if it is difficult to retain." Ninghai, a mold factory manager introduced: "The current factory picks the main beam is the master over the age of 40 There are few masters around the age of 30, and fewer and fewer people are willing to learn mould."

"The mold industry can't recruit apprentices, not only the phenomenon of Ninghai, but it is also facing the same predicament in Zhejiang and even in the country," said the person in charge of the Die and Mould Association.

Why did the mold industry lose its appeal to young people in just 20 or 30 years? Bao Mingfei's analysis mainly has three reasons. First, young people’s employment opportunities are now wider than before, and various industries are developing at a rapid rate, and young people are choosing more and more opportunities. Second, the employment environment of the mold industry has affected young people's choices. Compared with other industries, the mold industry needs to go down to the workshop, which looks dirty and relatively difficult. Young people in society are looking forward to the life of office buildings and are not willing to leave the workshop, even if their wages are lower. Third, the rapid development of the mold industry, the introduction of cutting-edge processing equipment, some manual operations completely replaced by the machine, resulting in ordinary, shallow qualifications, there is no deep accumulation of technology, young practitioners and other industries in the community income is almost the same, or even Lower, directly reducing the attractiveness of young people.

The mold industry is called the mother of industry. As a basic equipment industry, it affects the benign development of downstream industries and has important strategic significance for economic development. Therefore, reshaping the image of the mold industry, enhancing the attractiveness of young people, and nurturing excellent young mold masters have a major role in the transformation and upgrading of the mold industry and even the industrial economy. "Break this stalemate requires the joint efforts of all sectors of society." Bao Mingfei said, "The key is to improve the social status of craftsmen." Schools, families should educate their children to establish a labor glory, and skilled workers are more glorious employment ideas; young people to their own Talents must have patience and endure loneliness. Enterprises must plan for the growth of their employees so that they can feel the sense of honor of the industry while they learn the skills they have acquired, and actively change their environment and increase their attractiveness.