High Skilled Talents In Textile Industry Are Becoming "Scarce Resources"

It is also typical in the textile industry that "it is difficult to recruit, but difficult to retain" in factories that Cao Dewang and Zhang Xinghai are concerned about.

At present, senior skilled personnel in the textile industry has become a "scarce resource", especially in the cotton textile industry, the shortage of first-line excellent technical workers has become a difficult problem for most enterprises. "Difficult to recruit and difficult to retain" not only affects the normal operation of enterprises, but also limits the improvement of production efficiency and product quality, and also restricts the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

So, in the face of reality, can cotton textile enterprises rely on their own efforts to solve the problem of talent shortage? What kind of talent training system and talent foundation are needed for the healthy development of cotton textile industry?

　　 New contradiction between supply and demand of talents

"At present, the salary of front-line employees in spinning mills has increased from 3000 yuan per month to 5000-6000 yuan per month. Even so, spinning mills are still faced with the embarrassing situation of recruitment difficulties, especially the shortage of technical talents. Compared with large-scale cotton textile enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises are" difficult to recruit, difficult to retain, and more difficult to cultivate talents. " He'nan Textile Industry Association executive chairman Yang runkai said.

According to the survey of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, the average age of workers in large cotton textile enterprises in Henan, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces is between 40 and 45 years old. With the continuous increase of wages, enterprises are still unable to recruit sustainable young workers. The problem of lack of work has affected the normal operation of enterprises.

In recent years, many cotton textile enterprises have begun to build intelligent factories in order to solve the widespread "labor shortage". With the tide of intelligent and digital transformation and upgrading of the industry, at present, the problem of technical talents generally faced by cotton textile enterprises has also been upgraded.

"The equipment conditions have been improved, but the quality of talents is not matched. After a large number of workers are recruited and trained by textile enterprises, few workers can stay in the enterprise for a long time. This phenomenon is very common." Ye Jianchun, chief engineer of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, said that the use of digital spinning workshop has greatly reduced the demand for labor, In the past, the number of employees employed per million ingots was as high as 320, but now the number can be reduced to 15. What many enterprises need is no longer the production workers who work in the production line, but new managers who understand professional technology, data system, enterprise management and are willing to take root in the production line.

In order to develop high-end textile, talents are very important. When it comes to the relationship between talents and enterprises, Yang runkai said frankly that in the context of economic globalization, it is difficult for spinning enterprises without talent and technology support to survive and develop in international competition. "Under the pressure of international competition, textile enterprises increasingly need a group of professionals who are proficient in foreign languages and can participate in the settlement of trade disputes; in the wave of big data, Internet of things and cloud computing, enterprises need professionals who understand both textile and information technology."

On the one hand, the threshold of "skilled workers" is higher, on the other hand, the attraction of "skilled workers" is less. Although the spinning enterprises are actively engaged in transformation and upgrading, and the factory environment and employee treatment have been improved, many young people still believe that the manufacturing factory skills are single and the development space is small, which is also an important reason for the lack of attraction of the "skilled worker" position.

　　 Textile enterprises take various measures to cultivate talents

In the face of the real dilemma of "talent is rare, it is difficult to stay", cotton textile enterprises try their best to do "their own business", take various measures at the same time, stabilize the team and improve the quality of stock. Strengthening internal training, organizing skills competition and carrying out school enterprise cooperation are the effective means for cotton textile enterprises to improve the quality of talent team.

Jiangsu Yueda Textile Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yueda textile") has always attached great importance to talent work. This year, the enterprise has established a standardized and systematic training system for new college students to formulate career planning for college students and comprehensively implement the "tutorial system" training.

"Yueda textile has always adhered to the fine tradition of" teachers lead apprentices, old help new "is a good tradition that Yueda textile has always adhered to. Through this kind of master apprentice training mode, a close relationship between master and apprentice has been established, and a batch of excellent staff teams have been cultivated." Dai Jun, chairman of Yueda textile, said that in March this year, the company held an agreement on mentoring and mentoring, aiming at promoting talent formation, Speed up the improvement of new college students' ability to perform their duties.

In order to vigorously promote the craftsmanship spirit and cultivate high skilled talents, Ruyi Cotton Textile Group held a two-month vocational skills competition in southern Xinjiang this year. For the outstanding players who stand out in this skill competition, the enterprise will promote the professional skill level according to the requirements, and reward them from the spiritual and material aspects, which will greatly enhance the working enthusiasm of the employees to catch up with others.

In order to set up excellent product R & D team, in recent years, the cooperation between cotton textile enterprises and universities is also very common.

In August this year, Lutai textile signed a contract with the school of textile and clothing of Qingdao University to carry out all-round cooperation in employment practice base for college students, strengthening school enterprise collaborative education, jointly carrying out scientific and technological research, and promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. In the university enterprise industry university research docking activities, the discipline construction office and the science and Technology Department of Qingdao University Textile and garment college issued the technical requirements of Lutai group to the whole school. 46 experts and professors from 9 colleges actively applied, effectively promoting the interdisciplinary integration and collaborative research.

　　 Multi party cooperation to solve employment difficulties

To solve the problem of lack of talents in the industry, it is not enough to rely on the strength of enterprises alone. In this regard, sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation, once said at the 2021 China Cotton Textile Science and technology conference that the cotton textile industry should focus on the cultivation of industrial talents, cultivate scientific and technological innovation forces, give full play to the strength of the government, associations, enterprises and universities, and establish a talent training system.

He advocated that, combined with the development of cotton textile industry and market needs, colleges and universities should improve the discipline construction and cultivate innovative, applied and technical talents; The government needs to provide more platforms and financial support, encourage school enterprise cooperation, industry and education integration, and promote the coordinated development of professional knowledge education and practical skills training; Industry associations should create a good atmosphere to engage in industry and encourage innovation, actively carry out training activities, and enhance the attraction of the industry to talents.

In the establishment of talent training system, the practice of Lanxi in Zhejiang is worth learning. In recent years, Lanxi has played the three "skill cards" of "training + competition + level identification" with the help of skills alliance.

The first card is to do a good job in skill training and lay a solid technical foundation. Since 2020, Lanxi City has carried out 120 textile skill training sessions, with more than 12000 trainees. It has established school enterprise cooperation with many local well-known colleges and universities, and established 7 technology transfer centers and 2 research institutes, which are used to train staff with junior college and undergraduate degrees, and realize the upgrading of textile engineering from junior college to undergraduate.

The second card is to carry out skill competition and improve the quality of technicians. Lanxi organized local government departments to actively carry out textile skills competition. In 2020, Zhao Ting, a weaver from Zhejiang Jinsuo Textile Co., Ltd., won the honorary title of "national cotton textile industry technical expert" in the national textile industry "Lanxi Jinsuo Cup" Weaver vocational skills competition held by Lanxi in 2020. As a technical backbone, Zhao Ting has now become the vice director of quality of the enterprise. "The construction of the competition platform not only enables the competitors to learn from each other, learn from each other, realize the standardization of operation skills, but also effectively improve the quality of talent teams of enterprises," Zhao Ting said.

The third skill recognition card is to enable textile talents to achieve a win-win situation of "technical salary". This year, Lanxi comprehensively carried out the work of skill level identification, and provided financial subsidies of 2000 yuan, 900 yuan and 800 yuan respectively to workers who have passed the certification examination and obtained level 3, 4 and 5 skill level certificates. Tong Fuyou, President of Lanxi Textile Industry Association, said that from January to September this year, Lanxi City carried out enterprise skill level identification for 15 enterprises, helping 1358 weavers to obtain skill level certificates, including 1144 level III (senior workers). Since the recognition of skill level, the proportion of technical workers in enterprises has increased to more than 24.3%, and the per capita annual income has increased by more than 6%. The increase of income makes the talent team of enterprises more stable.

At the level of the association, this year, China Cotton Textile Industry Association actively responded to the full implementation of the "skill China action", and organized industry experts to compile the vocational skills training textbook for cotton textile industry. Wang Yao, vice president of China Cotton Textile Industry Association, said: "scientific and technological innovation is reshaping the shape and pattern of the cotton textile industry, and the demand for skilled personnel in the cotton textile industry is increasing day by day. The compilation of this textbook is also to promote the cotton textile industry to better carry out vocational skills training, and accelerate the training of high-quality workers and skilled personnel."

In addition, the online training of "China cotton textile industry skilled personnel upgrading project" organized by China Cotton Textile Industry Association will also be launched in the near future. The first phase of training content is specific to various process links such as blowing carding unit, combing, drawing, roving, roving, roving, vortex spinning, warping, sizing, weaving related process operation skills, quality control, etc. Wang Yao expressed the hope that the online training can provide an open and convenient learning platform for more textile workers.

(source: Wei Shiwen, reporter of China Textile News)