Industry 4.0

A professional working within Industry 4.0 may be an automation expert or an IT professional. In this pair skills task, competitors jointly install, program and implement automation systems that are managed outside the network as cyber-physical entities. Industry 4.0 professionals master areas such as programmable logics, communication networks, automation actuators and sensors. They also master cyber security. There are dozens of different areas that are considered to be part of this area.

Industry 4.0 professionals need logical thinking, installation skills and extensive understanding of automation and data transfer. The profession requires cooperation with professionals from different fields.

Industrial 4.0 experts are employed as manufacturers of industrial and automation equipment. The tasks may include the construction and installation of new equipment or the maintenance of existing ones.

• Jyri Tulonen, Turku University of Applied Sciences