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Developer-designer of autonomous power systems

Developer-designer of autonomous power systems

Profession will appear after 2025

Trends

Increase in the number of microgeneration units Growth in the number of generating plants based on renewable energy

Energetics

The energy industry is becoming less centralized. Large CHPPs are being replaced by compact power plants, the entry barrier to the industry is gradually decreasing and in the near future may drop to one million dollars. Large enterprises, small settlements will become energy producers. Work will be required to select a generation technology that meets local conditions and adapt it for a specific consumer.

The novelty of the profession: the design of autonomous power systems for an individual consumer

Key competencies:

Review of alternative energy sources
Calculation of the required energy
Selection of a complex of installations for obtaining alternative energy
Preparation of a feasibility study for the recommended power generation plants

Over-professional skills

The ability of a specialist to combine (summarize) particular facts into a big picture, build hierarchical levels for understanding various situations (economic, political, business) and making long-term decisions. An important quality is the understanding of how a change in one element will subsequently affect other elements.

The importance of systemic thinking is increasing due to the acceleration of changes in life, the need to learn new professions, as well as the growing interpenetration of various areas in each other (social networks, economics, politics, production, etc.).

Specialists with systemic thinking skills will be able to solve such problems, make strong long-term decisions in the context of rapid changes in the economy, diagnose large technical and social systems, make decisions on eliminating the root causes that hinder development, and this skill will allow for the integration of various project teams into a single working organism.

Systemic thinking

Project and process management includes the ability to focus on the project goals, the ability to competently plan and organize team actions for the effective implementation of tasks, the ability to assess existing risks and opportunities for all parties to the interaction. A specialist who has this skill knows how to properly organize the work on the project within the specified funding framework, and is able to correctly distribute the work in order to meet the deadlines set by the project. such a specialist is constantly learning something new, is not afraid to make mistakes, is able to generate new effective ways to solve problems and tasks. the demand for specialists with knowledge and tools in the field of project management will increase, as project activities are considered by companies as the most important factor in their effective development

Project and process management

Educational institutions

Zhezkazgan University O. A. Baikonurova