Atlas of new professions studied mining and metallurgical complex of Kazakhstan at all stages: from geological exploration, mining, enrichment, production of primary products of ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy. Issues of environmental protection, processing of grip and sludge were also considered. To create an atlas of new professions in the mining and metallurgical industry, 4 in-depth interviews were conducted, questionnaires on forecasts of the future of the industry with 131 industry experts, as well as 40 experts took part in foresight sessions. As a result, 47 new professions were developed, 20 transforming and 31 disappearing professions were defined.
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1. NEW APPROACHES TO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the strongest transformations of MMC take place in the sphere of equipment maintenance. Enterprises strive to minimize equipment breakdowns and downtime. That is why, for success in the future, enterprises are implementing predictive analytics, as well as methods of lean organization of repair and maintenance work. In this area, there is the most demand for new professions that are already in demand today, and in the next 5 years they will be increasingly in short supply. Approaches to managing the economics of full cycle equipment are also being introduced.
If you want to be at the origin of the Deep MODERNISATION of Mining and Metallurgical Equipment of Kazakhstan, one of the following professions will suit you:

2. DIGITAL INNOVATION AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT
Secondly, it should be noted that companies are actively implementing digital solutions: the transition to remote management, the use of drones, as well as work on the collection of large data and their processing. This will lead to the fact that the workers will perform fewer and fewer physical operations, some areas will be fully automated.
The work of miners and metallurgists for over a hundred years has been considered one of the most difficult and dangerous. The miners worked underground, constantly risking their lives: methane explosions, rock falls, and sudden floods took the lives of dozens of miners. Now, fewer and fewer people will be in the danger zone. Labor in conditions of high temperatures, dampness, risk of accidents is a thing of the past. Sensors installed in the mines and production halls will be the eyes of the workers, and the engineers will be assisted by data processing and machine training specialists to make decisions. The solutions will be of higher quality, and the efficiency of the miners' and metallurgists' work will be higher. Robots and machines will be working in heavy and dangerous areas, which operators will manage from a safe office.
You can realize your potential by solving the tasks of OPTIMIZATION OF MANUFACTURERS by choosing one of the IT-SPHERE occupations:
In 5-7 years Dy will be able to work in one of the professions of the main production of GORNOMETAL METALURGICAL COMPLEX, without fear for their safety:

3. RECYCLING AND ECOLOGY
The mining and metallurgical complex will become an attractive area for specialists wishing to realize themselves in the field of environmental protection and preservation of natural resources. The specialists of the future will have to solve many tasks to reduce the harmful impact of mining and metal smelting. The ideal picture of the metallurgical plant of the future is a plant that is so clean that the staff can wear white robes.
Waste containing precious metals, useful materials and capable of becoming a raw material for the production of useful products has been accumulated during the decades of operation of the mining and metallurgical complex. This direction only appears and the companies take the first steps in this direction. However, in the nearest future this sphere will become one of the most important for MMC. Large enterprises may become real research centers, developing and accumulating technologies for processing, waste disposal and reduction of hazardous emissions. Quarries, waste heaps, abandoned production facilities of closed mines and workshops will cease to be post-apocalyptic decorations. They will turn into industrial tourism, recreation and storage facilities, become film sets and perform a lot of other useful functions.
Such specialists will solve noble and ambitious tasks of environmental protection:

4. NEXT GENERATION CHALLENGES
Work at the enterprises of the mining and metallurgical complex will not only be safe, but also adapted to the needs of representatives of generations X, U, millenniums. Companies will have to actively create internal social networks at the enterprises, introduce elements of gamification in building individual career plans of employees. The concept of designing of monocities will also change. Conditions will be created for self-realization of miners and metallurgists, their families. Comfortable public spaces, cultural events and leisure facilities are an integral part of the cities.
The largest enterprises of the industry will become a place of work for specialists involved in creating COMFORT PUBLIC LIFE SERVICES of people:

3D Printing Wizard
Year of appearance: 2025

Analyst-technologist
Year of appearance: 2020

Big Data Analyst
Year of appearance: 2028

Big-data architect
Year of appearance: 2025

Blockchain network administrator
Year of appearance: 2025

Composite Materials Designer
Year of appearance: 2030

Constructor of a profile of use and replacement of waste and secondary resources
Year of appearance: 2030

Designer of individual training programs
Year of appearance: 2022

Designer-constructor for refabrication of spaces and territories
Year of appearance: 2021

Developer of personal protective equipment in harsh working conditions
Year of appearance: 2024

Digital technologist
Year of appearance: 2025

Dynamic warehouse manager
Year of appearance: 2025

Eco Analyst
Year of appearance: 2030

End-to-end logistics flow manager
Year of appearance: 2025

Equipment Lifecycle Management Specialist
Year of appearance: 2025

Equipment repair and modernization supervisor
Year of appearance: 2025

Equipment Upgrade Engineer
Year of appearance: 2030

Foreman watcher
Year of appearance: 2025

Gentle metallurgy specialist
Year of appearance: 2035

Handling Supervisor
Year of appearance: 2025

Human Capital Development Engineer
Year of appearance: 2022

Industrial / premises designer
Year of appearance: 2025

Industrial City Designer
Year of appearance: 2030

Industrial Learning Gamifier
Year of appearance: 2025

Integrated Pricing Specialist
Year of appearance: 2025

IT dispatcher
Year of appearance: 2025

IT technologist
Year of appearance: 2025

Kinesiologist of industrial professions
Year of appearance: 2024

Logistics Flow Optimization Manager
Year of appearance: 2025

Machine learning specialist
Year of appearance: 2025

Monitoring Drones Operator
Year of appearance: 2023

Mover scooter
Year of appearance: 2030

Operator of unmanned aerial vehicles for process control and geological exploration
Year of appearance: 2025

Predictive Equipment Diagnostics Engineer
Year of appearance: 2030

Procurement officer
Year of appearance: 2025

Production process synchronization manager / planner / spotter
Year of appearance: 2030

Recycling Technologist
Year of appearance: 2025

Reliability Engineer
Year of appearance: 2025

Remote operator-technologist
Year of appearance: 2040

Remote Specialties Developer
Year of appearance: 2021

Repair Compatibility Engineer / Hardware System Upgrader
Year of appearance: 2030

Robotic Mining Operator
Year of appearance: 2028

Smart systems developer for the mining and metallurgical industries
Year of appearance: 2023-2025

Specialist in 3D modeling workflows
Year of appearance: 2021

Training specialist
Year of appearance: 2030

Unmanned vehicle operator
Year of appearance: 2030

Virtual mentor
Year of appearance: 2030

Blaster⇒Blasting Operator
Transformation year: 2030

Design Engineer⇒3D Modeling Engineer
Transformation year: 2030

Electrical fitter, APCS engineer, IT engineer ⇒ APCS IT engineer
Transformation year: 2030

Gas electric welder⇒Operator of welding machines
Transformation year: 2025

Geologist⇒Geologist 2.0
Transformation year: 2030

Instrumentation locksmith⇒ Сomplex service technician of instrumentation
Transformation year: 2035

Locksmith⇒Modular repair locksmith (assembler)
Transformation year: 2025

Logist⇒Logist of industrial flows
Transformation year: 2025

Materials Engineer⇒Composite
Transformation year: 2035

Mine surveyor⇒Mark surveyor 2.0
Transformation year: 2030

Miner⇒Technique Operator
Transformation year: 2035

Mining Master⇒Shift Operator
Transformation year: 2035

Open-cast mining foreman (lame ores) ⇒ Underground mining foreman
Transformation year: 2030

Operator ⇒Operator / Remote Operator
Transformation year: 2025

Receiver in the warehouse⇒Logistics scanner operator
Transformation year: 2025-2027

RMU machine operators ⇒CNC operator
Transformation year: 2020

Slag Processing Engineer⇒Concentrator 2.0
Transformation year: 2025

Storekeeper⇒Packer operator
Transformation year: 2025

Tunnel operator⇒ Roadheader control operator
Transformation year: 2030

Warehouse worker (loader) ⇒Operator for the management of receiving and unloading operations
Transformation year: 2030

Battery pack
Year of disappearance: 2025

Blacksmith
Year of disappearance: 2030

Bulldozer driver
Year of disappearance: 2030

Bunker
Year of disappearance: 2025

Compressor operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Concentrator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Construction Supervision Engineer
Year of disappearance: 2025

Controller Technologist
Year of disappearance: 2030

Conveyor operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Conveyor Operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Dial plan controller
Year of disappearance: 2030

Dump truck driver
Year of disappearance: 2030

Electric locomotive driver
Year of disappearance: 2030

Estimator
Year of disappearance: 2025

GBU driver
Year of disappearance: 2030

Hoisting equipment operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Inspectors, visual information collectors
Year of disappearance: 2025

Lampman
Year of disappearance: 2025

Lyukova
Year of disappearance: 2030

Miner at mine surveying works
Year of disappearance: 2030

Normalizer
Year of disappearance: 2025

Pumping station operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Quality control inspector
Year of disappearance: 2030

Sampler
Year of disappearance: 2030

Saturator
Year of disappearance: 2025

Scraper Winch Operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Separator
Year of disappearance: 2030

Stem
Year of disappearance: 2030

Tilter
Year of disappearance: 2030

Tunneller
Year of disappearance: 2030
