Track: Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition

Abstract

Recent years have been the start of research regarding the topic of Industry 5.0. One of the first fields that have been researched regarding this topic was the human factor since this next industrial revolution has its focus on human-centred production. Due to that, the vision of the so-called Operator 5.0 was mentioned. Similar to its predecessor, the Operator 4.0, this vision contains some skills that are helpful during this revolution. Thus, the ongoing demographic trend of the aging workforce leads to some alternations in the average operators’ skills as well. The theoretical background elaborates fundamentals of the Operator 4.0 as well as the Operator 5.0 and already known findings for the skills of the aging workforce. This method shows an exploratory research of the required skills for the Operator 5.0. A combined research question including the demographic trend will be defined in order to compare the results. The databases of Scopus, Science Direct, IEEE and Web of Science have been screened and the mentioned skills have been grouped. The qualitative results show synergies regarding resilience as well as conflicts regarding technology affinity as well as some uncertainties regarding other skills. Further, a comparison to the characteristics of the Operator 4.0 as well as an outlook for future research is given.