Seven months after the successful convening in Beijing of the expert preliminary review meeting for the national occupational skill standard "Excavation, Loading and Piling Machinery Operators," the China Construction Machinery Association successfully held the expert final review meeting for this national occupational skill standard in Beijing on December 15, 2021.

Earlier, the standard drafting group completed the drafting and preliminary review of the national occupational skill standard "Excavation, Loading and Piling Machinery Operators," and from September 23 to October 29 of this year, the standard was posted on the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security for public comment and completed the public notice period.

This meeting was held in a combined format of on-site and online video participation. Zhang Lingzhi, Researcher of the Occupational Skill Testing Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security; Wu Peiguo, Secretary-General of the China Construction Machinery Association; Wang Jinxing, Deputy Secretary-General; Sun Rui, Director of the Training Work Department; and Song Jinyun, Deputy Director of the Standards and Regulations Department, attended the meeting.

Ten final review experts, including Guo Chuanxin, Deputy Chief Engineer and Researcher of Beijing Research Institute of Construction Mechanization Co., Ltd., as well as nearly 30 offline and online representatives from standard drafting units such as Xuzhou Jing'an Heavy Industry Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., attended the meeting.

Meeting site

Researcher of the Occupational Skill Testing Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

In her speech, Zhang Lingzhi positively affirmed the association's organizational and coordination work from standard application and launch to specific research and development, and put forward three work requirements: First, the standard should be reviewed "oriented by occupational activities and centered on occupational competence," emphasizing the people-oriented concept. Second, it should be based on the main work tasks in the 2015 Occupational Classification Code and also comply with the requirements of the 2018 edition of the technical regulations for standard development. Third, it should proceed from the actual needs of the industry and follow the standard development principles of integrity, hierarchy, normativity, practicality, and operability. She hoped that the experts would review the standard with a rigorous and serious scientific attitude, complete the review work with quality and quantity assured, and provide society and practitioners with a national occupational skill standard that meets the requirements as soon as possible.

Speech by Secretary-General of the Association Wu Peiguo

In his speech, Wu Peiguo briefly introduced the situation of the construction machinery industry in 2021, the relevant situation that the industry will continue to maintain steady development in 2022, as well as the background and necessity of the association's development of national occupational skill standards and the significance of skill improvement to industry development. He emphasized that in recent years, leveraging industry advantages and its strong organizational capacity for standard formulation, the association has actively carried out the formulation of a number of group standards related to occupational skills in the construction machinery industry, solving practical problems in some fields where the lack of standards was incompatible with the rapid development of the industry, and playing a positive role in promoting the standardized and orderly development of occupational skill training and evaluation in the industry.

Wu Peiguo pointed out that "Excavation, Loading and Piling Machinery Operators," submitted to today's final review meeting, is the first national occupational skill standard organized and drafted by the association and is of milestone significance. He also emphasized that the experts attending this national occupational skill standard final review meeting not only have a solid theoretical foundation but also have many years of practical experience. He believed that through everyone's joint efforts, the national occupational skill standard "Excavation, Loading and Piling Machinery Operators," which embodies the wisdom of the entire industry, will certainly have a positive and far-reaching impact on the cultivation of high-quality talent in the industry.

Meeting chaired by Deputy Secretary-General of the Association Wang Jinxing

The attending representatives unanimously recommended Guo Chuanxin, Deputy Chief Engineer and Researcher of Beijing Research Institute of Construction Mechanization Co., Ltd., as the head of the expert review group and to preside over the standard review work.

Song Jinyun, Deputy Director of the Standards and Regulations Department of the Association, introduces the standard development situation

On behalf of the drafting group, Deputy Director Song Jinyun of the association reported on the overall development of the national occupational standard, focusing on the basis and preparatory work for developing the occupational standard, the development process, and the receipt and adoption of comments solicited.

Online review experts and meeting representatives

With a rigorous, pragmatic, earnest, and responsible professional attitude, the expert review group reviewed the final draft of the standard and formed review opinions, holding that this standard fills a gap in national occupational skill standards, provides an important basis for evaluating occupational competence levels in the construction machinery industry, and lays a solid foundation for cultivating high-quality skilled talent in the industry. The review group unanimously agreed that this standard passed the final review and recommended that the drafting group revise and improve the standard according to the review opinions before submitting it.

The successful convening of this expert final review meeting for the national occupational skill standard "Excavation, Loading and Piling Machinery Operators" marks that the development work of this standard has achieved remarkable results.