Looking to the future of process control staffing

摘要

Technology is changing, and fast. Labor availability and skillset requirements are changing, as well. Process control personnel makeup and skillsets have evolved over decades of iterations. The process industries are challenged to continue to operate efficiently in an increasingly competitive environment. At the 2017 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, we hosted a roundtable discussion that enabled process industry end users to exchange ideas on the changing responsibilities and skillsets in the operational technology space, and discuss strategies to address these challenges.