Continuous Improvement Specialist (CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST)

Profession will appear after 2025
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Oil and gas

The experience of Japanese companies in the mid-20th century has shown that the Kaizen philosophy, whose core is the continuous improvement of production efficiency, can become a strong competitive advantage. This practice applies to enterprises in other countries. In the oil and gas industry, given the decline in the profitability of oil production, reducing production costs is becoming increasingly important. Improvements will reduce costs while minimizing investment.

The novelty of the profession: the allocation of existing tasks into a separate area: increasing the efficiency of processes as a separate task. 

Key competencies:

  • Monitoring and analysis of service, logistics and management processes Identification of "bottlenecks": stages that can be improved or completely eliminated from production technology, management, service processes
  • Development of action plans to speed up the execution of processes, improve the quality of execution, reduce costs Coordination and control of plans implementation
  • Analysis of an already improved process and development of measures to further improve it

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.

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Systemic thinking

Intersectoral communication consists in understanding technologies, processes and the market situation in various related and non-adjacent industries, cross-functional and cross-disciplinary interaction. More and more advanced products are created at the junction of different industries and specialists need the ability to understand several areas of knowledge at the same time. This competency allows you to learn faster, take the best from different fields, and through this mutual enrichment, ensure development within your field. Those with such competence can create unexpected, unique, breakthrough solutions.

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Intersectoral communication

Lean manufacturing is an enterprise management concept based on the constant search, reduction or elimination of losses. Losses are understood to mean those actions, processes or operations that consume resources (human, temporary, material, etc.), but do not add value to the end or intermediate consumer.

Lean manufacturing changes the approach to managing the enterprise’s efficiency from extensive (working more and faster) to intensive (working more efficiently, that is, doing only what is necessary and not doing what can be done without).

Professionals with lean competencies will be able to increase the efficiency of departments or enterprises as a whole without attracting large investments. The relevance of lean management methods is growing because traditional management methods have already reached their peak, further business development will increasingly focus on intensive development and lean improvement methods.

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Lean

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
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Project and process management

Educational institutions

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Humanitarian and Technical Institute "Akmeshit"

http://www.akmechit.kz/

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Central Asian University

https://cau.kz/

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Karaganda State Technical University

https://www.kstu.kz/

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West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical University named after Zhangir Khan

https://www.wkau.kz/index.php/kz/

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South Kazakhstan State University. M. Auezova

https://www.ukgu.kz/ru/fakultety

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Taraz State University named after M.Kh. Dulati

https://www.tarsu.kz/ru/

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Atyrau University of Oil and Gas named S. Utebayev Atyrau

https://aogu.edu.kz/rector/

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West Kazakhstan Innovation and Technological University

https://wkitu.edu.kz/

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Kazakh-British Technical University

https://www.kbtu.kz/ru/

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Ш.Есенов атындағы Каспий мемлекеттік технологиялар және инжиниринг университеті

https://kguti.kz

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Aktobe Regional State University named K. Zhubanova

https://arsu.kz/ru/

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Companies in which this profession may be in demand

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North Caspian Operating Company N.V.

https://www.ncoc.kz/

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"Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V."

https://www.kpo.kz/ru/o-kompanii.html

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JSC "Karazhanbasmunai"

http://www.kbm.kz/ru/

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JV Kazgermunai LLP

https://kgm.kz/ru/

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Kazakhoil Aktobe LLP

http://www.koa.kz/ru

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LLP "KAZPETROL GROUP (KAZPETROL GROUP)"

https://kzpg.kz/

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LLP "Kazakhstan-China Pipeline"

http://www.kcp.kz/

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Beineu-Shymkent Gas Pipeline LLP

https://bsgp.kz/ru_RU/

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LLP "Aktobe-nefteperabotka"

http://www.aktoberefinery.kz/

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United Chemical Company LLP

https://ucc.com.kz/

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FEZ "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark"

https://www.kpi.kz/ru/about-company/

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«Shell Kazakhstan Development B.V.»

https://www.shell.com.kz/ru_kz.html

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LLP "KazMunayGas Onimderi"

https://www.azskmg.kz/

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LLP "NMSK" Kazmortransflot "

https://www.kmtf.kz

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