THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE PARTNER COMPANIES HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE ONGOING RECOVERY HAS THE NEED ‘TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE TRAINING OF STAFF ALWAYS MORE’ PREPARED IN THE FIELD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND, IN PARTICULAR, OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TODAY LEADING TO MANUFACTURING OUTPUT THAT COULD BE DEFINED AS ‘PRODUCTION 4.0’ (GIVEN REPORT UNINDUSTRIA). THE DEMAND FROM OPERATORS OF MECHANICAL OPERATORS ABLE TO ADOPT AND USE AUTOMATED MACHINES ALWAYS ‘AUTOMATED’ (CNC WORKING CENTRES, NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED LATHES) HAS BECOME A PROBLEM OF COMPETITIVENESS FOR OUR COMPANIES, GIVEN THE DIFFICULT AVAILABILITY OF SUCH FIGURES ON THE LABOUR MARKET: IN VICENZA, THE LABOUR INPUTS OF SPECIALISED WORKERS ARE 23.8 % VERSUS 14.5 % OF DOMESTIC WORKERS AND 17.1 % OF PLANT AND STATIONARY AND MOBILE MACHINE OPERATORS ARE COMPARED TO 12.4 % NATIONALLY. THE PROPOSAL OF THE CENTRE’S PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE IN VENETO U IS THEREFORE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.