t The approach to designing assembly lines and jobs in the modern world of Industry 4.0 is still too spontaneous. If we want to create a user-friendly workplace, it is necessary to include a myriad of variables with all the ergonomic principles. It is necessary to get involved in the process of progressive and holistic job design already in the phase of product design and the process of production and job design. Inadequate job planning can cause downtime in workflow engineering. If we want to be more efficient in product design, then we need to use the good experience of using digital twins. The experience of these and similar planning can be used for the preliminary design of a virtual workplace, where we can simulate the workload of employees, identify overloads and eliminate them already in the design phase. In this way, we are taking a big step towards streamlining jobs. In doing so, we avoid ergonomic slips, which are difficult to repair later. We are helped by modern tools, such as Tecnomatix JACK, ViveLab Ergo, NAWO ergo simulation, ..., with which we can generate, optimize, rationalize and implement a virtual solution in the marginal framework of a real solution.

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Throughout modern history, there have been fluctuations in the prices of energy products due to complex economic situations. Each crisis leads to the development and focus of technology in search of current alternative sources. The energy situation in Slovenia is also very dynamic, so it is understandable that everyone is looking for an optimal way out of the economic vortex. We limit ourselves to the energy supply of a single family house for heating purposes. The cost model is based on the use of the most commonly used energy products in Slovenia. We live in a country rich in forests, where biomass is the most frequently used energy source. Despite the impression that biomass is a cheap energy source in rural areas, we find that the use of a heat pump is the most justifiable investment in all conditions and environments, while also keeping in mind the unobstructed green transition.

Na prehodu iz leta 2019 na 2020 se je začela tedaj še nepredstavljiva odisejada človeštva v boju s pandemijo, povzročeno z virusom COVID-19. Družbene vrednote so se v hipu spremenile, socialni odnosi pa so se sesuli. Ker se tudi izobraževalni sistem močno prepleta z drugimi sistemi, so spremembe vplivale tudi nanj.Izpostaviti moramo tudi konkretne težave pri vzpostavitvi in tekoči izvedbi obveznega praktičnega izobraževanja (PRI) na višjih strokovnih šolah (VSŠ). VSŠ programi se v Slovenskem ogrodju kvalifikacij (SOK) nahajajo na ravni 6/1, kjer so ovrednoteni s 120 kreditnimi točkami (KT) in trajajo 2 leti. Ključni del doseganja ustreznih strokovno-teoretičnih kompetenc je zelo pomemben del študijskega procesa, ki vključuje PRI v podjetju in zajema 800 ur oziroma traja 20 tednov. Pri izvedbi PRI, zelo pomembno vlogo odigrajo tudi mentorji iz posameznih podjetij, s katerimi je v sistemu izobraževanja na VSŠ potrebno soodvisno sodelovanje. Vzpostavili smo nov model delovanja komunikacijskih kanalov, kamor smo vključili virtualne obiske organizacij, kjer smo izvedli pogovore z mentorji v podjetjih in s študenti na dejanskih delovnih mestih.