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Industrial Revolution 4.0 has been one of the most popular topics discussed among engineers. In the near future the non-technical skills will be equally or more important than technical skills. Moreover, IR4.0 will incur job displacement and majority of the task will be taken over by robots and Artificial Intelligent (Tapsir, S.H. and Puteh, M., 2018. Framing Malaysian Higher Education 4.0). Therefore, priority will be given to non-technical skills which cannot be done completely by the robots and Artificial Intelligent at the moment. NACE Job Outlook 2019 (To, F., et al., 2019. Job Outlook 2019, (November 2018)) shows Problem Solving Skills is the second most important skill sought by employers; Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC), 8-Disciplinary and Plan- Do-Check-Act (PDCA) are the very common systematic approaches used by the industries to solve the problem arose in the industrial environment. The studies show that the problems cannot be solved by using the same kind of thinking approach applied at the moment it was created. Therefore, a systematic analytical skill is required to handle the engineering related problems happening at manufacturing environment or engineering workplace. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing literature about Problem Solving skills for graduate engineers through a systematic literature review. This paper analyses literature through electronic databases mainly from Scopus and Web of Science. This paper summarizes types of problem-solving skills applied in the engineering field as of now. Based on that, engineers can differentiate and understand the approach of the problemsolving skills in the industrial environment to improve the failures and increase productivity.

The mismatch of skills is one of the main reasons for unemployment. The analysis revealed employers’ agreement of graduate engineers’ performance in non-technical skills which is deemed to not meet their expectations. Therefore, to align with the needs of employers; universities are working hard to close the gap and begin to focus to produce work-ready engineers whom are good asset for the industry and those who are able to work with minimal supervision independently. The various jobs and non-technical skills triggered a vast change to the labor market with a prime shift in the skills required to thrive in the new environment anticipated but also to business structures that was requested from Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0). The nine skills would be Leadership, Flexibility and Adaptability, and Language literacy, Critical thinking and solving problems, Holistic, Entrepreneurial and Balance, Resilience, Values and Ethics, Compassion and Mindfulness, Creativity and Innovation. These skills or talents that recognize employees as competent are called as future-proof non-technical skills. The purpose of this paper is to upgrade the nine future-proof non-technical skills that are set especially for the engineering students through industrial training, and also to demonstrate the capability of Eight-Discipline-Problem based learning (8D-PBL); and things need to be emphasized in industrial training assessment method to ensure the objective of the industrial training is achieved.

Current survey shows there are 1 out of 5 graduates are unemployed (Site, 2018). Lack of non technical skills among graduates be one of the main reason for unemployment.Data shows Problem Solving Skills is the second most important non technical skill sought by employers (To et al., 2019); The studies show that the problems cannot be solved by using the same kind of thinking approach applied at the moment it was created. Therefore, a systematic analytical skill is required to handle the engineering related problems happening at manufacturing environment or engineering workplace. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing literature about Problem Solving skills for graduate engineers through a systematic literature review. This paper analyses literature through electronic databases mainly from Scopus and Web of Science. This paper summarizes types of problem solving skills applied in the engineering field as of now. Based on that, engineers can differentiate and understand the approach of the problem solving skills in the industrial environment to improve the failures and increase productivity.

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