Automation of industrial processes and its impact on the labor market and education. Selected aspects

Purpose: the main purpose of the article is to justify need for interdisciplinary professional training of employees for challenges related to the growing importance of dynamically developing automation, which is closely related to the pace of civilization development. Design/methodology/approach: the theses presented in the article have been verified using: literature review, critical literature analysis, document research and comparative analysis. Findings: based on content of this article, a future emerges in which man, industry and surrounding reality will be shaped by automation developing with a hitherto unknown dynamics. This phenomenon may lead to the disappearance of a world dominated by the industrial age and the transition to a new era determined by technologies, dominated by data flow and its analysis. In automated economies, knowledge that is exemplified by the knowledge society that creates innovative solutions has become a key capital. It seems that automation in the context of economies' competitiveness will determine the need to raise the level of education and of competences, and to create and control new knowledge. Originality/value: the article enriches knowledge and develops discussion in the area of dynamically developing automation. Thanks to the knowledge presented in the article, it can be concluded that the decisive role in creating the development of labor market and education can be overcome by breaking social and professional barriers to automation processes - which may favor the social dimension of the individual and strengthen the sense of human life fullness.