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English: This is a flowchart to determine if an occupation should be included in the List of obsolete occupations. The flowchart is drawn in PowerPoint and saved as a Adobe Acrobat file. The flowchart is drawn in PowerPoint and saved as a Adobe Acrobat file.
For example, there are still a few lamplighters retained for ceremonial or tourist purposes, but in the main the occupation is now obsolete. Similarly, there are still some manual switchboard operators and elevator operators which are required for historic equipment or security reasons, but these are now considered to be obsolete occupations.
Historical examples of new technologies superseding old ones include bronze replacing flint in hand-tools, DVDs replacing videocassettes, and the telephone replacing the telegraph. On a smaller scale, a particular product may become obsolete when a newer version replaces it. Many products in the computer industry become obsolete in this manner.
FOBO was the new buzzword floating around Davos this year. The term represents employees' fears of being made obsolete by AI advances. Reverse mentoring and targeted upskilling can help employees ...
This is a list of obsolete technology, superseded by newer technologies. Obsolescence is defined as the "transition from available to unavailable from the manufacturer in accordance with the original specification." [1] Newer technologies can mostly be considered as disruptive innovation. Many older technologies co-exist with newer alternatives ...
For example, small, brittle plastic gears in toys are extremely prone to damage if the toy is played with roughly, which can easily destroy key functions of the toy and force the purchase of a replacement. The short life expectancy of smartphones and other handheld electronics is a result of constant usage, fragile batteries, and the ability to ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Help. This is a category of jobs that have become obsolete. Subcategories. This category has the following ...
Lamplighter Monument in Budapest, Hungary, an occupation that was replaced by job obsolescence. Job obsolescence, [1] occupational obsolescence or skills obsolescence [2] is a situation in which an occupation loses its field of work or its competitiveness is reduced compared to another more efficient one that fulfills the same function.