Human Capital and its Demand in the Mining Industry

Abstract

The article highlights the problem of the importance of human capital for mining enterprises. The author substantiates the increase of the importance of the health capital of an individual as a determining component of human capital. The results of professional studies in the field of mining are presented, which allow us to ascertain the high demand for such important professional qualities as neuropsychic stability, physical and mental health. The article provides a definition of the health capital, its direct relationship with the quality of vocational training and the level of formation of professionally important qualities of future specialists in the mining industry. The author analyzes the problems of improving the quality of vocational training and increasing the health capital in the context of educational and extracurricular activities related to physical training and the education of professionally important psychophysiological qualities. The results of the study confirm the need for physical culture and health and sports activities for increasing the capital of health and managing the psychoemotional state with the purpose of qualitative preparation for the performance of professional activities in conditions of increased extremity.