Uralvagonzavod Corporation sends 8 employees to compete in WordSkills in Yekaterinburg
5 November 2014 (09:33)
November 5, 2014. Eight highly skilled workers of Uralvagonzavod Corporation embarked on WorldSkills, the national blue-collar jobs contest in the hi tech industries sector that is currently in progress in Yekaterinburg.
‘Workers from Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s five member enterprises are going to display their professional skills there. These member enterprises are Nizhniy Tagil-based Uralvagonzavod, Uralcryomash, and Ural Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau and Yekaterinburg-based Uraltransmash and Plant 9. A student from Nizhniy Tagil Vocational School for Metal Processing & Maintenance (a part of Uralvagonzavod Corporate University) was also selected to be on the team; his entrance fee was paid for by the corporation,’ the company’s press service says.
Contestants will compete in 11 categories relating to various blue-collar jobs. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s team members will join contests for four of the skill categories: operation of numerically controlled mills as well as that of NC lathes, CAD graphics, and welding. The contest participants will have to cope with identical tasks within each skill tested, which tasks will get evaluated by 114 respected Russian and international experts. Experienced workers from the competing enterprises will be among those on the panel of judges.
The teams are formed by the enterprises from the key sectors of Russian economy. This year, 158 employees from 85 companies based in 29 different Russian federal constituencies will be competing for the first prize. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s team will have to be rivals with teams from Russia’s Helicopters, Roselectronica, and many other businesses.
As WorldSkills Russia’s general sponsor, Uralvagonzavod Corporation is going to present the eleven prize-winners with Ultrabooks. The ultra-portable laptop/ten-inch tablet computer in one are bound to be useful both at and outside work.
‘Workers from Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s five member enterprises are going to display their professional skills there. These member enterprises are Nizhniy Tagil-based Uralvagonzavod, Uralcryomash, and Ural Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau and Yekaterinburg-based Uraltransmash and Plant 9. A student from Nizhniy Tagil Vocational School for Metal Processing & Maintenance (a part of Uralvagonzavod Corporate University) was also selected to be on the team; his entrance fee was paid for by the corporation,’ the company’s press service says.
Contestants will compete in 11 categories relating to various blue-collar jobs. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s team members will join contests for four of the skill categories: operation of numerically controlled mills as well as that of NC lathes, CAD graphics, and welding. The contest participants will have to cope with identical tasks within each skill tested, which tasks will get evaluated by 114 respected Russian and international experts. Experienced workers from the competing enterprises will be among those on the panel of judges.
The teams are formed by the enterprises from the key sectors of Russian economy. This year, 158 employees from 85 companies based in 29 different Russian federal constituencies will be competing for the first prize. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s team will have to be rivals with teams from Russia’s Helicopters, Roselectronica, and many other businesses.
As WorldSkills Russia’s general sponsor, Uralvagonzavod Corporation is going to present the eleven prize-winners with Ultrabooks. The ultra-portable laptop/ten-inch tablet computer in one are bound to be useful both at and outside work.
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