Tatar volunteers to participate at Euroskills Gothenburg 2016

Volunteers from the Republic of Tatarstan will participate in EuroSkills 2016 in Gothenburg.

Volunteers from Tatarstan will be in Sweden from 27 November to 5 December, 2016. They will assist managers at the Architectural Stonework, Welding Technologies, Mobile Robotics, Tiling, Landscape Design, Cosmetology, and Hairdressing sites.

Activists from the Kazan Volunteers movement received the right to join the volunteer delegation. The selection criteria included volunteer experience, such as at world-class events and WorldSkills activities held in Kazan in 2014-2016, English language proficiency, and vocational education in a profession.

Internship participants were designated by the competition organisers according to various competitive competences, including Floristry, Hairdressing, Stonemasonry, Mobile robotics, CAD, Landscape design, Welding technologies, and Repair and maintenance of cars, as well as by position of assistants to work with databases and services on site.

The task of volunteers participating in the internship is to acquaint themselves with their competences, organisation of activities on site, features of the competitions, and tasks that volunteers perform. This is a huge exchange of experience and best practices of conducting events of this level. All this knowledge will help organisers of the competition in Kazan and become the intellectual legacy of the internship.

The EuroSkills competition is Europe's biggest skills competition and aims to improve the quality, status and attraction of vocational training. The aim of the competition is to increase knowledge and awareness about available career development paths, stimulate interest and improve the status of vocational training. The competition is held every two years with the participation of competitors from EuroSkills member countries.

This year, the EuroSkills competition will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1 to 3 December, 2016. The competition will bring together 500 young professionals under the age of 25 from 27 European countries. The EuroSkills competition will take place in 38 competencies divided into the following blocks:

Transport and Logistics

Manufacturing and Engineering Technology

Construction and Building Technology

Art and Fashion

Information and Communication Technology

Social and Personal Services

The EuroSkills competition is a platform for collaboration to discuss vocational education for young people, and create new jobs in accordance with the needs of the future market.