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On December 12, 2023, using the resources of the International Digital Platform for the Development of Skills and Professions in the video conference format, the following events were held: Grand presentation of Skills Passports based on the results of the International Hi-Tech Competition 2023 (International Hi-Tech Competition 2023).
The event is dedicated to discussing the results of an independent assessment of competence within the framework of the International High-Tech Competition 2023, which was held in full-time and distributed formats from November 13 to 17, 2023 in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation.
In digital slice format in Skills Passport the current degree of development of theoretical knowledge and practical skills by the participant of the championship, his ability to perform labor functions defined by the labor market, within the framework of the chosen competence, is presented.
"Our goal is to expand the interaction of educational institutions, employers and the entire interested community, creating with the help of Skills Passport added value to the specialist, the training system and the entire labor market. As a result, employers will be able to select the necessary personnel faster and more efficiently. This is especially important for the countries of the Eurasian space in order to promote the development of the single labor market, " he addressed the participants of the ceremony. Alexey SkornyakovDirector for International Activities of the Agency for the Development of Professions and Skills.
In his solemn greeting Dr. Liu Renyin, Chairman of the Working Group on Personnel Development of the BRICS Business Council, President of the BRICS Alliance for Human Resources Development, President of the BRICS Academy for Personnel Development, Technology and Innovation (Xiamen), stressed the high importance of applying the Skills Passports initiative and scaling it to the BRICS Plus countries, including for use at joint events for the development of professions skills and technologies.
Dr. Mojtaba NuruziDeputy President of the Organization for Technical and Professional Training of Iran, noted the relevance of developing skills and technologies for improving high-tech industries within the BRICS Plus framework, in this context, mechanisms for independent assessment of competencies and the application of Skills Passports play an important role. As part of your presentation, Dr. Nuruzi He presented the experience and approaches of different countries in the development of professional training and the use of independent skills assessment.
The importance of using Skills Passport as a tool for international and corporate recognition of skills was emphasized in his speech Dr. Jayakumar Venkatesan, CEO of Valles Marineris International Private Limited. Doctor Venkatesan He also noted that the Skills Passport reflects the individual level of skill proficiency in the context of performing various production tasks.
As part of your welcome speech, Hamid MamoudProfessor of the Kumasi Technical University of the Republic of Ghana, initiator of the open skills exchange laboratory "Big Question", associate professor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, noted the high contribution of competitive events and Platform services to the development of promising skills and technologies and their recognition through the use of the Skills Passport tool. He also expressed gratitude for the opportunity for representatives of the Republic of Ghana to participate in the International High-tech Championship and develop promising skills and technologies for the space industry at the "Space Systems Engineering" Competence Championship.
Dmitry Levin, an international expert of the International Championship of High-tech Professions High-tech in the competence "CAD Engineering Design", shared his experience in implementing real production cases in competitive tasks of the championships, which provides ample opportunities for developing evaluation metrics based on the real needs of the industry and, based on the results of the evaluation, forming a consolidated document that reflects both the level of productivity of a particular specialist that will improve the quality of their work in the workplace.
Such a consolidated document is the Skills Passport, which, by tracking and analyzing the results of performing labor functions and mastering skills, shows the current point of development of a specialist and offers a dynamic trajectory for his further growth. In 2023, representatives of Belarus, Brazil, Ghana, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, and Russia took part in competitive events of the High-tech Championship in full-time and distributed format in 8 high-tech competencies: Electrical installation; Welding technologies; Additive Manufacturing and reverse Engineering; CAD Engineering Design; Turning operations on CNC machines; Milling operations on CNC machines; Main communication lines. VOLP construction and operation; Space Systems Engineering.
