Regional stage of the All-Ukrainian competition of professional skills “WorldSkills Ukraine” in the competence “Mechatronics”

On June 17, at the initiative and support of the Department of Education and Science of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, the regional stage of the All-Ukrainian competition of professional skills «WorldSkills Ukraine» in the «Mechatronics» competency was held in a remote format at the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University. The competition was held for the first time in the Zaporizhzhia region. The competition brought together talented youth, educators, and representatives of modern industry to develop professional skills and popularize engineering professions.

The participants were welcomed by the rector of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University Viktor Greshta, the head of the State Enterprise Festo Didaktyka Yevhen Ryzhenko, as well as the members of the competition jury: Roman Savilov, mechanization and automation engineer of Kostal Ukraine LLC, Mykola Oleinikov, Project Lead Building Engineering Solutions, and Oleksandr Yushko, head of the APCS Bureau of the Private Joint-Stock Company Dniprospetsstal (electrometallurgical plant).

Among the members of the jury were two graduates of the department of electric drive and automation of industrial installations of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University – former winners of mechatronics competitions. Today, they already act as experts of the competition, confirming the high level of training of specialists and the success of the educational trajectory from a student to a professional in the field.

Evaluation of competitive works was carried out by experts: Volodymyr Osadchiy and Olena Nazarova, associate professors of the department of electric drive and automation of industrial installations of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic University; Roman Borovyk, senior lecturer of the electric drive department of Dnipro Polytechnic National Technical University.

Three teams took part in the competition:
– Oleksiy Tertyshny (E–315sp), Timofy Poleshko (E–313), Danylo Ivlev, (E–714).
– Mykyta Bondar, Ivan Gordienko, Yehor Vovk (all — E–714)
– Tymofiy Panarin, Andriy Shakhanov, Danylo Matyash (all — E-315m)

The results will be announced by the organizing committee after the completion of the regional stages of all competencies in the Zaporizhzhia region.

We wish the participants further success, new professional achievements and victories at the all-Ukrainian level!