The Association of Mechanical Engineering and Metalworking Industries of Latvia (MASOC) in cooperation with the Zemgale Region Human Resource and Competence Development Center (ZRKAC) and Tehnobus Latvia is organizing the professional skills competition for metalworking and mechanical engineering students of Latvian vocational education institutions. Competition will take place on April 27, 2023 from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. in Jelgava, in ZRKAC premises, Svētes Street 33 and K. Barona Street 40
14 teams from main Latvian vocational education institutions in metalworking and mechanical engineering have applied for the competition, and this will be the largest competition of professional skills in metalworking and mechanical engineering in Latvia.
Each team is made from 3 students and a teacher supporting the teams. The competitions will consist of 3 parts: presentation of the team's homework, answers to questions in the professional field and creation of practical work.
The contestants are as follows:
Name of educational institution, qualification represented by the team
1. Saldus technical school - mechanical engineering technician
2. Valmiera technical school - mechanical engineering technician
3. Vocational technical school -mechanical engineering technician
4. Riga State Technical School - mechanical engineering technician
1. Latgale industrial technical school welder (MAG)
2. Riga vocational school No3 -welder (MAG)
3. Riga vocational school No3 -welder (MAG)
4. Ventspils Vocational technical school - welder (MAG)
5. Ventspils Vocational technical school -welder (MAG)
6. Aizkraukle Vocational Secondary School - welder (MAG)
1. Jelgava Secondary School of Crafts - CNC setter
2. Vocational education competence centre Riga Technical College - CNC setter
3. Vocational education competence centre Riga Technical College - CNC setter
4. Valmiera technical school - CNC setter
Competition regulations in Latvian is available: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Vo1eOoEwnhwqV7tJgjWdpfSIqMXYqNI/edit
Information about the project: https://www.masoc.lv/en/projects/project-smartgrowth
Competition contact person: Ruta Porniece, MASOC, mob. no. +37128383021, e-mail: lab4stem@masoc.lv
“Baltic VET competition for smart growth” (SmartGrowth)
Project No. 2021-1-LV01-KA220-VET-000025155