About team

“Skills Development Skills Agency (Worldskills Russia)” is the official representative of the international WorldSkills movement in the Russian Federation. The resolution to join the movement was signed on May 17, 2012, at the General Assembly of WorldSkills International. Russia has become the 60th member of the WorldSkills movement. WorldSkills Russia covers all 85 regions of the country. The movement's activities are aimed at developing vocational education and training systems based on the best international and domestic practices for economic growth and increasing labour productivity.

One of the strategic tasks of WorldSkills Russia is to train the WorldSkills Russia National Team. This is a team of young professionals representing Russia at international skills competitions. Every two years, one of the 85 members of the WorldSkills movement hosts a WorldSkills Competition, which alternates with a EuroSkills Competition. The competitor has the right to take part in each of them only once in their lives. The expanded National Team is formed for each competition, including the winners of the WorldSkills Russia National Competition or special qualifiers.

For 9 years of Russia's participation in the international WorldSkills movement, the WorldSkills Russia National Team has made a rapid leap in development from the last place at the WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 to fifth place in the WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, and then to first place at the EuroSkills Budapest 2018 and second place at the WorldSkills Kazan 2019.

This year, 57 young professionals from 15 Russian regions will represent our country at the EuroSkills Graz 2021: Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Altai; the Moscow, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Tomsk, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Lipetsk, Tyumen regions; Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk territories. They will demonstrate their excellence in 38 main and 10 presentation skills.

The Russian team at WorldSkills Kazan 2019 comprises 14 female and 49 male contestants aged between 18 and 25. They represent the Arkhangelsk, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kostroma, Kurgan, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Oryol, Ryazan, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Tula, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk and Yaroslavl regions, Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk Territories, the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, the Chuvash Republic, and Moscow.

Russia’s WorldSkills national team for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 will also include 17 junior competitors. They will represent Russia alongside adult participants. The junior team is comprised of participants of selection events, which took place in St.Petersburg in December 2018, and medalists of competitions that meet the WorldSkills standards.

Young professionals who will take part in the upcoming international competition are aged between 12 and 16 and come from seven Russian regions – Moscow, the republics of Tatarstan and Buryatia, the Krasnodar Territory, Tomsk, Samara and Novosibirsk regions. They will compete in 13 skills, namely "Graphic Design Technology", "Web Design and Development", "IT Network Systems Administration", "Electrical Installations", "Industrial Control", "Plumbing and Heating", "Restaurant Service", "Industrial Robotics", "Mobile Robotics", "Polymechanics and Automation", "UAV Operation", "Hairdressing", and "Painting and Decorating." 13 experts and 13 trainers have prepared them for competitions.

Apart from Russia, the UAE, Macao (China), Taiwan (China), Belarus, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Armenia, Poland, Portugal, France, Slovakia, and the Netherlands will send their junior competitors to WorldSkills Kazan 2019. Junior contestants will participate in WordSkills international competition for the second time. In 2017, Russian students represented their country for the first time at the Abu Dhabi contest. They competed in three skills: "Mobile Robotics", "Electrical Installations" and "Graphic Design Technology".

WorldSkills Competitions have been held since 1950. Russia first participated in 2013, when Germany hosted WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. This big event brought together 1,000 participants from 52 countries, who competed in 46 skills. Russia along with Chile, Estonia, Iceland, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia ranked last, or 41st.

Apart from international competitions, WorldSkills holds European contests every two years. EuroSkills 2014 became one of key stages in the Russian team’s preparations for WorldSkills International 2015. The contest hosted by France featured 41 skills. The Russian team’s final results were 6,947 points, 11th position, and one Medallion for Excellence.

WorldSkills Sao Polo 2015, the 43rd international skill competition hosted by Brazil, attracted contestants from 70 countries. Russia was represented by 32 participants from 13 regions. The country’s team came 14th in the team ranking, up 27 positions from its debut results at the WorldSkills 2013 competition in Leipzig, Germany. Our team won six Medallions for Excellence.

In December 2016, the Swedish city of Gothenburg hosted EuroSkills 2016. Nearly 500 students from 28 European countries competed in 44 skills. The Russian team comprised 43 best young professionals from 18 Russian regions. The team came 1st in the team ranking scoring a total of 15,882 points in all skills, followed by the Netherlands and Austria. The team also ranked 7th by medals and won 11 Medallions for Excellence.

1,300 young professionals from 77 WorldSkills member states competed at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, the 44th international competition. The WorldSkills Russia team comprising 58 contestants from 22 Russian regions represented our country at international competition for the third time.

Russia ranked 1st in the team rating by points, followed by Brazil and China, and 5th by medals after winning six gold, four silver, one bronze and 21 Medallions for Excellence.

In September 2018, Hungary's capital, Budapest, hosted EuroSkills Budapest 2018. Over 600 contestants and over 600 experts from 28 European countries took part in EuroSkills Budapest 2018. They competed in 41 skills. The WorldSkills Russia team comprised 48 members.

The Russian national team ranked 1st by both total medals and points scored, followed by Austria and France. The team won nine gold, eight silver and two bronze medals, and 10 Medallions of Excellence.

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