CNC: World Skills competition for CNC milling and turning
Did you know that there is a World skills competition held every year, in a different country ? The idea is to motivate youth to compete, to make them enthusiastic about vocational training and to compare skills and abilities of people from different countries.
I only had a sketchy idea of this till I was made a member of the jury for the competition (held last week) to select the finalists who will represent India CNC turning and CNC milling. In the competition, in a limited time, the machinist must program the part, select tools, mount and get offsets, and produce a part to dimensions specified in the drawing.
The World Skills organization has 72 member countries. Competitions are for a variety of skills (totalling 45) in manufacturing, construction, transportation, hospitality and IT. The max. age limit of the participant is 22.
If you think your firm has someone who is great at a skill, maybe you can think of sending the person to the competition – gives the participant a great opportunity to travel and showcase his/her skill, and you can promote pride in skills among your employees. Maybe you can also think of sponsoring expenditure or equipment (machines, measuring equipment, cutting tools, etc.) and get branding, like DMG in the pictures above. For participating in any way, contact NSDC- National Skills Development Corporation.
