South Africa
Interview with Team South Africa
How do you prepare for the WorldSkills Competition, are there any special training methods? Technically we prepare competitors by assigning a mentor and coach to them and give them as many opportunities for practicing as possible. Some of them are exposed to other skills competitions within their organizing framework. We do...
Australia
Interview with Team Australia
How do you prepare for the WorldSkills Competition, are there any special training methods? From our perspective, WorldSkills is all about ‘work skills’. So, in effect, all Skillaroos are training while they working. This is complemented with what we term ‘match practice’ – training in a...
Germany
Interview with Team Germany
How do you prepare for the WorldSkills Competition, are there any special training methods? We do have 2 preparation weekends with our competitors and experts to build the team prior to the actual competition. These preparation meetings cover all sorts of different aspects. Basic logistical information as well as special...
F. Havlat
Interview with Franz Havlat (Workshop Supervisor)
Why do you participate at the WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 as a ‘Workshop Supervisor’? I was fascinated by the WorldSkills Competition in London, it was bigger and more exciting as I expected. So it was really easy for me deciding to be part of WorldSkills Leipzig 2013! What is your job as a Workshop Supervisor? I...
