EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023

EuroSkills is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in Europe. This year, 2023, the competitions were held in Gdansk, Poland.

In skill 16  Electronics Prototyping I was the Chief Expert and guardian of Finnish competitor Paulus Kivelä.

On the preparation day, the competitors familiarized themselves with tools, measuring devices and the computer as well as the software they use. They also had the opportunity to do a couple of soldering exercises.

    

In skill Electronics, the competition tasks were secret. The competition tasks were prepared in China and Japan.

Each task started with a review of the competition documents. The authors of the task presented the competition tasks via remote connection and answered the questions asked by the competitors.

On the first day of the competition, the tasks were electronic circuit design and Printed Circuit Board Design (PCB design).

On the second day of the competition, the competition continues with the programming tasks. On the third day, the task was soldering the components of the electronic device, and in the afternoon, troubleshooting.

In electronics, there were competitors from eight countries: Poland, Finland, Iceland, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, UK, Austria and Spain.

For us, the competitions went well. Palus got a silver medal. I will continue to the next competitions as the Chief Expert.