Kildare student to represent Ireland at the Skills Olympics next month
45th World Skills Competition will take place in Kazan, Russia
Kildare student, Megan Yeates will represent Ireland at the 45th WorldSkills Competition, the skills Olympics, in Kazan, Russia in August 2019.
Megan will take part in the Freight Forwarding competition. The Irish young people, all under 25 years, have proven expertise in their chosen field having competed against their peers to secure their places at the Competition.
Megan and her fellow team members were selected from the winners of the National Skills Competition Finals which were held in March 2019.
They will showcase their skills and talents in the areas of Aircraft Maintenance, Beauty Therapy, Cabinetmaking, Cookery, Construction Metal Work, Electrical Installations, Joinery, Plumbing and Heating, Restaurant Service, Welding, Freight Forwarding, Visual Merchandising, Cloud Computing, Brick-Laying, Industrial Millwright Mechanic and Building Information Modelling.
Competitors, who come from Donegal, Waterford, Cavan, Kerry, Wexford, Offaly, Kildare, Galway, Longford, Dublin, Limerick, Roscommon, Kilkenny and Cork have been in training for the past ten weeks under the direction of their coaches.
Pictured above: Young people from all over Ireland will travel to Kazan in Russia next month
The WorldSkills Competition, which is held every two years, is the world’s largest professional education event. Approximately 1,600 competitors from 60 countries will compete in 56 different skills and disciplines in Russia.
All competitors will demonstrate technical abilities both individually and collectively to execute specific tasks for which they study and/or perform in their workplace.