From a creative look and flight of fancy to real projects! On May 12, the regional stage of the All-Russian Student Championship on solving fuel and energy cases ended in Chita. What were the ZabGU students "puzzling over", and how did potential employers evaluate them?
During the four years of the Big Minds Championship, it has significantly expanded not only the geographical boundaries, but also the internal ones. Today, students are already undergoing an intellectual quest in five areas - geological exploration, mining and oil and gas, metallurgy, and the electric power industry. Miners and geologists are being tested in this audience. 10 days ago, they received an introductory task - nothing less than to develop a concept for the development of the Bystrinsky GOK and analyze the methodology of work at the Blagodenskoye ore deposit.
Kristina Kolesnikova, 2nd year student at the Mining Institute of ZabGU: "We are just starting to study some subjects and we don't know a lot yet, it was really difficult. We had to study everything in a short time, quickly, studied all week, did not eat, did not sleep."
Developing a solution is still half the battle. In just six minutes, each team must express their ideas in detail, conduct an economic analysis and summarize the results. You can't fool a strict jury, because for the most part it consists of mining industry professionals and, consequently, potential employers.
Peter Gabidulin, expert of the championship, representative of the Kharanorsky Section company: "The region is rich in minerals, not only coal, rare earth metals, the Bystrinsky deposit is developing, the need for personnel is great, plus existing mines. There must also be a generational change, and we need an influx of new forces, specialists with fresh ideas, to change things for the better and develop our industry."
A source: GTRK-Chita
All participants of the qualifying stage will be included in the personnel reserve of the fuel and energy complex of the region, but the winners have a chance to go even further. On May 30, the championship starts in Moscow and the Trans-Baikal Territory will be represented by three teams. And another interesting news is that future miners will now be raised from school. A specialized class is being recruited in the village of Sherlovaya Gora, theoretical training will be provided by teachers of ZabGU, and practical training will be provided by specialists from a local coal mining enterprise.