Rosatom specialists are winners of the VNOT Cup and the Design Initiative competition.

On September 29, within the framework of the VIII All-Russian Occupational Safety Week A Youth Day was held in the Sirius Science and Art Park in Sochi, co-organized by the Reliable Shift Foundation. The event traditionally brought together young workers, students and schoolchildren and became an authoritative platform for the exchange of experience between representatives of government authorities, industry companies and educational institutions on career building, formation of best practices, solving key tasks of career guidance, employment and retraining of personnel in the field of occupational safety and industrial safety, taking into account new challenges.

Young professionals of the Rosatom State Corporation took an active part in the "New Competencies Track" aimed at professional development, professional skills development and potential assessment of employees of Russian companies. As part of the industry teams, the guys worked on solving engineering problems on the Rosatom agenda at the VNOT Cup of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" and presented their achievements at the youth project initiatives competition "Youth and Labor Protection".

Rosatom's "Creators of Change" team with a project to develop a labor protection system and create a safe working environment at the Ruppur NPP nuclear power plant in Bangladesh became the winner of the VNOT Cup. The Cultural Atom team, which worked on the formation of an effective occupational safety management system at the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt, also appeared on the podium, winning third place.

"Participation in such events perfectly develops both technical (matchmaking, information search and structuring skills) and "soft" skills (self–presentation, teamwork, etc.). The main components of success in the championship are: a correctly set goal - to win; allocated resources (time); well-established communication on the ground (in my case – with colleagues from the Ruppura branch) and, of course, teamwork. We thank our colleagues for their faith in us and the opportunity to participate in this large-scale project.", Dmitry Burkov, captain of the Creators of Change team, Chief Expert of the Department of Labor Protection and Personnel Protection of Rosenergoatom Concern JSC, shared his impressions.

In the Youth and Labor Protection Competition, Rosatom teams competed with representatives of other companies in two areas: "Social projects" and "Technological Project".
7 initiatives were presented within the framework of the "Social Projects" direction. Rosatom's Atomic Youth team won silver with the project "BUT Safely", which is already being implemented by FSUE PSZ in Trekhgorny. The students shared their experience in teaching a culture of safe behavior (CBP) to employees of the enterprise, their family members and residents of the city. The bronze medal was won by the Security Factory team with the project of the same name by FSUE PO Mayak in Ozersk. The initiative is aimed at practical development of safe conduct skills, creation and replication of safety factories for nuclear industry enterprises.

"The competition allows young employees to feel like they are part of a large team. This is an exchange of experience between enterprises of different industries, a chance to prove themselves in different fields of activity. It provides an opportunity to become more sociable, to make new lasting and useful acquaintances. Excellent organization and attentiveness on the part of the organizers!", – Natalia Chevokina, captain of the Atomic Youth team, an occupational safety specialist at FSUE PSZ, told.

11 initiatives were presented in the direction of the "Technology Project". Rosatom's Energetic People team with the Risk Hunting project became the bronze medalist of the competition. The young people shared their experience in creating a digital platform for involving employees in risk assessment, and described how this helps reduce industrial and household injuries.

Rosatom experts also took an active part in the evaluation of the competition entries. Ivan Polishchuk, Director of the Center for the Development of Safety Culture at the Rosatom Corporate Academy, joined the evaluation committee of the VTB Cup of the CASE-IN Championship. The direction of "Technological projects" of the youth project initiatives competition was evaluated by Alexey Prudnikov, Project manager of the Center for the Development of Safety Culture at the Corporate Academy, and Ekaterina Konstantinova, project manager of the Center for the Development of Safety Culture, joined the jury of the competition in the direction of "Social Projects".

"This year, Rosatom's activists and especially young people are solving the tasks of preventing occupational injuries: more than 70 projects in this area are being implemented. Some of them have already been implemented at the enterprises of the State Corporation, and now we face the task of replicating them in the industry. We will present them to the top officials of Rosatom at the Industry Safety Day and the Gathering of Security Leaders. But besides that, we considered it important to share our initiatives with the participants of the VNOT Youth Day so that they could be implemented outside the State Corporation. We are very pleased that all the projects have received expert recognition.", – shared by Ivan Polishchuk. 

During the Youth Day, a job fair, design laboratories, workshops, business games and other activities were also organized for the participants.

For reference: The Government of the Russian Federation and large Russian companies pay great attention to systematic work to unlock the potential of students and young employees. Young professionals gain new useful skills, which helps them in their further career growth. Rosatom is actively involved in this activity.

Rosatom State Corporation is the titular partner of the VIII All–Russian Occupational Safety Week, the country's main event in the field of occupational safety and industrial safety, held in Sochi. At the event, representatives of government and business discussed issues of digitalization of labor protection, improvement of labor legislation, development of a safety culture at domestic enterprises and prevention of occupational injuries.

A source: Rosatom