Competitions of the League of Working specialties "CASE-IN" were held in the Republic of Buryatia

The competition was attended by 9 teams of colleges and technical schools of the Republic of Buryatia, leading training in the mining industry, including the Baikal College of Subsoil Use, Gusinoozersky Energy College; Polytechnic College, Ulan-Ude College of Railway Transport (a branch of Irkutsk State University of Communications). In order to qualify to represent their educational institution in the League of Working Specialties, the participants passed a preliminary selection, which confirmed the high level of their theoretical and practical training.

"You are the future of the mining industry. The industry is developing, and it needs new personnel! We are glad that the geography of the competition is expanding, and new colleges are joining us. Today, our experts will determine the strongest teams, but all of you here are already winners!" Opening the event, the Assistant to the General Director of JSC Tugnuysky Section noted Roman Konstantinov.

During the competition, future mining industry workers solved practical technical tasks in two areas: "Technical operation of electrical and electromechanical equipment" and "Open-pit mining". The practical part of the competition continued: the participants demonstrated their professional skills by performing practical tasks on an excavator-type simulator.

"Our task was to describe the technological passport of a certain excavator. In the future, we want to work in a modern company where there are many young professionals who are ready to work in shifts."- the participants of the competition from the Baikal College of Subsoil Use say.

The knowledge and skills of the participants were evaluated by an expert commission composed of specialists from SUEK JSC.

"There are a lot of well-read guys, I especially liked the senior course, it is clear that these are already well-trained specialists", − noted the experts – representatives of the Tugnuysky section.

In the field of "Technical operation of electrical and electromechanical equipment", the first place was taken by the team of the Baikal College of Subsoil Use "Current Power": Roman Bachurin (team captain), Alexander Sandakov, Vladislav Grimm and Konstantin Panteleev.

In second place is the Positive Charge team representing Ulan-Ude College of Railway Transport: team captain Rodion Sidorychev, Liya Doktorova, Semyon Bannov. 

The third place went to the students of the Polytechnic College, the Om-mega team: Denis Ananin (team captain), Alexey Unterov, Vadim Glukhovtsev and Semyon Ivanov.

In the field of "Open-pit mining", the entire podium was occupied by the teams of the Baikal College of Subsoil Use.

The first place was taken by the Perspektiva team: team captain Stanislav Astrakhantsev, Konstantin Zhilikov, Vladimir Smyshlyaev and Evgenia Buzina. 

The Almaz team is in second place: Gerelma Balchinova (team captain), Olga Sambueva, Alexandra Zimireva, Bator Tsybdenov. 

The third place belongs to the Reliable Shift team. Team members: Badma Sanzhiev, Dolgin Rabdanov, Ekaterina Alekseeva, Larisa Baranova.

The best participants were rewarded with a worthy reward: they received offers to complete an internship or get a job at JSC Tugnuysky Mine. 

International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" — this is an international competition system for solving engineering cases among schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fields of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes.

Goal Leagues of working specialties "CASE-IN" – identification and support of the most promising students of professional educational organizations, attracting them to further employment in mining companies, as well as assistance in obtaining practical knowledge, experience and new competencies, popularization of engineering and technical education and attracting young specialists to the fuel and energy and mineral resources sector.

The organizers of the League of Working specialties "CASE-IN" in the Republic of Buryatia are JSC SUEK, Reliable Change Foundation, NP "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Buryatia.

The co-organizers in the Republic of Buryatia are JSC Tugnuysky Mine (part of SUEK) and the Baikal College of Subsoil Use.

Source: Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Buryatia