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EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
• Have no regrets! You only have one chance to participate.
• Think globally. Continuous training is mandatory. The WorldSkills competition is an excellent way to show the world your capabilities.
• Do what you love so that you can do your best.
• WorldSkills educates young people to be an international, socially competent, skilled and experienced competitor.
• The competitor has the ability to grow their career possibilities to an infinite degree, provided he / she demonstrates an attitude hungry for growth and seize every opportunity to harness knowledge.
• Learning is a lifelong task and the training the competitor receives is more important than the medal they achieve.
• WorldSkills is a professional family with experiences from the past and with plans for the future, with much appreciation for all the different kinds of people who represent WorldSkills.
• WorldSkills is an opportunity for the competitor to showcase the real world, their skills and competencies, and to be recognised for it.
• Being involved with WorldSkills is an extremely rewarding experience. One becomes part of a worldwide community of people that have a passion for what they do.
• Open your eyes, live your dream, but stay true to yourself.
• Follow the journey and see where it can take you.
• Follow your dreams— they are the road to your success.
• My advice to young people starting out with their career is to do what you love and learn as much as you can. Always accept failure as an essential part of the learning process. Getting back up and doing better just about always makes you better!
The world depends on you! Make us proud.
NEXT COMPETITION
The next WorldSkills competition takes place in Kazan, Russia, in 2019 and we encourage industry to get involved to assist with the sponsorship of equipment. The search is on for our industry’ s competitor as well. So, if you have anyone in mind( who meets all the criteria), let us know! Contact: msc @ mweb. co. za CLA
Ilana Koegelenberg
Bob Vuletic( left) with Marko Combrinck at the official 2015 WSSA send-off event.
* ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bob Vuletic of Energy Partners |
2007 Shizuoka, Japan
WSI
Multistage Cooling is South Africa’ s national technical expert for Skill 38: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.
He has represented South Africa in the international competitions on the following occasions:
2009
Calgary, Canada
2011
London, United Kingdom
2013
Leipzig, Germany
2015
São Paulo, Brazil
2017
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Ilana Koegelenberg MSC
Bob Vuletic( left) with Marko Combrinck at the 2015 WSI in São Paulo, Brazil.
The South African team during opening night at the 2015 WorldSkills competition.
Tyrone Bunce’ s completed project for the national skills competition in 2017.

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