South Africa aims to add 5 new skills every time we compete.

The next competition will be held in Abu Dhabi in 2017 and aims to:

• Promote exchange between young professionals from various regions of the world;

• Exchange skills, experience and technological innovations;

• Raise the understanding in governments, education and industry to the importance of skills training; and

• Raise the awareness of youth and those who influence the youth to opportunities available in skilled professions.

 

• Training,qualifying and competing in the WorldSkills Competition equals 4-5 years of professional training.

• Builds character, confidence, commitment, and self-esteem.

• Helps align and increase the quality of the required standards in vocational and education training systems.

• Helps benchmark the educational training system against industry, public demand, and across borders.

• The challenge of a competition brings fun and exciting elements into teaching and training.

• Provides the validation that mastery of a skill requires practical learning and training over time.

• Raise quality, promote professional development,and drive improvements in vocational training.

• WorldSkills offers the infrastructure and competition experience to engage with a number of target groups, from students in grade school and secondary school to youth, governments, and educators.

• No. of skills represented: more than 45

• No. of Member countries/regions: more than 72 (representing more than 70% of the world’s population)

• 32 new Member countries/regions since 2005

• Since the 2003 WorldSkills Competition we have had:

• A combined 992,000 people visit the Competitions

• A combined 4,931 Competitors at the global level