Over the last two weeks Professor Craig Brazil of the Industrial Mechanic Millwright program at Sheridan’s Skills Training Centre has been in São Paulo, Brazil as the guest of Senai, the Vocational and Apprenticeship Training arm of the Brazilian government and the Worldskills organization.
During the first week of his stay he was one of three judges in the Senai Brazilian Trials for the Industrial Mechanic Millwright competition to decide the Brazilian representative at the Worldskills competition in August. The competitors were challenged in four separate disciplines over 18 hours of competition. At the end of the three days of competition the two competitors were separated by the tiniest of margins: 0.5 of one percent. “The level of competition and the effort put out by the two competitors was a sight to behold”, said Brazil.
The second week of Brazil’s stay was taken up with more than 400 participants from around the world attending the Worldskills 2015 Competition Preparation Week (CPW). The Chief and Deputy Chief Experts, Workshop Managers, Sector Managers and Jury Presidents were present to plan and prepare the last details in their specific disciplines for this year’s competition. The CPW is the official launch of the countdown towards the 43rd Worldskills Competition to be held from the August 11 to 16 of this year at the Anhembi Park complex in São Paulo, Brazil. “This was the meeting of the minds that are putting together this year’s Worldskills competition. It was a real privilege to be in their midst; this is a very select fraternity that I am very proud to be part of,” he said.
Craig (fourth from the left, back row) with the team of Senai Officials, Experts, Competitors, Workshop Managers, Assistants & Senai School support staff that made up the Industrial Mechanic Millwright Trial Competition.
The two competitors working on two of the challenges they had over the three days:
