The competitions
Mechatronics, Industry 4.0 and Water Technology in Stuttgart, Germany
WorldSkills Germany, in close cooperation with WorldSkills International, is hosting 9 out of the 61 competitions in Germany. Three of them will take place in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. Festo is the official sponsor of the disciplines 04 Mechatronics, 48 Industry 4.0 and 55 Water Technology. These competitions will be held at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre at the same time as the 40th MOTEK, the international trade fair for automation in production and assembly, and VISION, the world's leading trade fair for machine vision, which will take place from 4 to 7 October 2022.
New: Renewable energy in Kyoto, Japan
A first for the 2022 competition is the new discipline that will support the energy transformation: 62 Renewable Energy. Festo provides the official competition equipment for the topic of wind energy. This will be the first time that the Nacelle Wind Turbine Learning System will feature at WorldSkills. The system will give future wind turbine technicians the opportunity to prepare for real operating, troubleshooting and maintenance situations. This competition will be held at the Miyako Fair in Kyoto, Japan, from 15 to 18 October 2022.
Industrial Mechanics in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Festo also supplies components for the official competition equipment in the discipline 01 Industrial Mechanics of the world vocational championships. These consist of pneumatic and hydraulic components and the FluidSIM simulation software. In previous competitions, the learning system Mechanical Drives was also used. The 01 Industrial Mechanics competition will be held from 18 to 20 October 2022 in Brampton, Ontario, CA, hosted by WorldSkills Canada.
System electrics in Salzburg, Austria
For the discipline 19 System Electrics, Festo is also providing components for the official competition equipment. The young competitors use the simulation software FluidSIM to visualise and test the functionality of plants virtually. The competition in 19 System electrics will take place from 24 to 26 November 2022 at the Messezentrum Salzburg in Austria and is hosted by WorldSkills Austria.
Preparation with Festo LX
Festo LX is our online portal for teachers and students to get started and create an individual learning experience. With a choice of numerous online courses, assignments, e-books and other learning materials for various technical topics, participants and trainers have everything they need to optimally prepare for the competitions. For example, in Festo LX they can find the actual competition tasks of EuroSkills Graz 2021. These are great exercises for the discipline 04 Mechatronics.
Education for a better world
Festo Didactic is a member of the UNESCO Global Education Coalition by virtue of their conviction. That is also why we pursue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. We strongly believe that technical vocational education has a direct impact on the professional careers of young people and on general prosperity, and boosts industry too. It helps to actively counter the current shortage of skilled workers.