On February 26-27, a regional championship of professional skills WorldSkills Russia-2015 in "Jewelry" was held at Yakutsk Industrial College.

Ayisen Atlasov, a 4-year student of the Department of Processing Technologies of Precious Stones and Metals of NEFU Institute of Physics and Technologies, took the second place in the championship. "This is the first time I participate in such contest, this experience was very useful. We have completed the task - made the badge of three elements to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory", Ayisen Atlasov said.

Students of educational institutions of Yakutia, studying «Jewelry», participated in the championship. The students have been producing a piece of jewelry for a given sketch for two days. The expert commission assessed works of the participants, which included managers and specialists of jewelry enterprises "EPL Diamond", "Zoloto Yakutii" and the Yakut Diamond Company.

According to the website of the Ministry of Professional Development and Staff Deployment of Yakutia, the championship took place in ten areas: hairdressing, repair and car service, welding technology, jewelry, network and system administration, cook, confectionery, web design, restaurant service and nursing care. Qualifying competitions will be held until 6 March, the winners will represent the republic in the semifinals of the National Championship World Skills Russia-2015 of the Far Eastern Federal District, which will be held this April in Yakutsk.

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WorldSkills is an international non-profit movement, aimed to increase the prestige of nonprofessional occupation and development of vocational education through the harmonization of best practices and professional standards worldwide by organizing and conducting competitions of professional skills, as in each individual country and around the world as a whole. The founders of WorldSkills Russia-2015 are the Ministry of Education and Science, Strategic Initiatives Agency and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation.