Samsung Electronics Trains Future International Tech Talent, Holds First-Ever WorldSkills Training Program in Korea

Summary:

• Samsung’s first WorldSkills Training Program ended, providing technical training to 21 competitors from six countries.

Samsung Electronics Trains Future International Tech Talent,

Holds First-Ever WorldSkills Training Program in Korea

Samsung employees and former WorldSkills champions provide comprehensive technical training to

WorldSkills Competition 2015 participants from across the world

Samsung Electronics recently concluded its inaugural WorldSkills Training Program (WSTP), providing technical training to 21 participants from six countries: Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa and Russia. WSTP, which lasted two weeks, was intended to assist in the development and training of competitors in the 43^rd WorldSkills Competition 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Samsung’s WSTP is the first-ever training program related to the WorldSkills Competition, which Korea has won on 18 of 20 occasions since 1977.

“At Samsung, we were highly impressed by the participants’ motivation and potential,” Ji Oh Song, Secretary General of Samsung Skills at Samsung Electronics. “While we look forward to seeing them in action in Sao Paulo in 2015, our ultimate hope is that they maximize their potential to become role models and contributors in their respective countries and communities. This is why we started the WorldSkills Training Program, and will continue to undertake such programs.”

Samsung, which has trained 10 former WorldSkills medalists since 2007, offered three courses – IT Software Solutions for Business, IT Network Systems Administration and Web Design – that focused on enhancing the participants’ overall skill sets. Taught by Samsung employees, former WorldSkills champions and outside experts, each course delved into technical training as well as the latest global trends in each subject area. The former champions also shared their personal experiences from previous WorldSkills Competitions. The participants also attended the 49^th National Skills Competition, a national-level Korean equivalent of the WorldSkills Competition.

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The participants were also given a tour of various Samsung facilities, including the Samsung Electronics Skills Training Center in the Suwon Digital City, Samsung’s global headquarters; the Samsung Innovation Museum, or S/I/M, where they were given a detailed overview of the global technology industry’s historical developments; and Samsung d’light, where they were able to experience first-hand Samsung’s latest technological innovations.

“Samsung’s training program was a highly valuable experience for all of us,” said Alexander Gorbachev, a participant from Russia. “Whether it’s about building complex solutions across several operating systems or troubleshooting in a complex networking environment, we learned a lot. It was also great to see and experience a number of things outside the classroom to better understand how Korea has done so well in WorldSkills Competitions.”

Samsung has been a sponsor of both the WorldSkills Competition and Korea’s National Skills Competition since 2007. In addition, Samsung has also held the Samsung Skills Competition, a company-wide skills contest, since 2008 to further foster its engineers’ expertise.

Following the conclusion of WSTP, Samsung received requests from several countries to conduct similar training programs. WSTP was organized and funded by Samsung, and was held in conjunction with WorldSkills Korea.