Every two years, young people from more than 60 professions compete in the international World Skills Competition (also known as the Olympiad of Professions). For four days, these professionals under the age of 23 have to show off their skills to win the gold medal in their trade.
For the 46th edition, in France, the regional selections will take place from February to March 2020. And it is in Lyon in the Rhône that the National Finals will be held, from 8 to 10 October 2020, which will designate the team that will defend France's colours at the World Skills Competition. This grand final will take place in Shanghai in China from 22 to 27 September 2021.
A few weeks before the first events, the organizers of World Skills France are delighted with the number of registrations "exceptionally strong" . More than 7,500 young people have already registered to participate in this 46th edition, compared to an average of 6,000 registered in previous editions. And registration is now open.
Communication and digital trades up 16% in registrations
And with a total of 459 registrations, the communication and digital professions recorded a 16% increase in registrations compared to the previous edition.
Candidates from the communication and digital professions are divided into eight categories. The Graphic Arts and Pre-press category attracted the most applicants with 30% of the total number of applicants. This Graphic Arts and Pre-press category includes many professions, such as graphic designer, pre-press operator, typographer, photo retoucher, photo-engraver, illustrator, art director, packaging designer, etc...
This is followed by Computer Systems and Network Administration (24%). Then comes Very High Speed Network Cabling (10.8%), Web Development (10.6%) and the new businesses competing this year, namely Cybersecurity (9%) and Enterprise Software Solutions (7%). Candidates in the printing professions represent 6.7% of the registered candidates.
And 3D digital game art, a new discipline in the competition, accounts for 0.6% of the candidates.
