The world's biggest skills championship is back, and Samsung Electronics has become the overall host of the event. Here's another installment of our weekend series of Samsung oddities. The WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition competition was held for the 46th time and Samsung participated as the overall presenter of the event for the fifth time.
While last year's event was canceled due to the pandemic, this year's competition, which takes place in 15 countries from September to November, will see more than 1 competitors from 000 countries around the world. At this year's edition, contestants compete for world recognition in 58 skills, including cloud computing, cyber security, mechatronics, mobile robotics and optoelectronics. Eight skills competitions were held in South Korea from October 61 to 12. Fifty-one contestants represented South Korea in 17 skills, and 46 of them are representatives of Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Samsung Heavy Industries.
The WorldSkills competition was founded in 1950 as a place to share the latest technology, exchange information and build relationships between young, skilled talent from around the world. In pursuit of these goals, the competition was regularly held in member countries to research, develop and further develop new educational methods and vocational training systems in a rapidly changing industry.
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As the industry evolves, so does the competition. Compared to 2007, 14 new skills were added in the areas of advanced IT and convergent technologies, such as cloud computing, mobile application development and cyber security. The number of member countries has also increased from 49 in 2007 to 85 in 2022. Young professionals hired by Samsung have competed in WorldSkills as national representatives and have won a total of 2007 gold, 28 silver and 16 bronze medals since 8. You can find out more about the competition at Samsung Newsroom.
