why has sichuan won international awards for welding projects for many consecutive years?
2024-09-19
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cover news reporter zhao yi
on the morning of september 19, hu zehong, a sichuan competitor and employee of china 19th metallurgical construction group, who participated in the welding event of the 47th world skills competition, returned to chengdu. he had just finished the 47th world skills competition held in lyon, france, and won the silver medal in the welding event of the competition.
hu zehong won the award
in fact, welding has always been a strong project in sichuan. since participating in the 41st world skills competition in 2011, sichuan athletes have won 4 golds, 4 silvers and 3 excellences. among them, welding projects accounted for a prominent proportion of 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 excellence.
"this is the result of the combined efforts of players, coaches, training mechanisms and policies." head coach zhou shuchun told the cover news reporter that relying on the outstanding advantages of welding projects, sichuan has repeatedly achieved good results and demonstrated the outstanding style of sichuan's skilled talents on the international stage.
the coaching team is strong
cultivating three consecutive gold medalists
the worldskills competition is the world's highest-level, largest-scale, and highest-level international vocational skills competition. it is held every two years and is known as the "worldskills olympics." cover news reporters learned that since participating in the 41st worldskills competition in 2011, sichuan athletes have won 4 golds, 4 silvers, and 3 honors. among them, the welding project achieved outstanding results of 3 golds, 1 silver, and 1 honor.
looking back at past competitions, sichuan has indeed achieved remarkable results in welding projects. at the 43rd worldskills competition, zeng zhengchao won the gold medal in welding, breaking china's "zero" gold medal record at the worldskills competition; at the 44th worldskills competition, ning xianhai won the gold medal in welding, breaking the world record for welding scores; at the 45th worldskills competition, zhao pubo won the gold medal in welding, achieving china's "three consecutive championships" in welding projects at the worldskills competition; in the just-concluded worldskills competition, contestant hu zehong won a silver medal in welding on behalf of sichuan.
behind every good player, there must be a strong coaching team supporting them.
hu zehong and the coaching team (photo by su he)
the coaching team for this competition is very "hardcore". zhou shuchun, the head coach of the national welding team, is the leader of the national skill master studio and has won the china skill award, which is known as the "worker academician". he is also the coach of the champions of the welding projects of the 43rd, 44th and 45th world skills competition. assistant coach zhao wei is a sichuan craftsman, a national technical expert, and the leader of the sichuan provincial master studio. at the same time, zhao pubo, the champion of the 45th world skills competition, was also arranged to assist in the training.
"the contestants performed very stably in this competition and withstood the high pressure of world-class competition." zhou shuchun introduced that this competition consists of four modules: assemblies, pressure vessels, aluminum alloy structural parts and stainless steel structural parts. the contestants need to complete them within 18 hours in three days, which is a double test of their technical and psychological qualities.
he added that since april this year, the players and coaching team have gone to beijing for a full-scale training, and have not been home for nearly half a year. "this is not long. the longest i have stayed in beijing before was 11 months."
after more than ten years of training skilled personnel to participate in the competition, zhou shuchun deeply felt that the difficulty of world-class competitions has increased, and the requirements for contestants have gradually increased. "since the 44th session, the scoring of the competition has changed significantly, and the 45th session has added unexpected questions, and the relevant questions are not announced in advance." however, he believes that this has not affected the overall performance of sichuan contestants, and they still defended the excellent results of the welding project.
“echelon-style” training of skilled personnel
ensure training duration and level stability
"after the national day holiday this year, i will start training the next batch of contestants, hoping to win the gold medal back." zhou shuchun said that the next world skills competition will be held in shanghai and the contestants have already started training.
to move from school to the world, the competition among contestants is very fierce. zhou shuchun told the cover news reporter that they must first be selected in school, and then participate in the city, provincial and national competitions, and then be screened layer by layer. "the contestants who win the national championship will represent the country in the world skills competition." generally speaking, it takes five to six years to train a world-class welding contestant.
in addition, another "cruel" thing is that the players participating in the world competition must be under 22 years old, and each player can only participate once. this also means that the selection of players must be the best of the best, and a scientific training mechanism is crucial.
"we adopt the 'echelon' training." zhou shuchun introduced that the team will divide the players into different echelons. when training the current batch of players, they are also training the next batch of players at the same time. after the current batch is over, the next batch of "seed" players will be trained as the first batch of players. this will increase the training time and proficiency of the players and ensure the stability of the team's competition level.
support from multiple parties gives the competition confidence
sichuan attaches great importance to the construction of skilled talents
just like nurturing scientific research results, sending welding "seed" players to the world stage requires strong support from funds and policies.
"welding is a very expensive job." zhou shuchun revealed that the price of welding test pieces used in daily training is 4,000 to 5,000 yuan per set. if two sets are used per week, it will cost about 40,000 yuan per month, not to mention some scattered training, so the amount of funds required is very large.
in this regard, zhou shuchun said that sichuan’s excellent performance in the welding project competition was inseparable from the special funds from the sichuan provincial department of human resources and social security, and the support from enterprises and schools, which made the team more "confident" during training.
moreover, in recent years, sichuan province has attached great importance to the construction of skilled talent teams, and has focused on creating the "sichuan" professional skill evaluation brand and the "sichuan skill competition" competition brand. the scale of skilled talents in the province continues to grow, and the structure continues to be optimized. by the end of 2023, the total number of skilled talents will reach 10.98 million, including 2.39 million high-skilled talents.
"vigorously cultivating high-skilled leading talents is listed as the first point of sichuan's vocational capacity building this year." a relevant person in charge of the sichuan provincial department of human resources and social security said that the province will implement a high-skilled leading talent cultivation plan and a high-skilled talent doubling action, focusing on major national and sichuan provincial strategies, major projects, key projects, and key industries, focusing on cultivating leading talents in modern agriculture, advanced manufacturing, modern service industries, etc. build a service platform for r&d improvement and skill inheritance, hold training and exchange activities for high-skilled talents, and promote the cultivation of leading talents and the role they play.
