172 skilled craftsmen compete against each other in Shandong Province’s first foundry industry vocational skills competition opened in Pingyin

  Qilu Net·Lightning News September 28 On the morning of September 28th, Shandong Province’s First Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition and the 7th National Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition Shandong Division Trials opened in Pingyin. 172 skilled craftsmen from 19 companies in 7 cities and cities across the province will spend two days Time to show their skills at the match points of 8 companies in Pingyin, and compete for tickets to the 7th National Casting Industry Vocational Skills Competition held here on November 12.

Shandong Province’s First Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition and the 7th National Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition Shandong Division Selection is guided by Shandong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, hosted by Shandong Provincial Foundry Association and Jinan Municipal Party Committee Talent Work Leading Group Office, Jinan Human Resources Supported by the Social Security Bureau, Jinan City Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and Jinan City Federation of Trade Unions, and undertaken by the People’s Government of Pingyin County. The purpose of this competition is to select craftsmen with competitions, improve skills with competitions, promote exchanges with competitions, and promote learning and construction with competitions. The competition consists of three projects: foundry core workers, smelting casters, and mold workers. Each project will conduct theoretical and practical competitions. About 172 skilled craftsmen will gather in Pingyin to compete. Practical competition test sites are located in 8 well-known backbone enterprises in the foundry industry in Pingyin County, including Meide Group Co., Ltd., Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Casting Co., Ltd., and Jinan Hongzheng Technology Co., Ltd. The contestants who won the first place in the finals of various types of work will be awarded the title of “Shandong Technical Expert” by the Shandong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security.

In recent years, the Pingyin County Party Committee and the county government have adhered to the strategy of “ecologically establishing a county, an industrially strong county, a culturally prosperous county, and a characteristic beautiful county”, implemented ten major actions for the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, and promoted high-end hardware, carbon electrodes, and green building materials. The industry continues to transform and upgrade, creating two national characteristic industrial bases for clean energy and metal pipe fittings. The high-end hardware industry has the world’s largest production base, the most complete variety and specifications, and the widest sales area of ​​pipe fittings production bases. In particular, the foundry industry started early, large in scale, strong enterprises, and solid foundations. A number of well-known backbone enterprises such as Meide Group and Second Machine Tool Casting Company have emerged. There are 25 foundry enterprises in the county with a casting capacity of 550,000 tons. With strong technical advantages and rich production experience, the industrial cluster effect is significant.

Starting from holding the county’s first vocational skills competition, Pingyin County has implemented the “Pingyin Talent Plan” in depth, focusing on job skills improvement, and actively expanding the training path for skilled talents. It has independently held four vocational skills competitions, and cultivated them. A team of skilled talents with sufficient numbers, reasonable structure, superb skills and high quality have accumulated rich experience in hosting events.

Since the four competitions, Pingyin County has added 370 highly skilled talents, including 7 outstanding technical experts in Jinan and 47 technical experts in Jinan. Especially in the 4th Vocational Skills Competition to be held in 2020, more than 3,000 people participated in the selection of 11 competition items, and more than 300 people participated in the finals. A large number of welders, crane operators, drone operators with superb skills came to the fore and were selected. More than 180 outstanding talents with excellent technical literacy and skill level. The “Pingyin Skills Competition” has also become a beautiful business card in the field of skills competition, opening a channel for the self-improvement of skilled talents.

“This year, the nationwide and provincial foundry industry vocational skills competitions have been set up in Pingyin successively. This is a full affirmation of the development of Pingyin foundry industry. It also builds a higher exchange and display platform for foundry companies, which will surely encourage more workers to become talented. , Skills to serve the country, create a strong atmosphere of respect for knowledge and advocating skills in the whole society. We will do our best to guarantee the various services of the competition, create a strict and warm competition environment, and ensure that the competition is carried out in a safe and orderly manner. The competition has become a skill feast with distinctive features and outstanding highlights.” Yang Xudong, secretary of the Pingyin County Party Committee, said that Pingyin County will take the opportunity of holding provincial and national competitions to make efforts and strive for breakthroughs in industrial transformation, talent training, and brand building. , Strive to run a good competition, cultivate a group of people, practice the strategy of industrial strong city, and promote the foundry industry to become bigger and stronger.

On September 29th, the results of the first Shandong Province Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition and the 7th National Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition Shandong Division Trial Competition will be officially released. The promoted “Great Power Craftsmen” will be held in November at the 7th National Foundry Industry Pingyin once again gathered in the professional skill competition.

  Lightning News reporter Chen Zhifu reports from He Aihua from Pingyin Station