Our "Monozukuri" (Manufacturing) Traditions

About the Skill Olympics

What Are the Skill Olympics?

The Skill Olympics is a competitive event sponsored by the Japan Vocational Ability Development Association (JAVADA) where young technicians aged 23 and under put their skills to the test. The purpose of the event is to appeal to the young engineers who will lead us into the next era, in particular, appeal to them the importance and necessity of technical skills, and to give them a feeling of the value, preciousness, and beauty of "monozukuri" and technological skills.
In this competition, competitors from all over Japan who won qualifying tournaments in their own regions will face heated competitions in their specialty from a wide range of areas such as machine assembly, automotive sheet metal and electronic component assembly, building construction and carpentry, flower arrangement, etc.

What it Means to Participate in the Skill Olympics

Participation in the Skill Olympics and industry-based education of young technicians is linked to the restoration of the great monozukuri nation of Japan and her competitive improvement. (By handing down technical skills.) Also, the technicians that participate in the Skill Olympics will, on the one hand, grow their technical ability by pitting their skills against one another, and also experience mental growth with regard to real-world work. Furthermore, there is also an connection to the growth of the senior coworkers who foster the young competitors, thus bearing out a virtuous cycle of learning and teaching. Through the systematic cultivation of this foundation, it is possible to hand down these comprehensive technical skills. In these ways, through participation in the Skill Olympics, we can foster excellent technicians, and hand down comprehensive technical skills. This has all contributed to the improvement of the quality of the products made by ORION Machinery.

Field Introduction

Piping Connection Work
To the Nagano Prefecture Vocational Ability Development Association Technical Skill Development Center's Piping Connection Details Page

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