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29 youths to do Singapore proud at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition
20 September 2022
MEDIA RELEASE
SKILLED CONTINGENT TO REPRESENT SINGAPORE AT THE
WORLDSKILLS COMPETITION 2022 SPECIAL EDITION
29 youths to do Singapore proud at the
WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition
Singapore, 20 September 2022 – A team of 29 highly skilled youths from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), the five polytechnics ¹, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University (SMU), will represent Singapore to compete at the upcoming WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition (WSC2022SE) from September to November 2022. Team Singapore comprises the Gold medallists from WorldSkills Singapore (WSS) 2020 and WSS 2021 competitions. The list of Team Singapore competitors is in Annex A.
2 Team Singapore will compete in 26 skills areas, which include four new areas – (1) Additive Manufacturing, (2) Digital Construction, (3) Mobile Applications Development and (4) Robot Systems Integration. Please refer to Annex B for more information on Singapore’s participation in the past WSCs.
3 The Send-off Ceremony for the contingent of skilled youths was held at Republic Polytechnic today, where Minister for Education, Mr Chan Chun Sing, handed the Singapore flag to the Team Captains - Mr Mohamad Izz Syafiq and Ms Elizabeth Lee – in support of our competitors who will be representing Singapore.
4 Following the cancellation of WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the WorldSkills global network has collaborated to host the competitions for the various skill areas in 15 countries over a 12-week period from September to November 2022. The competition has been renamed WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition and will have over 1,000 competitors from 56 member countries competing in over 60 skill areas. Team Singapore is participating in skills areas held in nine member countries.
5 Mr Tan Kok Yam, Chairman of the WorldSkills Singapore Council and Chief Executive of SkillsFuture Singapore, said, “We are glad that the competition will take place, despite the disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will give our talented youths, who have worked very hard, an invaluable opportunity to compete on an international stage. Skills excellence is both a global and national priority, and we hope that our youths will be inspired by Team Singapore’s passion and dedication for skills mastery.”
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Email: Karen_Sum@ite.edu.sg
Ms Sarah Lua
Senior Manager/Media Relations
SkillsFuture Singapore
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Email: Sarah_Lua@ssg.gov.sg
Team Singapore Competitors at WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition
| S/N | Skill Areas | Competitor | Institution | Country of Competition | Date of Competition |
| 1 | 3D Digital Game Art | Tan Jing Yi | NYP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 2 | Additive Manufacturing¹ | Sit Shun Le | NYP | Germany | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 3 | Aircraft Maintenance | Coby Yong | NYP | UK | 1 Nov to 4 Nov |
| 4 | Beauty Therapy | Lim Hui Fang | ITE | Finland | 20 Oct to 23 Oct |
| 5 | Chemical Laboratory Technology | Braedon Tay | NYP | Austria | 24 Nov to 26 Nov |
| 6 | Cloud Computing | Ryan Han | NYP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 7 | CNC Milling | Kang Yi Zen | SP | Germany | 10 Oct to 15 Oct |
| 8 | CNC Turning | Chan Bun Long | NYP | Germany | 10 Oct to 15 Oct |
| 9 | Cyber Security | Jason Chua & Lim Kai Xian | NP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 10 | Digital Construction¹ | Md. Izz Syafiq² | ITE | France | 19 Oct to 22 Oct |
| 11 | Electronics | Yong Hao Jun | NYP | Switzerland | 19 Oct to 22 Oct |
| 12 | Fashion Technology | Goh Zi Qi | TP | Finland | 20 Oct to 23 Oct |
| 13 | Freight Forwarding | Lee Jia Ying | NP/SMU | Austria | 24 Nov to 26 Nov |
| 14 | Graphic Design Technology | Lau En Qi | NYP | Switzerland | 12 Oct to 15 Oct |
| 15 | Health and Social Care | Elizabeth Lee² | NYP | France | 19 Oct to 22 Oct |
| 16 | Hotel Reception | Jovinn Toh | RP | Switzerland | 6 Oct to 9 Oct |
| 17 | Industrial Control | Gabriel Lee | SP | Austria | 24 Nov to 26 Nov |
| 18 | IT Network Systems Administration | Dylan Koh | TP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 19 | IT Software Solutions for Business | Jordan Khong | TP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 20 | Mechanical Engineering CAD | Ng Chuen Jie | SP | France | 19 Oct to 22 Oct |
| 21 | Mechatronics | Gladys Chia & Tan Xin Yong | NP | Germany | 4 Oct to 7 Oct |
| 22 | Mobile Applications Development¹ | Joey Lim | TP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
| 23 | Robot Systems Integration¹ | Quek Shou Jun & Jerome Teoh | TP | Luxembourg | 17 Oct to 20 Oct |
| 24 | Visual Merchandising | Eng Zi Qin | NYP | Sweden | 14 Oct to 17 Oct |
| 25 | Water Technology | Raine Lim | NP/NTU | Germany | 4 Oct to 7 Oct |
| 26 | Web Technologies | Ong Jun Ze | NYP | Korea | 13 Oct to 16 Oct |
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ANNEX B
SINGAPORE’S PARTICIPATION IN PAST WORLDSKILLS COMPETITIONS
For over 70 years, the WorldSkills Competition (WSC), organised by WorldSkills International, has come to symbolise the pinnacle of excellence in skilled trades and technologies training.
2 Every two years, over a thousand talented youths, accompanied by their teachers, coaches and trainers, gather from around the world to compete in the skills of their various trades and to test themselves against demanding international standards. They represent the best of their peers drawn from regional and national skills competitions.
3 First introduced as a national skills competition in Madrid, Spain, in 1947, to raise the image of vocational training in the country, the WSC became an international competition in 1950 with two participating countries – Spain and Portugal.
4 SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), is Singapore’s Official Representative at WorldSkills International, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to promote the image of skills and skilled careers through competitions and exchanges for youths.
5 Singapore has been participating in the WorldSkills Competitions since 1995, and the table below summarises Team Singapore’s participation over the years:
| S/N | Competition | Year | Number of participants | Number of Skills Areas |
| 1 | 45th WSC, Kazan, Russia | 2019 | 32 | 29 |
| 2 | 44th WSC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 2017 | 21 | 19 |
| 3 | 43rd WSC, São Paulo, Brazil | 2015 | 22 | 20 |
| 4 | 42nd WSC, Leipzig, Germany | 2013 | 22 | 20 |
| 5 | 41st WSC, London, England | 2011 | 22 | 19 |
| 6 | 40th WSC, Calgary, Canada | 2009 | 19 | 16 |
| 7 | 39th WSC, Shizuoka, Japan | 2007 | 14 | 12 |
| 8 | 38th WSC, Helsinki, Finland | 2005 | 11 | 10 |
| 9 | 37th WSC, St Gallen, Switzerland | 2003 | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | 36th WSC, Seoul, South Korea | 2001 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | 35th WSC, Montreal, Canada | 1999 | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | 34th WSC, St Gallen, Switzerland | 1997 | 9 | 8 |
| 13 | 33rd WSC, Lyon, France | 1995 | 9 | 8 |
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