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 TEAM SINGAPORE SETS NEW RECORDS AT

WORLDSKILLS 2022 SPECIAL EDITION

 

Team of 29 youths brings home Singapore’s highest-ever haul of

Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals, with first medals in several skill areas

 

SINGAPORE, 3 December 2022 – Team Singapore has achieved new firsts for Singapore, at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition (WSC2022SE) held from September to November this year. The team set the following records for the nation:

 

·         Singapore’s and the world’s first Gold Medal in Additive Manufacturing (newly introduced this year)

·         Singapore’s first Gold Medal in Hotel Reception

·         Singapore’s first Gold Medal in Water Technology

·         Singapore’s first Medal in Aircraft Maintenance

·         Singapore’s first Medal in Chemical Laboratory Technology

·         Singapore’s first Medal in Cloud Computing

 

Team Singapore’s overall medal haul in the global skills competition includes three Gold Medals, three Silver Medals, two Bronze Medals, and 13 Medallions for Excellence. This is the highest medal (Gold, Silver and Bronze) haul by Team Singapore to date. Their combined effort helped Singapore place 9^th out of 55 competing countries.

 

Award	Skills Areas
Gold Medal	Additive Manufacturing (new) Hotel Reception Water Technology
Silver Medal	3D Digital Game Art Chemical Laboratory Technology Freight Forwarding
Bronze Medal	Aircraft Maintenance Cloud Computing
Medallion for Excellence	Beauty Therapy Electronics Graphic Design Technology Fashion Technology Health & Social Care Industrial Control IT Network Systems Administration IT Software Solutions for Business Mechanical Engineering CAD Mechatronics (Team Event) Mobile Application Development Visual Merchandising Web Technologies

 

Details of Singapore’s overall achievements at WSC2022SE can be found in Annex A.

 

Team Singapore comprised 29 highly skilled youths from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and the five polytechnics[1]. Many of them had been Gold medallists from WorldSkills Singapore (WSS) 2020 and WSS 2021 competitions. The list of Team Singapore competitors is in Annex B.

 

Following the cancellation of WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 due to the pandemic, this year’s WorldSkills competition was held in 15 countries, each hosting a different set of skill competitions. The competition was renamed WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition and featured over 1,000 competitors from 55 member countries.

 

Team Singapore participated in skills areas held in nine member countries and competed in 26 skills areas, which included four new areas – (1) Additive Manufacturing, (2) Digital Construction, (3) Mobile Applications Development and (4) Robot Systems Integration. Please refer to Annex C for more information on Singapore’s participation in the past WSCs.

 

Mr Tan Kok Yam, Chairman of WorldSkills Singapore Council, and Chief Executive of SkillsFuture Singapore, said, “Our young Team Singapore competitors have done us proud and have stood tall among the best in the world. They have demonstrated determination and resilience in their preparations, and have displayed exceptional skills mastery and cool-headedness during the competitions. We are very proud of their performance at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition, and we look forward to seeing our competitors once again fly our flag high at the WorldSkills ASEAN 2023 in Singapore.”

 

“The WorldSkills Competition had truly been an amazing and rewarding journey for me. Through the competition, we had the opportunity to meet the most talented and skilled youths from around the world and exchanged knowledge, best practices, and cultures. The friendships forged and memories made there were truly impactful,” said Team Singapore’s Captain and competitor for Health and Social Care, Ms Elizabeth Lee.

About WorldSkills Singapore

WorldSkills Singapore is a member of WorldSkills International and is led by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). Biennial WorldSkills Singapore Competitions are jointly organised by the Institute of Technical Education, Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, SkillsFuture Singapore and the Ministry of Education. WorldSkills Singapore supports the national SkillsFuture movement and offers a platform for competitors to showcase their capabilities in the pursuit of skills mastery. It is but one of many milestones in the lifelong journey of Singaporeans to deepen skills and to discover their passions.

 

About SkillsFuture Singapore

SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) drives and coordinates the implementation of the national SkillsFuture movement, promotes a culture of lifelong learning and strengthens the ecosystem of training and adult education in Singapore. Through a holistic suite of national SkillsFuture initiatives, SSG enables Singaporeans to take charge of their learning journey in their pursuit of skills mastery. SSG also works with key stakeholders to ensure that students and adults have access to high quality and industry-relevant training that meet the demands of different sectors of the economy for an innovative and productive workforce. For more information, visit www.ssg.gov.sg.

 

 

ANNEX A

 

Team Singapore’s Overall Achievements at

WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition

SN	Skill Area	Name of Competitor	Award	Institution
1	3D Digital Game Art	Tan Jing Yi	Silver	Nanyang Polytechnic
2	Additive Manufacturing	Sit Shun Le	Gold	Nanyang Polytechnic
3	Aircraft Maintenance	Coby Yong	Bronze	Nanyang Polytechnic
4	Beauty Therapy	Lim Hui Fang	Medallion for Excellence	Institute of Technical Education
5	Chemical Laboratory Technology	Braedon Tay	Silver	Nanyang Polytechnic
6	Cloud Computing	Ryan Warwick Han	Bronze	Nanyang Polytechnic
7	Electronics	Yong Hao Jun	Medallion for Excellence	Nanyang Polytechnic
8	Fashion Technology	Goh Zi Qi	Medallion for Excellence	Temasek Polytechnic
9	Freight Forwarding	Lee Jia Ying	Silver	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
10	Graphic Design Technology	Lau En Qi	Medallion for Excellence	Nanyang Polytechnic
11	Health & Social Care	Lee Wen Yu Elizabeth	Medallion for Excellence	Nanyang Polytechnic
12	Hotel Reception	Jovinn Toh	Gold & Best of Nation+	Republic Polytechnic
13	Industrial Control	Gabriel Lee	Medallion for Excellence	Singapore Polytechnic
14	IT Network Systems Admin	Dylan Koh	Medallion for Excellence	Temasek Polytechnic
15	IT Software Solutions for Business	Jordan Khong	Medallion for Excellence	Temasek Polytechnic
16	Mechanical Engineering CAD	Ng Chuen Jie	Medallion for Excellence	Singapore Polytechnic
17	Mechatronics	Gladys Chia & Tan Xin Yong	Medallion for Excellence	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
18	Mobile Application Development	Joey Lim	Medallion for Excellence	Temasek Polytechnic
19	Visual Merchandising	Eng Zi Qin	Medallion for Excellence	Nanyang Polytechnic
20	Water Technology	Raine Lim Jia Ying	Gold	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
21	Web Technologies	Ong Jun Ze	Medallion for Excellence	Nanyang Polytechnic

⁺ The Best of Nation award is presented to the highest scorer(s) of each country. 

 

 

 

ANNEX B

 

Team Singapore Competitors at

WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition

 

SN	Skill Areas	Competitor	Institution	Country of Competition	Date of Competition
1	3D Digital Game Art	Tan Jing Yi	NYP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct
2	Additive Manufacturing2	Sit Shun Le	NYP	Germany, Soest	13 to 16 Oct
3	Aircraft Maintenance	Coby Yong	NYP	UK, Wales	1 to 4 Nov
4	Beauty Therapy	Lim Hui Fang	ITE	Finland, Helsinki	20 to 23 Oct
5	Chemical Laboratory Technology	Braedon Tay	NYP	Austria, Salzburg	24 to 26 Nov
6	Cloud Computing	Ryan Han	NYP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct
7	CNC Milling	Kang Yi Zen	SP	Germany, Leonberg	10 to 15 Oct
8	CNC Turning	Chan Bun Long	NYP	Germany, Leonberg	10 to 15 Oct
9	Cyber Security	Jason Chua & Lim Kai Xian	NP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct
10	Digital Construction2	Md. Izz Syafiq	ITE	France, Bordeaux	19 to 22 Oct
11	Electronics	Yong Hao Jun	NYP	Switzerland, Bern	19 to 22 Oct
12	Fashion Technology	Goh Zi Qi	TP	Finland, Helsinki	20 to 23 Oct
13	Freight Forwarding	Lee Jia Ying	NP/SMU	Austria, Salzburg	24 to 26 Nov
14	Graphic Design Technology	Lau En Qi	NYP	Switzerland, Aarau	12 to 15 Oct
15	Health and Social Care	Elizabeth Lee	NYP	France, Bordeaux	19 to 22 Oct
16	Hotel Reception	Jovinn Toh	RP	Switzerland, Montreux	6 to 9 Oct
17	Industrial Control	Gabriel Lee	SP	Austria, Salzburg	24 to 26 Nov
18	IT Network Systems Administration	Dylan Koh	TP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct
19	IT Software Solutions for Business	Jordan Khong	TP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct
20	Mechanical Engineering CAD	Ng Chuen Jie	SP	France, Bordeaux	19 to 22 Oct
21	Mechatronics	Gladys Chia & Tan Xin Yong	NP	Germany, Stuttgart	4 to 7 Oct
22	Mobile Applications Development2	Joey Lim	TP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct
23	Robot Systems Integration2	Quek Shou Jun & Jerome Teoh	TP	Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette	17 to 20 Oct
24	Visual Merchandising	Eng Zi Qin	NYP	Sweden, Stockholm	14 to 17 Oct
25	Water Technology	Raine Lim	NP/NTU	Germany, Stuttgart	4 to 7 Oct
26	Web Technologies	Ong Jun Ze	NYP	South Korea, Goyang	13 to 16 Oct

 

 

Legend

² New skills area introduced at WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition

 

ANNEX C

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Singapore has been participating in the WorldSkills Competitions since 1995, and the table below summarises Team Singapore’s participation over the years:

 

SN	Competition	Year	Number of participants	Number of Skills Areas
1	WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition	2022	29	26
2	45th WSC, Kazan, Russia	2019	32	29
3	44th WSC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	2017	21	19
4	43rd WSC, São Paulo, Brazil	2015	22	20
5	42nd WSC, Leipzig, Germany	2013	22	20
6	41st WSC, London, United Kingdom	2011	22	19
7	40th WSC, Calgary, Canada	2009	19	16
8	39th WSC, Shizuoka, Japan	2007	14	12
9	38th WSC, Helsinki, Finland	2005	11	10
10	37th WSC, St Gallen, Switzerland	2003	12	11
11	36th WSC, Seoul, South Korea	2001	11	10
12	35th WSC, Montreal, Canada	1999	10	9
13	34th WSC, St Gallen, Switzerland	1997	9	8
14	33rd WSC, Lyon, France	1995	9	8