31 August 2024
Try-a-Skill poised to inspire the next generation at WorldSkills Lyon 2024
With 75,000 students expected at the world's biggest skills competition, WorldSkills Lyon 2024 is the perfect opportunity for young people and families to explore new skills and put their talents to the test.
At WorldSkills Lyon 2024, every corner of the 140,000m2 Eurexpo exhibition hall will be packed with skills. But it is not just the Competitors who will be demonstrating their prowess. Over 50 Try-a-Skill stands will give visitors a chance to learn more about Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and sample a wide variety of challenges and tasks.
The 47th WorldSkills Competition aims to inspire the next generation to consider TVET as a meaningful and valuable career pathway. Watching 1,400 Competitors showcase their skills in 59 workshops, from Water Technology to Welding, Car Painting to Carpentry, is one way to inspire young people.
But for those who want to go a bit deeper, the 51 dedicated learning zones are the perfect opportunity. Colour-coded by sector, the Try-a-Skill booths will explain more about each skill, show how it fits into our everyday lives, and give people a chance to try it for themselves.
Many of the booths will be hosted by WorldSkills Global Partners. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has created a 3D role-playing game set in a virtual city for the Cloud Computing Try-a-Skill. Visitors can choose their role — Cloud Practitioner, Serverless Developer, Solutions Architect, Machine Learning Specialist, Security Specialist, Data Analytics Specialist, or Networking Specialist. They will then learn how to apply cloud skills to help their virtual citizens and earn a digital badge.
Global software leader Autodesk has transformed the Digital Construction Try-a-Skill into an immersive room with floor projections where visitors step into the Notre Dame reconstruction story, using Autodesk tools & BIM visualization to explore the animation without VR headsets.
Innovation leader Festo is inviting visitors to follow the three-stage journey of bubble soap production at its Mechatronics Try-a-Skill booth.
Studica will give people a chance to put an agricultural robot to work on a farm at its Autonomous Mobile Robotics Try-a-Skill stand with the aim of increasing production while improving efficiency and safety.
At the Bakery Try-a-Skill booth, Bongard is inviting groups of young people to roll up their sleeves and test their bread-making skills. Participants will get to take home their own baked loaf of bread.
Alexander Amiri, Director of Sponsorship and Partnership for WorldSkills International, cannot wait for visitors to explore the Try-a-Skills. He says, “By offering engaging and immersive activities for visitors of all ages, we want to increase their understanding of the many different skills on offer and how valuable they are in our everyday world. We hope it will awaken new passions and encourage more young people, and their families, to think about what skill they would like to learn in the future, and what career opportunities come with it.”