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Industrial Mechanics

Industrial Mechanics in action

Industrial mechanics design and plan, install and commission, maintain, repair, and decommission, industrial plant.

Industrial Mechanics could be for you if you like:

  • Complex problems
  • Fixing things
  • Using computers
  • Using tools

More about Industrial Mechanics

Industrial mechanics design and plan, install and commission, maintain, repair, and decommission, industrial plant. They work in a large range of industrial settings and production plants and may either have specialist knowledge about one particular industry or work across several. They may be employed within a large single plant, installing and maintaining production equipment, or work for subcontractors across a number of industrial settings. They normally work both indoors and outdoors, on small and large projects.


Recent medallists in Industrial Mechanics

WorldSkills Lyon 2024

  • Photo of Genki Shimizu

    Genki Shimizu

    Japan
    Gold

  • Photo of JIA-YOU CHUANG

    JIA-YOU CHUANG

    Chinese Taipei
    Silver

  • Photo of João Luiz Diniz Carvalho

    João Luiz Diniz Carvalho

    Brazil
    Bronze

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A WorldSkills Global Industry Partner since 1991, Festo Didactic is a leading provider in technical education, offering educational institutions and industrial companies around the world state-of-the-art training solutions for many areas of technology to train people the right skills for highly dynamic and complex industrial environments.

As a leader in electrification, automation and digitalization, Siemens offers automation hardware and software in sectors from automobiles to steel in more than 200 countries. It seeks to raise skills to industrial levels by providing world class products and knowhow to WorldSkills Competitors and Experts.


Occupational Standard

The WorldSkills Occupational Standard specifies the knowledge, understanding and specific skills that underpin international best practice in technical and vocational performance. It should reflect a shared global understanding of what the associated work role(s) or occupation(s) represent for industry and business.

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