MHI Employees Win Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals In Construction Steel Work Category at 51st National Skills Competition

Construction steel work involves the creation of a structure availing of such processes as marking, cutting, bending, welding and assembly, with the worker performing these tasks according to the specific structure's intended purpose and shape, the properties of the material, etc. These various skills are necessary in a wide variety of fields ranging from building and plant constructions to shipbuilding, nuclear power and even aerospace, and an extremely high level of precision is demanded in every finished product. Welding in particular is a skill necessary for MHI's diverse manufacturing pursuits.

In July, Daisuke Yamashita (22), an employee at the Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works (Energy & Environment business domain), won the silver medal in the Construction Metal Work category at the 42nd WorldSkills Competition (WSC) in Leipzig, Germany.

The National Skills Competition is an annual event in which young professionals compete to win distinction as leaders in various skill categories. Besides providing these workers of the next generation with an incentive to strive, the competition also gives young skilled workers in the region where the event is held an opportunity to see truly outstanding skills. In these ways the National Skills Competition highlights the importance and necessity of being skilled, as a way of fostering respect for skills and for those who master them.

Going forward, through participation in the national and world skills competitions MHI will continue to devote efforts to developing and passing skills on to young workers engaged in manufacturing.