Two landmark professional competitions were held in the spring of 2021: V REASkills Division Championship of Professional Skills and The Best Relay Protection Specialist 2021.
The Division Championship was organized by Rosenergoatom (part of the Electric Power Division of Rosatom State Corporation). REASkills is a qualifying round before the AtomSkills Industry Championship of Professional Skills in the WorldSkills methodology and is held in the Electric Power Division to develop employee competencies in accordance with industry and international requirements.
It was held in five Russian cities at once: Balakovo, Yekaterinburg, Novovoronezh, Udomlya, and Cheboksary. Aleksandr Smirnov, Engineer of EKRA Low-Voltage Protection Department, acted as an expert in the competence “Maintenance and repair of relay protection and automation equipment.” The competition included tests of current transformers, maintenance and adjustment of the EKRA 217 0301 protection IED, regulation of electromechanical relays, analysis of disturbance records, and troubleshooting of circuit diagrams.
This May the professional skill competition The Best Relay Protection Specialist 2021 was held. It was organized by the Department of Operational Management in the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Corporate Educational and Scientific Center of the Unified Energy System.
During the five-day competition, participants demonstrated their skills in maintaining equipment and relay protection devices, as well as in practical maintenance of electromechanical relay protection in normal and emergency modes. Competencies of competitors were assessed in accordance with the professional standard “Maintenance and repair engineer of relay protection and automation equipment.” Andrey Glinkin, Engineer of the Adjustment and Service Department of EKRA, was invited to judge the 2nd stage of the competition.
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