The student of MEPhI Vladislav Rozov will have a one year internship in the Skills Samsung scientific center in South Korea. This is one of the stages to prepare members of the Russian WorldSkills national team. The purpose of the internship is to develop professional skills and prepare for the WorldSkills world championship, which will be held in Kazan in 2019, where he will be able to represent Russia. Vladislav will be trained in the competence "Manufacturing of products from polymeric materials". This year he took the first place in the regional championship in Moscow in the competence "Multiaxial manufacturing on CNC machines".
Vladislav Rozov told about the admission to MEPhI, participation in WorldSkills projects and his achievements.
- How did you get interested in physics?
- Until the midst of the 11th grade, I was a 100% humanitarian: I loved the Russian, History, Social studies, and then became interested in popular science literature and realized that Physics is also interesting. I passed the unified state exam in the subject, and entered MEPhI.
- Do you have an idol, who influenced to you?
- Elon Musk (whispering)... In fact no, I haven’t. I was just interested in everything from some basic engineering things to nuclear physics and space research.
- Why did you choose MEPhI?
- I really liked the Admissions commission. That day I was delivering documents to universities, and the first on the list was the MSU's physical faculty, after which I wanted to go to the Bauman University, but I decided to go to MEPhI first. I learned about the University from social networks: I surfed different groups for students, and I began to see the news of MEPhI. When I came to submit documents, I felt myself at my own place: there were polite and nice people, I immediately received a temporary student card. I decided to stay in MEPhI and did not go further to apply.
- How did the University contribute to your success?
- It gives me opportunities for self-realization. If a person really wants and tries to achieve something, tries and manifests himself, then the University is a great help. For example, I learned about the WorldSkills competition in MEPhI, participated in the intra-University stage, and then independently went to the regional one.
- How did you receive an ability to have an internship at the Samsung Skills science center in Korea?
- I successfully passed the first two stages of the regional WorldSkills championship and was among four people who reached the final. Then colleagues from Korea came here and started to choose not only for professional skills and speed of training, but also, first of all, for the psychological state of the contestant, because for the year you can teach almost anyone to do anything, but it was much more difficult to find a person who was mentally ready for this and who had a motivation. To check psychological stability, the commission asked how we treated difficulties and failures, also asked questions about the family: if something keeps a person, if he is strongly attached to the house, how can he go to another country for a year to train, undertake internship and study for 12 hours a day? Also, great attention was paid to the education of a person, because the Samsung Skills teaches students in the international center, and a person should behave politely and with dignity: respect other people's traditions and create a good impression of their country. It turned out that I was the most suitable candidate for the commission.
- What were the tasks?
- At the intra-University stage, I participated in the competence of "Prototyping", there were modified versions of tasks of the last year, which included 3D modeling of the drawing, creation of a drawing of the simulated part, conversion of the 3D element in the G-code for 3D printers and printing, post-processing. At the second WorldSkills competition, the regional Moscow stage, it was the same. Then I participated in the competence of "Multiaxial manufacturing on CNC machines". They gave us a drawing, and it was necessary to model the element, cut it out of the aluminum blank on the machine. The competence within which I am having the internship combines everything: modeling, drawings, reverse engineering, work on the machine, that is, in total – it is one large production cycle.
Traditionally WorldSkills movement doesn’t change the tasks a lort from year to year. Some nuances, some geometry of the element can be changed, but the essence remains the same.
- What was the most difficult thing for you during the selection process, how did you cope with it?
- I had to master new software in a couple of days. It's good that I'm learning fast enough and can get involved on the go. However, the most difficult was to answer the question: "Am I really ready to leave for a year and live in another country?" People in South Korea work 12 hours a day, and it is normal for them. This internship is a psychological test for me: will I be able to adjust, adopt a different rhythm of life, find the strength for hard work. My goal is to test myself.
- What language will be used in training?
- As it is an international training center and there will be representatives of different countries of the world, the main language of teaching will be English. Two people come from Russia for training: another contestant and I, we will have our own translator from Russian to Korean, who will help us, because is very difficult to tell the technology and explain some nuances in the field of production even in English. "Difficulties of translation", as they say. I think that we will succeed with a good Russian-Korean translator.
- What are your expectations about the internship?
- I will get a lot of opportunities: starting from the practice of language and experience of adaptation in another country to the world championship and further work with the WorldSkills Russia. I am going there to become a champion: I will prepare, train and in 2019 I will present the Russian team in Kazan.
- What would you advise people who are going to take part in WorldSkills competitions?
- The intra-University stage of WorldSkills will be again in June. My advice is "Even if it doesn't work, don't be afraid to try again." For example, I did not succeed at the first competition, but I felt this atmosphere, plunged into WorldSkills and realized that I wanted to progress in this direction. Lots of people mistakenly believe that one success will immediately entail some growth. It is not true. It is always important to improve and go the extra mile.
