With three days of building, fixing, programming, arranging, mixing, cooking, fettling and a whole lot more on the agenda, some 600 young professionals from across Europe have been giving of their best in competitive tasks in 40 professional disciplines.
Forty-four participants from Austria also took the opportunity to show their skills here, demonstrating bags of passion, commitment, creativity and courage right from the start. By the time the dust had settled, fifteen members of Team Austria had achieved a medal, winning six golds, three silvers and three bronzes in twelve individual or team competitions. Seventeen “Medallions of Excellence” for exceptional achievements were also awarded.
- Austria has retained an unbeaten record in concrete construction since 2015 (in both the EuroSkills and WorldSkills competitions), and this year’s gold medal was also won by Team Austria.
- The discipline “Automobile Technology” has been won by a female competitor for the first time in EuroSkills history, with a young Austrian defeating her seventeen competitors to win a memorable victory.
Success at international skills competitions is not only fantastic recognition for the abilities demonstrated by these young professionals but also proof of the high quality of the vocational training programme. Austria’s dual education system is known and respected worldwide; apprentices follow parallel training courses in companies and at vocational schools, and enjoy the benefits of close links between the ivory tower and the shop floor, integrating theory and practice.
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA congratulates all the Austrian team und in particular the medal-winners for their success!
The next EuroSkills are to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2027, while 2026’s WorldSkills Championship will see the teams travel to Shanghai, China.
