About WorldSkills Poland

Polish Ministry of National Education has appointed the Foundation for the Development of the Education System as the coordinator of Poland’s preparations for participation in the WorldSkills and EuroSkills competitions.

FRSE has been assigned the task to select competitors and experts who will represent the country and to organise nation-wide occupational skills competitions in the future forming eliminations for global contests.

Competition rules

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WorldSkills International is a global organisation promoting occupational skills, improving the quality of vocational education and training and cooperation with employers in international environment. WorldSkills Europe is the counterpart of Worldskills International for Europe. Competitions organised by WorldSkills International and WorldSkills Europe are accompanied by various presentations, shows, exhibitions, conferences and trade seminars. These are the largest competitions of the kind on the global scale. The WorldSkills competition dates back to 1950. The European version of the competition, i.e. EuroSkills was organised by WorldSkills Europe for the first time in 2008. Since then, the two competitions are organised each year, alternately. WorldSkills competition is organised each odd year and EuroSkills each even year.

The most talented students, laureates of Olympiads and other trade competitions who are aged 18-25 (EuroSkills) and 18-22 (WorldSkills) can be selected for the competition. Each country can nominate only one competitor/team to a competition in a given edition.

The competitions are held in six occupational areas

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Information and Communication Technology

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Manufacturing and Engineering Technology

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Construction and Building Technology

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Transportation and Logistics

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Social and Personal Services

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Creative Arts and Fashion

Moreover, apart from official competitions, organisers provide for demonstration competitions, junior competitions, and these devoted to the competitions of the future.

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