Winner of the Global Skills Challenge: All men in my family are artisans

Nikita Stepin is the former student of Karl’s Faberge College of Applied Art. This month he won a gold medal at the Global Skills Challenge 2017 championship, nomination “Jewellery”.

Choice

Nikita Stepin is 20 years old young man. When he was a child, he was seriously addicted to extreme sports. Out of all extreme activities the boy liked skateboarding the most. However, in the 9^th grade Nikita faced a serious problem. He didn’t know what to do in the future.

“All men in my family are artisans. So my uncle advised me to be a jeweler. I found it a good idea. That’s why I chose this college. When I visited it for the first time, I understood that I was ready to be devoted to my work ” – said the winner of the Global Skills Challenge.

Inspiration

Works of Ilgiz Fazuzlyanov, one of the most popular Russian jeweler, inspire Nikita the most.

“Despite the fact that I don’t like enamel, I think that Ilgiz has tremendous technical skills”, — noted boy.

Skills

To become a professional, you should develop not only your skills, but also your character. According to Nikita, jeweler has to be calm, plodding and pedantic. In such area as a jewelry, it’s impossible to be excessively hard on yourself.

“Moreover, any jeweler must have a strong personality and good physical shape, because our work isn’t simple”, — told the winner.

Global Skills Challenge

Global Skills Challenge 2017 was held in Australia. It should be noted, that this championship is a preparation for  WorldSkills Competition.

In Newcastle participants had to make a pendant consisting of complex geometric shapes. Nikita successfully did it: “My favorite tasks include geometry. It’s complicated, but at the same time it’s engrossing”

WorldSkills Competiton 2017

The 44^th WorldSkills Competiton will be held in Abu Dhabi in October 2017.

“The most arduous moths began. But I’m ready to work hard because I want to achieve success.  This championship is a great stride towards developing my future career.  Also, I hope that I could find foreign friends” – informed Nikita.

 Author: Elizaveta Oganesyan

Метки: Global Skills Challenge, jewellery, Karl’s Faberge College of Applied Art, Nikita Stepin, WorldSkills Competiton