Skills – WorldSkills Ireland

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Engineering and Technology

Welding: Preparing and joining various types of metal using both electrical, and electric/gas processes.

Aircraft Maintenance: The skill calls for technical troubleshooting, repairing, and maintenance of all types of aircraft.

Automobile Technology: Maintaining light vehicles from various manufacturers, diagnosing complex mechanical problems.

Metal Fabrication: Cutting, assembling, and repairing steel structures ranging from buildings to bridges to construction equipment, using a wide range of metals.

Heavy Vehicle Technology: Heavy vehicle maintenance technicians must be able to work with internal combustion engines and components.

Sheet Metalwork: The Sheet Metalworker’s job involves marking out, cutting, punching and forming/bending patterns on flat sheet metal.

Agricultural mechanics: Agricultural mechanics is based in the Tractor and Farm Machinery Industry and involves the servicing, maintenance, repair and installation of the mechanical and electrical equipment of tractor and farm machinery.

Classic Car Restoration: Classic Car Restoration aims to enable the operative to use techniques associated with vehicle repairs and restoration so that you can carry out repairs or replacements on your own vehicle.

Digital, Business and Creative

Logistics: Logistics is a specialist skill organizing shipments of raw supplies or finished goods from the supplier or manufacturer to the point of distribution or final market place.

Cloud Computing: The Cloud Computing industry is responsible for the design and implementation of information technology infrastructure in a public cloud environment.

Cyber Security: An Information Security Analyst works to protect an organization’s computer systems networks.

Health, Hospitality and Lifestyle

Hairdressing: Cutting, styling, treating, and colouring hair for men, women, and children in a work environment.

Beauty Therapy: The beauty therapist offers a head-to-toe experience that improves the client’s quality of life by making them look and feel their best.

Cooking: Cooking embraces a wide range of skills from creating menus and preparing dishes for Michelin-starred restaurants.

Restaurant Service: Providing food and drink services to guests in hotels and restaurants, showing attentiveness, and understanding of their needs and expectations.

Visual Merchandising: Creating eye-catching visual displays for the windows and interiors of shops and department stores, designed to maximize sales.

Construction and Infrastructure

Plumbing and Heating: Plumbing and Heating engineers install plumbing and heating systems in a diverse range of projects associated with the construction industry.

Electrical Installations: Designing and installing electrical systems in all types of commercial, residential, and industrial projects.

Bricklaying: Building homes and commercial projects to the highest standards of safety, accuracy, and skill.

Painting and Decorating: The services of the painter and decorator are needed everywhere from homes to public buildings, factories, and offices.

Cabinetmaking: Working in wood to create high quality furniture and units, showing skill and an aesthetic understanding of design and finish.

Joinery: Working from drawings, the joiner’s task is to measure and cut joints then assemble, install, and finish to a high standard.

Carpentry: A carpenter cuts, fits and assembles wood for building frameworks, doors, windows, flooring, stairs and paneling on both commercial and residential projects.

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