Hyundai Motor said on the 24th that it hosted the World Skill Olympics for four days from the 20th at the Global Learning Center (GLC) in Cheonan, South Chungcheong.
Marking its 15th year, the World Skill Olympics is a competition where Hyundai Motor technicians from around the world compete and share technical information. It began in 1995 and is held every other year.
On the final day of the competition, the previous day, Hyundai Motor held an awards ceremony and presented gold, silver, and bronze medals and prize money to top performers in each category. Dovydas Koll (U.S.), who recorded the highest score among participants, won the overall title.
This year's competition drew 75 outstanding technicians from 50 countries, selected through regional preliminaries: ▲ five from North and Central America ▲ 12 from Central and South America ▲ 21 from Europe ▲ 14 from Asia and the Middle East ▲ 23 from ASEAN.
From the 20th to the 22nd, Hyundai Motor evaluated participants through written and practical tests in three categories: internal combustion vehicles, electric vehicles, and commercial vehicles.
In particular, starting with the previous competition, it introduced a Virtual Reality (VR) assessment that safely evaluates high-difficulty, high-risk maintenance processes in an environment close to real life. Data from this year's assessments will be actively used in future technician training.