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Serialization: Road to World No. 1 in the WorldSkills Olympics (Part 4) "Traveling Around the World for Training and Focusing on International Competitions" (Japanese only)

8月23In the printing manga "Printed by! (Volume 7)" (Kodansha), the character Momokawa-kun has decided to participate in the "All Japan Craftsmanship Championship Printing Division" as a representative of his company and has begun training for the competition. We predict that Momokawa-kun will probably go on to win the national competition and then compete in the international competition.

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The "All-Japan Craftsmanship Championship Printing Division" mentioned in the manga seems to be the equivalent of the "WorldSkills Competition (Printing Division) in Japan" in real life. Perhaps at larger printing companies, the competitors for the competition are decided through an internal selection process as depicted here, but in the case of our company (Marushin), the only person eligible was Hikaru Kaita (Japan's representative for the WorldSkills competition).

The WorldSkills competition is22In addition to the age limit of under 18, the contestants must have experience with offset presses, which are considered difficult to master among printing presses, and they must also train for the competition while performing their regular duties. Until now, small- to medium-size printing companies like ours have had no eligible candidates. Again, I think Hikaru Kaita is amazing from many perspectives because he overturned this conventional wisdom, became proficient with offset presses at a young age, entered a national competition, and won a place as a representative of Japan.

Now, we are just a few days away from the WorldSkills International Competition.1It is now almost a month away. I would like to make this series of articles more detailed, but I have not been able to catch up with my boss, Tadaharu Teshima (deputy plant manager), within the company.

It hit me yesterday when I finally returned to the office. Until yesterday, I had a training course on printing presses at a printing company in Oita Prefecture, and from today, I flew to Osaka for training at another company. In addition, I headed to Tokyo on that leg of the trip,9/14I will be attending the pep rally for the International WorldSkills Competition at a ceremony of the printing industry association to be held in I am quite busy.

 

Incidentally, I have been training in my spare time while performing my normal duties at the domestic competitions, but I have been working on the international competitions.1Now, a month away, Kaita is taking time off from his normal duties to spend almost all of his time training for international competitions, sometimes even on weekends. I was busy just asking him about his schedule, but he said, "Everything is going well! I am a little relieved. I am a little relieved.

By the way, the "Printed!" is the whole7The volume has been published and I think it is a very interesting manga for those who work in the printing industry. In fact, between you and me, a few months ago7We have been interviewed regarding the contents of the volume. We have also frequently been invited to cover training for other printing companies. Although we have such a connection, the timing is such that both our company's Kaita and Manga's Momokawa-kun are training for the competition, so we are anxious to see how both of them go. (To be continued)

 

Past Articles

The Road to the World's Best Technical Olympics (Part 3) "The Relevance of Diverse Competitions and Normal Business Operations"

The Road to World No. 1 in the WorldSkills Olympics (Part 2) "News of the Cancellation of the Games, Yet Reason for Resumption of Training

Road to World No. 1 in the WorldSkills Olympics (Part 1) "In-House Cooperative System that Determines Victory and Defeat