The 9th European vocational education and skills excellence event Euroskills was held in Herning, Denmark.
As reported by Focus on Belgium, the “Belgian Red Bears” team consisted of 20 boys and 4 girls from all regions of the country.
They represented Belgium in no less than 20 trades including cooking, tiling, hairdressing, and various other disciplines such as mechatronics (this engineering discipline incorporates mechanics, electronics, IT and automation to design and manufacture smart products and complex systems).
The website states that Belgians won a total of 13 medals: three silver, two bronze and eight Medallions for Excellence.
Sophie Vergari in Graphic Design Technology, Yente Beck in Welding, and Gilles Schoonbrood in Mechanical Engineering Design (CAD), won with a silver medal, it goes on to say.
Pablo Dejardin won a bronze medal in the Restaurant service category, as did the duo of Mathéo Berbronne and Louis Lemaître in Landscape gardening.
Focus on Belgium says, “Eight other young Belgians received a Medallion for Excellence, an award recognising outstanding performances above the international benchmark, with a score of over 700 points out of 800.”
It was, it says, “A fine showcase for Belgian technical know-how.”
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