1 July, 2019
The results of the educational project "We are the future of power engineering!", which started in October 2018 within the framework of an agreement on cooperation in the field of career guidance work between vocational school No. 1 of the city district of Podolsk and JSC Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk, were summarized.
The main goal of the project - is to train personnel for Group of Companies Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk through familiarization and pre-professional training of schoolchildren for the conscious choice of the power engineer profession and admission to a specialized university - NIU Moscow Power Engineering Institute.
“We consider this project important due to the current shortage of engineering specialists. The chain "School-University-Factory" enables students of grades 7-9 to decide on the choice of physics and mathematics in high school, pass exams successfully and enter a prestigious university of the country, devoting themselves in the future to their beloved qualified and highly paid profession, working close to home , which plays an important role in our life. Today, about 60 graduates of MPEI work at our enterprise, among them are graduates of vocational school No. 1 "- said the Deputy General Director for HR Policy, Legal and Corporate Issues of JSC Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk, presenting the program of events.
Knyazkova Natalia Aleksandrovna became a supervisor of the project and its ideological inspirer. Leading engineer of the steam generator building department of MPEI, a graduate of the power engineering faculty of the famous university, Natalia Aleksandrovna has been the head of pre-university training for students in schools and lyceums in Podolsk for many years.
Within the framework of the project, during the year, interesting meetings were held with ZiO specialists, students and teachers of the MPEI departments, sightseeing tours to large energy complex enterprises. For the children on a regular basis during the academic year, optional physics classes were organized, during which the teacher, graduate of the lyceum, master's student of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, graduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Isfrailov Namig, helped the children expand their school knowledge of the physical laws of nature.
During an excursion tour to the engineering center of JSC ZiO, arranged on November 9, 2018, the schoolchildren were told about the activities of the enterprise for development of power engineering in Russia and foreign countries, young designers and engineers, graduates of the lyceum and MPEI who work at the enterprise spoke before them. The children had the opportunity to visit the design departments and visually get acquainted with the work of power equipment developers, with modern SW programs and design methods.
During the excursion tour to NIU MPEI, which took place on November 20, 2018, the schoolchildren got acquainted with the institutes (faculties) of the technical university, visited the departments, got acquainted with the programs of the educational process, research areas of work in the energy sector, saw how important natural sciences are for the country's development and technical and engineering specialties.
On February 7, 2019, an excursion tour to the first nuclear power plant in Obninsk was organized for schoolchildren of lyceum No. 1. The children got acquainted with different aspects of the specialty proposed for consideration, related to development of power equipment.
As part of the internship, on June 3, 2019, the schoolchildren visited the production site of ZiO Group - JSC Stroytekhnika. The schoolchildren saw the organization of work at production site, unique machines. During the excursion tour, attention was drawn to the importance of vocational education and the need for high-class workers, since expensive equipment must be in the hands of qualified people. High qualification of design engineers is of great importance for production process as well, so as not to deliberately develop defects, which can lead to significant losses for the enterprise. Understanding how important it is to study well became the leading idea of the entire excursion tour.
The second day of practice, June 4, was spent at Mosenergo and Energy Museum in Moscow. The children were told about the variety of specialties in the thermal and electric power industry, they were shown the model of TPP-26, which is the third in the world and the second in Europe power plant in terms of capacity and novelty of equipment.
The last event of the 2018-2019 academic year was the excursion tour of lyceum students to the branch of PJSC "MOESK" Southern Electric Networks, arranged on June 6, 2019. The children got acquainted with the Control Center. The gateway arrangement of the entrance showed the strategic importance of operation in the Control Center. A movie was shown about the development of power grids in the country. In conclusion, the children were shown a bomb shelter in which employees should take refuge in case of danger, which indicates that power engineering specialists are the most important for the country.
What lies ahead - admission to universities. For the schoolchildren who decided to engage their professional life with the energy sector and who are enrolled in MPEI MEI, cooperation with the Group of Companies Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk will continue further. The plant provides comprehensive support to students and always keeps the doors open for those who are interested to see how theoretical knowledge is applied in practice, in particular, in the specifics of design work and in production technological processes. ZiO specialists hold regular meetings with students at the engineering center and at the production sites of the Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk. At present, the workers of the plant are preparing an educational film "Metalworking of surfaces for power equipment" on the basis of the production enterprises of the ZiO Group of Companies. And of course, the most successful and talented graduates may become part of the professional team of Machine-Building Factory of Podolsk.