The Disability Skills Competition will be launched on 10/21, with 329 athletes with disabilities competing for the 25 national team quotas.

The Disability Skills Competition will be launched on 10/21. (Courtesy Workforce Development Agency)

[Reporter Li Jinghui/Taipei Report] The 19th National Skills Competition for People with Disabilities, specially organized for people with disabilities, will officially launch tomorrow (21st). 329 contestants with disabilities from all walks of life will gather together to demonstrate professional skills and work potential in various occupations. Able to compete for 22 categories and 25 national players, and represent my country in the 11th International Energy Exhibition and Energy Festival Vocational Skills Competition held in Finland in May 2016; the top three players in each category will also receive bonuses of NT$120,000, NT$60,000 and NT$40,000.

The Skills Certification Center of the Workforce Development Administration of the Ministry of Labor stated that the National Skills Competition for People with Disabilities is held every two years. For this competition, contestants will register and familiarize themselves with the competition venue on October 21st, compete on October 22nd, and hold an awards ceremony on October 23rd.

This competition plans to handle 25 job categories, including 4 major categories: art, information, life services and others. Among them, the minimum age of the contestants is 15 years old and the maximum age is 70 years old. The three categories with the largest number of participants are 28 people in the computer software application category, 25 people in the painting category and 25 people in the photography category. There are also many contestants who have participated and won awards. This year, they come to challenge contestants of different professions. Among them, some contestants have participated in various skill competitions of our center for 13 times. There are even contestants from husband and wife team, twin brother team, mother and son team and brother and sister team to participate together. They are enthusiastically supported by friends with disabilities.

In order to encourage people with disabilities to actively participate in skills competitions and demonstrate professional vocational skills, as long as they are selected as the top 3 contestants in each category, they will receive bonuses of NT$120,000, NT$60,000, and NT$40,000 respectively; in addition, they can also apply for extra points for screening and recommended admission, and participate This year’s competition can compete with previous contestants, such as applying for exemption from technical tests for skills certification. The one with the best results will be selected as a national player to participate in the International Energy Exhibition and Energy Festival Vocational Skills Competition held once every four years. In May next year, he will go to Helsinki, Finland to compete (Abilympics Helsinki 2027), allowing the world to see Taiwan’s technical strength again.