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"KAMAZ-master Skills": sports team held professional mastership contest

21.02.2020

From 17 to 19 February members of KAMAZ-master team took part in professional mastership competition "KAMAZ-master Skills". First-ever among the personnel passed the contest on defining best specialists in main production activity directions. Around 50 people challenged to display their skills. Contest was divided into 3 types of events: at the beginning the contestants passed the exam on Highway Code knowledge and demonstrated driving mastership behind the wheel of a new truck-tractor KAMAZ-54901 (K5 line), the second day was devoted to sports competition and in conclusion all met at production workshop where each contestant had to produce identical details as in the drawing, given by a design-engineer. 

Due to the competition conditions participants could choose any of the events, but overall winner must be chosen from those who took part in all events and taken the better score. The first day turned out to be the most outstanding one, more than 40 people took part in high-speed completion of tasks at the motodrome. According to participants the most interest was aroused by a new truck, which hadn't been driven before.

"I drove a new K5 line truck. For sure the truck is different from the truck we used to drive on an off-road. It has very convenient ergonomics, automatic gearbox, effective breaks, I think that this truck is the future", shared the contest's participant, driver and winner of the Dakar Rally 2014 and 2020, Andrey Karginov. 

The General Director of PTC KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin greeted the participants of competition and wished victory to the strongest:

"I am really happy that such professional mastership contest, where you can show your skills in three events in really serious atmosphere, is organised. Hands, head and physical training - all that is necessary for our athletes".

So, due to the results of all three rankings the best result is shown by the production workshop mechanic - Ivan Malkov, with a gap of one point, second place was taken by design-engineer - Albert Arslanov, the top-three was closed by the driver Dmitry Sotnikov.

Sponsors of the contest congratulated the participants with the victory as well - the Executive Director of the Company Group "Korib" - Andrey Kozhevnikov, the Manager of CONGRESS AVIA affiliated company in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny - Irina Kruykova, the general director of advertisement-production company Media Light - Aleksandr Sokolov.