OREANDA-NEWS. On 04 June 2008 was announced, that the main judicial commission supervised by Deputy Director For Technical Issues - Chief Engineer Alexander Kornilov, defined the winner of the professional skills competition among brigades of electrical engineers of Lipetskenergo branch of IDGC of Centre.

Opening the competitions, Deputy General Director - Director of branch Alexander Konanykhin said, ‘Everything changes: new technologies and equipment are implemented. All this is reflected in daily activity. The main goal of the action is improvement of quality of works and safety at electric networks maintenance. Everybody has a chance to win; the best will be awarded, and their results will become a reference point for all participants of competitions. Next time the bar will be raised for them; this continuous growth is the main idea of professional skills competitions.’

Two days, 28 - 29 May, at the training ground of Zadonsk College, eleven teams of Lipetskenergo branch of IDGC of Centre struggled for a rank of the best in the profession. The competition of electrical engineers for repairs and electric equipment maintenance looked the most exciting. The participants of the competitions adroitly and quickly rose up the high concrete support of the transmission line, debugged the transformer operation, by means of the special equipment they connected wires observing thus all safety precautions regulations.

The brigade of the Lipetsk Electric Networks became the "Best Complex Brigade For Maintenance And Repairs Of SB 110/35/10 kV In 2008". The Usman EGE (electric grid area) took the 1st place among brigades of electrical engineers of distribution electric networks of 2008; the II and III places were occupied by the electrical engineers of Volovo and Chaplygin EGE.

As a matter of fact, all participants of the competitions became winners. As all of them are highly quality experts, the competition gave a rich basis for exchange in experience and resembled rather a special master class where tasks are carried out quickly and qualitatively. Summarizing the competition and rewarding the winners took place in a very warm and friendly atmosphere. Gift certificates for purchase of home appliances were handed over to each participant of the winner teams. The team of winners was awarded the repairs fund in the amount of 3 million rubles and the autohydrolift.

Let us remind that similar competitions are held in Lipetskenergo branch of IDGC of Centre in order to raise the level of professional skills of powermen. Now the team of Lipetsk electric networks will represent Lipetskenergo branch of IDGC of Centre at the competitions of professional skills in Yaroslavl.