Skills Development in Jewelry Education

In the age of artificial intelligence,

we should say our expectations of a person

are not merely that they can make this

thing, they must also possess the

ability to solve problems,

and, more importantly, to raise questions,

- and think independently.

As the world’s premier skills competition,

the WorldSkills jewelry competition does not merely assess

craftsmanship, it integrates traditional ingenuity,

aesthetic design, and on-the-spot creativity,

comprehensively testing contestants’

- overall capabilities.

Our WorldSkills jewelry

processing event

began participating at the 44th

competition. At that time,

one of the contestants we trained

was also one of our students,

and represented China in its first

participation in the jewelry

processing competition event.

In our first participation,

we won a bronze medal.

WorldSkills assesses both

our traditional craftsmanship

and our design,

as well as this understanding

and pursuit of beauty.

Our contestants are required

to use the most basic materials,

for example, 18K gold,

such as 18K gold tubing,

gold sheets, and gold wire,

these simplest materials of points, lines,

and planes, entirely by hand,

through sawing and forging,

as well as surface finishing and so on,

using these tools,

to ultimately create a finished piece.

Its dimensions must

match those in the original drawing exactly.

Therefore, contestants need a strong command of materials,

mastery of craftsmanship,

and a pursuit of design and beauty,

- all to a very high standard. Winning medals is only

the starting point. Bringing competition standards into

classrooms and benefiting more students is the core purpose of vocational education

using competitions to promote teaching.

Over the years, schools have continuously broken down and adapted

WorldSkills’ high-standard system, bringing elite skills

- into everyday teaching. WorldSkills

represents

the highest level

of skilled professionals.

But it is not simply

about competing for competition’s sake.

What we are doing now

is translating WorldSkills achievements into practice.

In fact, what WorldSkills has left us is not

merely a medal,

but an entire system of professional

development and, uh,

curriculum resources, as well as a complete

approach to talent development.

And even more,

I think, it has left us with spirit,

the WorldSkills spirit of striving for perfection,

the spirit of craftsmanship it has left us with.

A very valuable thing.

After our contestant won the bronze medal,

this contestant stayed on to teach at the school.

This year, at the 48th competition,

the person representing China was also

from Shenzhen City Vocational

College's Shenzhen Technician

Institute.

He was the bronze medal winner back then,

and was trained by him as the head coach.

Leveraging the advantages of industry-education integration in the Greater Bay Area,

teaching is seamlessly aligned with the market.

What students learn is what they use. A large number of outstanding

skilled professionals leave campus and establish themselves in their industries,

or even start their own businesses

and make a name for themselves. The Greater Bay Area's industry-education

integration practice center is an industry-university-research

base.

At this industry-education center,

eight national technical experts have emerged,

along with ten teachers who are national technical experts.

Among them,

some national technical experts

have started businesses

on their own in Jieyang.

Others are in Shenzhen,

and some have already reached annual revenues of

several million,

or tens of millions, with excellent results.

AI can efficiently handle basic design

and production, but aesthetic judgment,

independent thinking, and the core ability to solve complex

problems remain talent's core competitive advantages.

These changes in the industry also place new demands on the comprehensive abilities

of vocational education teachers,

creating entirely new requirements.

In fact, regarding the entire, um,

competition's technical standards,

regulations,

and evaluation system,

on this basis,

we combine the characteristics of the industry

and those of our students

to carry out secondary

structuring and secondary development.

Therefore, in the age of artificial intelligence,

the requirements for people,

are not merely that they can

make something,

they must also have the ability to solve

problems.

More importantly, they need the ability to identify problems

and think independently. AI may certainly give you

hundreds of images,

but which image

meets market demand,

and which one has greater aesthetic

value, these things

rely on our students' judgment.

As for our teachers,

first of all, teachers need to possess,

compared with the past,

the ability to translate standards,

as well as digital

integrated teaching capabilities, including teaching research

and resource development capabilities.

That is, our industry...

- The capacity for educational collaboration. From traditional craftsmanship to digi

tal innovation, jewelry vocational education continues

to evolve and upgrade, continually cultivating

versatile artisan talent for the industry,

- helping drive high-quality industrial development.

It can provide the relevant

vocational spe— vocational

colleges with a complete set of localized,

continuously evolving teaching standards

and curriculum

standards.

Secondly, I think, um,

it should be able to leave behind some

concepts for talent development.

The meticulous pursuit

of perfection

and excellence promoted by WorldSkills,

this WorldSkills spirit of craftsmanship,

through the transformation of WorldSkills outcomes, can leave behind a

model for talent development integrating industry, academia, and research

with innovation,

It should allow these

It should allow these

educational benefits to reach all

vocational education students,

thereby benefiting

thereby benefiting

our entire industry,

truly being able to support our industry,

to provide some assistance to our industry,

and help the industry develop.