The main goal of the competition is to popularize the dry construction system among vocational school students. This is a serious challenge for young, promising craftsmen - to test and show their abilities in the construction and finishing business.
The first Knauf Junior Trophy was held in 2000 in Latvia. For 14 years of its existence, competitions for young professionals have been held in Estonia, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland and Macedonia. This year, the Knauf Junior Trophy was held in the Czech Republic, Prague, from June 3 to June 5.
Teams of two students under the age of 21 came from 17 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine …
The competition consisted of theoretical and practical parts. In the theoretical part, the participants receive 60 questions in the field of dry construction and, within 30 minutes, choose the correct answer from the four proposed options. In the practical part, each team must assemble a complex structure from drywall sheets and profiles in 240 minutes.
The Ukrainian team, unfortunately, found itself in a rather difficult situation, as one of the nominated contestants was unable to obtain a visa. The organizers of the competition helped out: the Czech team put their reserve in a pair with the Ukrainian participant. "Great partner!" - said Vitaly Eremchuk about his Czech partner, after the end of the practical round of the competition.
The team from Slovenia became the winners of the Knauf Junior Trophy 2014. The second place went to the Austrian participants, and the third to the Croatian ones. A team of students from Russia (Novosibirsk College of Architecture and Civil Engineering) took 9th place (in terms of points for theory and practice), and according to the results of the assessment of the practical task, ours became 6th, improving our result in 2012, where we were only 11th …
During the three days of the championship, the participants not only competed in craft and professional skills, but also took part in a quest game in the historical part of Prague, played bowling in mixed teams and a kind of mini-golf on a plasterboard field. Despite the language barriers, the participants found a common language and managed to make friends.
