World Skills: Sophie fights for Switzerland in Lyon 🎥
CAREER Sophie Schumacher from Bern wants to win one of the coveted medals at World Skills 2024 in Lyon. She has already passed the qualification stage at Transport-CH in Bern with flying colors.
The automotive trade association AGVS is proud to be sending a woman to the World Skills Championships for the first time. Sophie Schumacher from Studen is going to World Skills 2024 and will compete for Switzerland as the country's best female commercial vehicle mechatronics technician.
The 21-year-old now faces ten months of intensive preparation. Jean Trotti, who will accompany her as chief expert, has already helped talented youngsters to victory on the international stage on several occasions.
Sophie Schumacher after the competition: "The first post went quite well. That gave me confidence". Jean has already indicated to me that there will be some training sessions. But I hope that there will still be some free time."
Only 45 minutes per post
In Hall 8 on the Bernexpo site, numerous trade fair visitors followed the action on the three trucks. For the talented drivers - in addition to Sophie Schumacher, Roger Ruch from Kappelen and Alina Knüsel from Meierskappel had qualified for the competition - the task was to diagnose and rectify the faults under time pressure. Only 45 minutes were available for each item. The breakdown assistance station was particularly tricky: without circuit diagrams and diagnostic technology, they had to get the truck to start again.
The best in her field
Sophie Schumacher from Camionrep AG completed her apprenticeship as an automotive mechatronics technician specializing in commercial vehicles and qualified for this selection competition at the 2023 Swiss Championships in September. This makes her one of the best in her profession - also in comparison with her colleagues specializing in passenger cars.
Photo: Christian Pfammatter/mmch
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