Lyceums and colleges in the Vitebsk region will begin training weavers and warpers for the first time

June 3, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. For the first time from the new academic year, lyceums and colleges in the Vitebsk region will begin training weavers and warpers. The list of professions for which workers are trained in vocational-technical educational institutions of the region will be supplemented with a dozen new qualifications, Deputy Head of the Education Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Sergey Kovalenko told a BELTA correspondent. At the request of the regional education department, four of them – sizing machine operator, weaver, warper, and road worker – will be included in the list of professions for which training is conducted in vocational-technical educational institutions of Belarus. Weaver, warper, and sizing machine operator are weaver qualifications. They work on special equipment and are involved in the production of fabric base. Previously, workers of these qualifications, as well as road workers, were trained directly at enterprises, the interlocutor explained. For the first time, colleges in the region will also train electricians for the maintenance of commercial and refrigeration equipment, specialists in household appliance repair, and laundry equipment operators. As Sergey Kovalenko emphasized, the opening of new qualifications is carried out at the request of enterprises and districts. This time, the joint-stock company "Polotsk-Steklovolokno", the regional department of consumer services, and construction organizations requested personnel training. In the unofficial ranking of the most popular working professions among young people, according to the department, construction workers are in the lead, followed by "female" professions: hairdressers, typist-secretaries, salespersons. In the Vitebsk region, 31 vocational-technical educational institutions train workers in 67 professions and 134 qualifications. 12.5 thousand young men and women are undergoing training. This year, lyceums, colleges, and vocational schools expect 10.5 thousand graduates of basic and secondary schools. Admission committees begin their work on June 15. -0-