Vocational Education Embraces AI: WorldSkills Competition Introduces AI Design Tools and Smart Security Project for the First Time

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Skilled talents with specialized expertise are increasingly needed and recognized by society. Today, vocational education is no longer a fallback option for those who fail to get into university; it is increasingly becoming the proactive choice of many.

As the world's highest-level, largest-scale and most influential international vocational skills competition, the WorldSkills Competition is not only a platform for skills practitioners from various countries to exchange and share skills experience, but also can intuitively reflect the development level and current status of China's vocational education.

English text is being prepared.

A major change in this year's competition was that AI design tools entered the competition field of this project for the first time. Contestants could use the AI design platform to generate drone concept proposals. A contestant from Saudi Arabia used AI to generate a concept image of a 150mm compact quadcopter as a design reference.

When the competition reached the hand-drawing stage, Brazilian contestant Rafael Candido first used a translation tool to check vocabulary, then had AI generate a concept image, and then deepened it with markers; Uzbek contestant Suleymon Khushmurodov used translation software to convert native-language vocabulary into English.

Speaking of AI, Li Xinyi, a former WorldSkills Competition contestant, recalled that this year's pre-competition exchange competition in New South Wales, Australia, already required contestants to use AI to generate images and use them as design elements. "Contestants use AI to generate some of the elements, which can speed up production."

Another former WorldSkills Competition contestant, Liang Haoyi, said that AI has already entered her daily work. "About 90% of our company's online store promotional images are generated with AI, including some product images." Traditional studio shooting and location shooting take a long time, so some static promotional materials have begun to be produced with the help of AI.

As a coach for the Mobile Application Development project at the 46th, 47th and 48th WorldSkills Competitions, Ma Pingchuan uses AI in contestants' training. "We will teach students some basic programming logic, and then give them suitable cases to work on. In this process, students can send problematic code to AI and let AI provide solutions. There is also some code that can already run, and students will use AI to optimize the code." Ma Pingchuan said. In addition, based on the case results completed by students, we will also let AI further propose functional requirements to make the code more substantial.

Jie'an Gaoke has been deeply engaged in vocational education and training for more than 20 years and recently launched AI digital textbooks.

According to the relevant person in charge of Jie'an Gaoke, industries such as railways require strong professional knowledge. New employees need systematic training before taking up their posts, and veteran employees also need to regularly study and update their knowledge. The company has built different practical training bases for customer needs in different scenarios to provide training services to customers. Over the long term, the company has accumulated a large amount of industry and training data. AI digital textbooks are a software platform specially integrated and developed based on these vertical data.

"On this platform, teachers can generate textbooks according to teaching needs, and students can learn according to the AI digital textbooks. Teachers can also view students' learning progress and make corresponding teaching adjustments." The person in charge said that AI digital textbooks can be tailored to different training needs, so the training carried out can be more targeted and effective.

Indeed, skills are often highly practical. How to better evaluate students' learning and improve their efficiency in mastering skills is also a focus of attention for major vocational colleges.

"Skills assessment is highly subjective, basically one-on-one, difficult to implement on a large scale, and too costly. Moreover, the skills assessment process is difficult to reproduce; key actions are fleeting, and there is a lack of evidence that can be replayed and checked." said Yuan Zhenguo, a professor at East China Normal University.

Yuan Zhenguo introduced that East China Normal University and Shanghai AI Laboratory jointly developed an intelligent skills assessment system. "We break down complex skills into individual small tasks that can be completed one by one, then invite industry experts to formulate clear and actionable scoring standards for each small task, and comprehensively collect data through smart glasses, laying a solid foundation for scoring."

In addition, according to Yuan Zhenguo, the large model integrates various information such as the sequence of on-screen operations and movement trajectories, analyzes item by item and compares it against the standards, and generates a data chain that can be replayed and verified. The agent can not only give a score but also specifically point out the steps where errors occurred and the areas of weakness. "More importantly, the intelligent assessment system has self-learning capability and can accumulate the records of each assessment, experts' scores and industry experience into a knowledge base. The more it is used, the smarter and more reliable it becomes," Yuan Zhenguo said.

At present, this system has been piloted at Shanghai Nanhu Vocational and Technical College. According to feedback from students using the system, with it, everyone can clearly know where their weaknesses lie in learning and can make targeted improvements and enhancements.

In addition, this year's competition set up the "Smart Security Technology" event for the first time. In the view of Qi Li, head of the Chinese expert group for this event, this is a new competition event that reflects new industrial demands. Competitors must not only understand traditional hardware installation, cabling and configuration, but also master intelligent analysis technology, understand AI knowledge such as facial recognition, small models and large models, and be able to carry out planning, design, deployment, debugging and operation and maintenance in accordance with engineering standards.

Particularly noteworthy is that most of the seven new events added to this year's competition are deeply tied to AI.

In the past, when "health and social care" was mentioned, people often pictured care workers at the bedside looking after patients unable to care for themselves. Today, this profession is quietly changing.

"In recent years, with advances in technology, devices such as medication-feeding robots, hair-washing robots and intelligent monitoring cameras have continued to emerge," said the relevant person in charge of Guangdong Weikang Education Technology Co., Ltd. "We have strengthened cooperation with many vocational colleges to provide targeted training for students, so that they not only master traditional nursing skills but also understand and are familiar with the application of AI technology in this field, excel in smart care, expand everyone's employment prospects and enhance everyone's employability."

Zhao Xiaolei, director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Investment and Technology Promotion Office (Shanghai, China), said that in the face of the AI technology wave, the updating of skills standards should build a feedback loop mechanism between industry and vocational and technical education, and reasonably use AI to empower practical training assessment. Cross-border and cross-industry skills exchange platforms can promote the transformation of skills experience into universal standards, change society's fixed perceptions of vocational education, and thereby broaden the development space for young skilled talent.

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In China, vocational education is ushering in an unprecedented spring.

Skilled talent with professional expertise is increasingly needed and recognized by society. Today, vocational education is no longer a fallback option chosen only by those who fail to get into university; it is increasingly becoming the proactive choice of many.

As the world's highest-level, largest-scale and most influential international vocational skills event, the WorldSkills Competition is not only a platform for skilled practitioners from various countries to exchange skills and experience, but also can intuitively reflect the development level and current situation of China's vocational education.

English text is being prepared.

A major change in this year's competition was that AI design tools entered the competition field for this event for the first time. Competitors could use AI design platforms to generate drone concept proposals. A Saudi Arabian competitor used AI to generate a concept image of a 150 mm compact quadcopter as a design reference.

When the competition reached the hand-drawing stage, Brazilian competitor Rafael Candido first used a translation tool to check vocabulary, then had AI generate a concept image, and then used markers to refine it; Uzbek competitor Suleymon Khushmurodov used translation software to convert native-language vocabulary into English.

Speaking of AI, Li Xinyi, a former WorldSkills competitor, recalled that this year's pre-competition exchange competition in New South Wales, Australia, already required competitors to use AI to generate images and use them as design elements. "Competitors use AI to generate some of the elements, which can speed up production."

Another former WorldSkills competitor, Liang Haoyi, said AI has already entered her daily work. "About 90 percent of our company's online store promotional images are generated with AI, including some product images." Traditional studio and location shoots take a long time, so some static promotional materials have begun to be produced with AI.

As a coach for the mobile application development event at the 46th, 47th and 48th WorldSkills Competitions, Ma Pingchuan uses AI in competitors' training. "We teach students some basic programming logic, and then give them suitable cases to work on. In this process, students can send problematic code to AI and let AI provide solutions. There is also some code that can already run, and students use AI to optimize the code." Ma Pingchuan said. In addition, based on the case results students produce, we also let AI further propose functional requirements to make the code more substantial.

Jie'an Gaoke has been deeply engaged in vocational education and training for more than 20 years and recently launched AI digital textbooks.

According to a relevant person in charge at Jie'an Gaoke, industries such as railways require strong professional knowledge; new employees need systematic training before taking up their posts, and veteran employees also need regular learning to update their knowledge. The company has built different practical training bases for customer needs in different scenarios, providing training services to customers. Over the long term, the company has accumulated a large amount of industry and training data, and the AI digital textbook is a software platform specially integrated and developed based on these vertical-domain data.

"On this platform, teachers can generate textbooks according to teaching needs, and students can study according to the AI digital textbook. Teachers can also view students' learning progress and make corresponding teaching adjustments," the person in charge said. The AI digital textbook can be tailored to different training needs, so the training conducted can be more targeted and effective.

Indeed, skills are often highly practical. How to better assess students' learning and improve their efficiency in mastering skills is also a focus of attention for major vocational colleges.

"Skill assessment is highly subjective, basically one-on-one, difficult to implement on a large scale, and too costly. Moreover, the skill assessment process is difficult to reproduce; key actions are fleeting, and there is a lack of evidence that can be replayed and checked," said Yuan Zhenguo, a professor at East China Normal University.

Yuan Zhenguo introduced that East China Normal University and Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory jointly developed an intelligent skill assessment system. "We break down complex skills into individual small tasks to be completed one by one, then invite industry experts to formulate clear and operable scoring standards for each small task, and comprehensively collect data through smart glasses, laying a solid foundation for scoring."

In addition, according to Yuan Zhenguo, the large model will integrate various information such as the sequence of on-screen operations and movement trajectories, analyze item by item, and compare against standards to generate a data chain that can be replayed and checked. The intelligent agent can not only give a score but also specifically point out the links where errors occur and the weak areas. "More importantly, the intelligent assessment system has self-learning capability and can precipitate the records of each assessment, experts' scores, and industry experience into a knowledge base. The more it is used, the smarter and more reliable it becomes," Yuan Zhenguo said.

At present, this system has been piloted at Shanghai Nanhu Vocational and Technical College. According to feedback from students using the system, with it, everyone can clearly know where their weaknesses lie during learning and can make targeted improvements and upgrades.

In addition, this year's competition set up a "Smart Security Technology" event for the first time. In the view of Qi Li, head of the Chinese expert group for this event, this is a new competition event that reflects new industrial demands. Competitors must understand not only traditional hardware installation, cabling, and configuration, but also master intelligent analysis technology, understand AI knowledge such as facial recognition, small models and large models, and be able to carry out planning, design, deployment, debugging, and operation and maintenance in combination with engineering standards.

It is particularly noteworthy that most of the seven new events added to this year's competition are deeply tied to AI.

In the past, when "health and social care" was mentioned, people's impression was often of caregivers at the bedside caring for patients unable to care for themselves. Today, this profession is quietly changing.

"In recent years, with advances in technology, devices such as medication-feeding robots, hair-washing robots, and intelligent monitoring cameras have continued to emerge," said a relevant person in charge at Guangdong Weikang Education Technology Co., Ltd. "We have strengthened cooperation with many vocational colleges to provide targeted training to students, so that they not only master traditional nursing skills but also understand and become familiar with the application of AI technology in this field, display their talents in smart care, expand everyone's employment prospects, and enhance everyone's employability."

Zhao Xiaolei, director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Investment and Technology Promotion Office (Shanghai, China), said that in the face of the wave of AI technology, the updating of skill standards should establish a feedback loop mechanism between industry and vocational and technical education, and reasonably use AI to empower practical training assessment. A cross-national and cross-industry skills exchange platform can promote the transformation of skills experience into universal standards, change society's fixed perceptions of vocational education, and thereby broaden the development space for young skilled talent.