Gazprom’s best professionals named at corporate Labor Festival
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The results of Gazprom's second Labor Festival were announced and the winners of the professional excellence competitions were awarded today in the settlement of Pervomaisky, Tambov Region.
Victory in the Best Welder contest went to Eduard Ratnikov (Gazprom Transgaz Belarus).
The title of Best Gas Distribution Station Operator was won by Alexander Kogtev (Gazprom Transgaz Moscow).
Dmitry Ryazapov (Gazprom Transgaz Moscow) was named Best Cable Maintenance & Splicing Worker.
Alexander Golovin (Gazprom Transgaz Moscow) brought home the Best Corrosion Protection Specialist award.
Alexey Mingailov (Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk) won the title of Best Fitter Specializing in Corrosion Protection of Underground Pipelines.
Victory in the corporate team standings went to Gazprom Transgaz Moscow.
In addition to the main venue of the Festival in the Tambov Region (at the Production & Training Center of Gazprom Transgaz Moscow), professional excellence contests took place at a number of subsidiaries of the Company: in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area (at the Gubkinsky gas production site of Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk), in Ufa (at the sites of Gazprom Transgaz Ufa), and in Kaliningrad (at GAZPROM's Training Simulator Computer Center).
The title of Best Oil & Gas Production Operator went to Dmitry Klyuev (Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk).
Dinar Nazarov (Gazprom Transgaz Ufa) was named Best Driver.
Larisa Kirilyuk (Gazprom Dobycha Nadym) won the title of Best Teacher of Education Subdivision of Gazprom Subsidiary.
Also during the Festival, another professional excellence contest, which was devoted to computer design and information technologies, took place at Gazprom Corporate Institute in St. Petersburg.
Andrey Sviridov (Gazproektengineering) won the title of Best Specialist in Computer Design.
The title of Best Specialist in Information Technologies went to Andrey Elagin (Gazprom Transgaz Stavropol).
The awards in the categories of Best Project in Computer Design Technologies, Best Project in Information Technologies and Best Project in Software and Database Development went to Gazproektengineering, Gazprom Dobycha Astrakhan and Gazprom Transgaz Samara, respectively.
In addition, professional excellence contests in the professions (specializations) of the core businesses were held at a number of Gazprom's subsidiaries and entities.
Background
The first Labor (Professional Excellence) Festival of Gazprom was held in September 2018. It brought together over 100 participants from 30 subsidiaries of the Company. The second Labor Festival involved more than 180 participants from 36 subsidiaries of the Company.
This format of corporate professional excellence competitions provides for several competitions taking place at once within a single event.