On October 30, on the basis of the Almaty State College of Service and Technology, the State Fund for the Development of Youth Policy in Almaty with the support of the Department of Social Development of Almaty and the Department of Education of Almaty launched a mini-championship Jastar Skills to popularize blue-collar occupations.

This project took place on the basis of our college in 2 specialties:

Hairdressing and decorative cosmetics;

Design and modeling of clothes.

Jastar Skills 2020 contributes to reducing the shortage of specialists, increasing competitiveness and innovative development of our country. This is a great way to demonstrate the high-class skills of young professionals.

Today, a mini-championship in the specialty "Hairdressing and decorative cosmetics" and the ceremonial closing of Jastar Skills 2020 took place.

Round 1 was held in an online format: applications were selected by international World Skills experts and participants who passed into Round 2 were invited to the Almaty State College of Service and Technology.

The jury evaluated young specialists in 12 aspects, such as: correspondence and harmony of the image, jewelry and dress of the model, correspondence to the theme of the module, presentation of the final work, as well as the time that was spent on the whole work.

According to the results, the places were distributed as follows:

1st place - Angelina Kuleshova;

2nd place - Zhumabay Ulpan;

3rd place was shared by Firuza Beisenova and Yana Farkhieva.

The winners were awarded with valuable prizes and certificates. Also, expert Bekisheva Marfuga, an international class master and director of the Karolina salon, presented Yana Farkhieva with a certificate for one-year training in hairdressing courses.

The event was held in compliance with safety regulations, quarantine measures and social distance. Before starting work, the experts gave the participants a briefing, explained the rules of the mini-championship and wished them luck.