Rosavtodor has come to an agreement with the WorldSkills Russia Union in carrying out a competition of professional skill among road builders.As reported to Construction.ru by the press service of Rosavtodor today, all athletes at the wheel of heavy construction machinery should perform a series of tasks in the form of a relay race. Among them: a competition to play football followed by scoring a goal. Loader drivers will have to show skills in basketball, throwing balls into a basket. Excavator operators must precisely bring down a ladle onto a plastic figure on a special platform. For drivers of dump trucks there will be "figure skating" competitions in the form of passing a snake, a dual stop on the stop line and accurate driving on a platform with barriers.The athletes/road-builders will be representing 80 territorial subjects of the Russian Federation. The finals will take place on September 11th in St. Petersburg.
