OREANDA-NEWS. The Competition for the Operating Personnel of high-pressure CHPPs forming part of OJSC Irkurskenergo finished. The team of the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP became the winner; the team of the Ust-Ilimskaya CHPP ranked second, while third place went to the team of CHPP-11.

Winners in the “Best in Profession” category included: Alexey Matlashevsky, a power plant shift supervisor at the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP; Maxim Shatalov, an electric house shift supervisor at the Ust-Ilimskaya CHPP; Dmitry Ruzhnikov, a boiler house shift supervisor at CHPP-11; Ivan Yashnikov, a turbine house shift supervisor at the Ust-Ilimskaya CHPP; Ruslan Kostenkov, a boiler control board operator at the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP; Dmitry Dubanov, a turbine control board operator at the Novo-Ziminskaya CHPP; Alexey Akhlyustin, a boiler equipment maintenance engineer at the Ust-Ilimskaya CHPP; Denis Makhotkin, a turbine equipment maintenance engineer at the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP; Viktor Zavdovyev, an electrician on duty at the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP.

As for medium-pressure plants, the team of the TI&TS area (a section comprising heat generators and heating networks) of CHPP-6 was the winner; the team of CHPP-12 ranked second, while third place went to the team of the Shelekhovsky area of the Novo-Irkutskaya CHPP.

Winners in the “Best in Profession” category included: Alexey Blagirev, a power plant shift supervisor at the TI&TS of CHPP-6; Viktor Khromovskikh, a boiler and turbine house shift supervisor at the TI&TS of CHPP-6; Irina Kuznetsova, a boiler control board operator at the TI&TS of CHPP-6; Andrey Menkov, a turbine control board operator at the TI&TS of CHPP-6; Alexey Podlessky, an electrician on duty at the TI&TS of CHPP-6.

During the competition, the teams demonstrated their knowledge of technical and regulatory documents, the ability to deal with emergencies and minimize the losses, as well as to give first aid to injured people.

We would like to remind that the competition for the operating personnel of HPPs finished on April 23, 2013. The team of the Bratskaya HPP became the winner; the team of the Irkutskaya HPP ranked second, while third place went to the team of the Krasnoyarskaya HPP

Comment Evgeny Fedorov, CEO of OJSC EuroSibEnergo and OJSC Irkutskenergo: “The Competition for the Operating Personnel of HPPs and CHPPs clearly demonstrates the proficiency of the team members and, consequently, of the staff at these power plants in general. Therefore, OJSC Irkutskenergo will continue to hold such competitions.”