Jérôme Samyn

• Age: 18 years

Competitor in Skill: Bricklaying
Country: Belgium

How did you get interested in your skill?
By doing works at home.

Where did you do your training for your skill?
At school (ARTEM and Don Bosco Tournai)

How did you first find out about your Member organization and its programs?
Thanks to skillsbelgium and the Startech’s Days.

Who influenced you to pursue your skill as a career?
My relatives and my teacher.

What is your experience in participating with your Member organization?
A lot of enrichment.

Describe your most memorable moment so far with WorldSkills?
Not yet experienced.

Describe what your experience has been since your involvement with WorldSkills.
It has just begun!

Did participating in the skills competitions and training for WorldSkills help you progress in your skill? Please describe.
Yes, it’s different from works we are used to make.

What do you currently do? Where do you work?
Still at school in 7th grade: shell, tiles, screed.

What are your future career aspirations?
I want to work! And in a few years, I want to start my own business.