The Best in Profession professional skills competition is a part of the motivation system. It helps to single out and encourage enterprising and promising employees, contributes to the growth of the professional skills of the Company's employees, as well as promotes the dissemination of the best practices, the introduction of new technologies, the enhancement of the prestige of blue-collar professions, production culture, and responsibility for trouble-free operation.

Over 1,000 employees from more than 100 Group’s Companies take part in The Best in profession competition annually. The events are held at the production sites of the Company. The contest evaluates both theoretical and practical skills of the participants. Special attention is paid to their knowledge in the field of industrial and fire safety as well as labor protection.

Champions and prize-winners of the contest are awarded with diplomas and money certificates.

Participation in the Worldskills National Championship of Vocational Skills.

Since 2015, PJSC NK Rosneft has taken part in the WorldSkills Hi-Tech National Championship of Cross-Industry Professions in High-Tech Industries in the Laboratory Chemical Analysis competence area.

In order to popularize working professions and improve the level of training in accordance with international standards corporate championship of Rosneft is held in the Laboratory Chemical Analysis competence area according to the Worldskills standards.

Laboratory workers and experts of more than 30 Group’s companies take part in the Championship held on the base of corporate production sites in the presence cities.

Prizewinners of the Championship got the right to represent the Company at the National Championship of End-to-End Working Professions in High-Tech Industries WorldSkills Hi-Tech. According to the results of competitive tests young specialists of the Group’s companies take prizes in Laboratory Chemical Analysis competence area.