The regular meeting of the General Director of JSC “Zaporizhstal” Rostislav Shurma with the students took place in Zaporozhye State Engineering Academy on the 28th of March 2013.
The meeting of the company’s chief executive with the students of Zaporozhye State Engineering Academy, who have chosen the metallurgy as their vocation, took place as a part of development of cooperation with higher education establishments of Zaporozhye. The question-and-answer mode was chosen for the meeting. This let all attendants to put the questions to the General Director personally and to get comprehensive answers. Rostislav Shurma answered many topical questions which were asked not only by students but also by lecturers of the academy during one academic hour of communication with audience.
The majority of questions were about the prospects for cooperation of iron and steel works with the academy for the purpose of training of highly-qualified personnel for the metallurgical industry, provision of employment for young professionals at JSC “Zaporizhstal”, possibilities for their further professional development and career advancement, the social security system of employees and housing question solution, the development of sports programmes.
Rostislav Shurma informed students about the development of the programme of cooperation of integrated iron and steel works and higher education establishments as a part of which students will be able to do practical training at integrated iron and steel works “Zaporizhstal” with possible provision of employment in future. “For example, the heads of many key divisions of integrated iron and steel works are young people aged from 25 to 40 years” — mentioned Rostislav Shurma.
A great number of questions asked by the students were about modernization of production capacities of integrated iron and steel works, and the prospect of converter shop construction in particular. Rostislav Shurma informed the audience that the company would implement that project because it was very important from the point of view of further development of the company and of the region as a whole.
The environmental issue of Zaporozhye Region also was discussed during the meeting. Rostislav Shurma mentioned that JSC “Zaporizhstal” sequentially carried out the programme of out-of-date capacity modernization. The modernization of sintering production will be done primarily. This will let to decrease the hazardous emissions almost 7 times.
The students and lecturers of Zaporozhye State Engineering Academy were also interested in the possibility of obtaining of professional success and asked the General Director what was necessary for a professional in order to become a success in career.
Rostislav Shurma answered the question in the following way: “First of all one must have well-defined life’s goal, concern oneself with self-education and get new knowledge not only from theory but also from practical experience in order to become a successful leader”. At the end of the meeting the leaders of students’ senate of Zaporozhye State Engineering Academy awarded commemorative formal document to Rostislav Shurma and expressed their hope that the meeting would be not the last.