Students of Stavropol State Agrarian University will be able to undergo practical training at the Minsk Tractor Plant. The corresponding agreement was signed by the rector of StGAU Vladimir Sitnikov and the general director of the machine-building enterprise Vitaly Vovk.

Within the framework of the agreement, students of StGAU studying in areas related to the repair and operation of agricultural machinery will be able to learn from engineers, designers, locksmiths and other specialists of the enterprise, as well as get acquainted with the organization of the production cycle and take part in the production and maintenance of agricultural machinery.

— The key task set by the Governor and the federal center is high—quality training of specialists in the field of agriculture. And enhanced cooperation with the Minsk Tractor Plant is a new point of growth, which makes it possible to tighten the competencies and broaden the horizons of students,» said Vladimir Sitnikov, Rector of the State State Agrarian University.

The first group of 8 students should go to practice in the spring of 2024.

«We are implementing the decisions of the Presidents on cooperation — joint industrial policy within the framework of the Union State, and we are already solving the real tasks that we face so that we can ensure technological, food, and all types of security,» said Vitaly Vovk, General Director of MTZ.

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Since 2021, the MTZ educational, Scientific and production center has been operating on the basis of the StGAU, launched jointly with JSC Minsk Tractor Plant and TD MTZ-Stavropol LLC. The center consists of 6 educational, production and research laboratories. The center was equipped with a virtual simulator simulator «MTZ-1221 tractor cabin», which allows you to simulate various technological operations with calculations of violations.

The inclusion of laboratory work on MTZ tractor mechanisms in the training program allows students to obtain the necessary theoretical and practical basis for studying special disciplines, acquiring skills and abilities in designing, operating and maintaining the main components and mechanisms of tractors and other complex agricultural machines that are necessary in the professional activities of engineers.