Suriname will participate on the skills Web Design and Welding during the WorldSkills Americas 2010 in Rio de Janeiro.

On the Web Design skill Simon Noerdjan, 22 years old, working at Spang Makandra is participating for Suriname. The objective of the Web Design skill is to design and develop every aspect of a fully functionally website in only four days time.

Simon is training for the big event at Spang Makandra. Spang Makandra is an ICT Media studio in Suriname developing internet projects for Suriname and The Netherlands.
From The Netherlands Lennard Schutter and Wouter Niekus, previous WorldSkills candidates from 2009 and 2007, are helping Simon in the training process.

Skills a completely new experience. Creating a website without the help of internet or libraries is a nice challenge.

My strong points are translating design to a website, programming and communication. I still need to work a bit on programming in JavaScript and search engine optimalization.