SkillsUSA offers many opportunities for growth through career competitions. Students can compete at the local, district, state, national or international levels. Students must compete at the district level to advance to the state level, and then state to advance to the national contest. In addition to the 16 Career Clusters established for career and technical education training programs, SkillsUSA has established an additional Leadership Competition Cluster where related skills can be demonstrated in a competitive setting. The leadership competitions are open solely to SkillsUSA members, regardless of their training program area. SkillsUSA Texas offers Leadership Development contests in all participating Training Programs. In addition to the Leadership Development competitions, students may also compete in the Skilled and Technical, and Occupationally Related competitions.
For District and State level regulations and guidelines, such as registration limits, and eligibility requirements, please refer to the Texas Regulations.
Each joined student in approved chapter, taking a class that qualifies under the technical standard may enter (up to 10 things for one registration fee):
- One skilled & technical individual competition AND one team skilled & technical competition AND
- One individual leadership competition AND one team leadership competition AND
- One individual demonstration competition AND one team demonstration competition
- One individual occupational related competition AND one team occupational related competition AND
- One individual job exhibit AND one job exhibit multiple or chapter
The following is a list of Leadership Development competitions offered in SkillsUSA Texas. Some of the contests are “State Only”, meaning there is not a national level for that contest.