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Occupationally Related Competitions

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. Most occupationally related competitions are open to SkillsUSA members enrolled in any career and technical program, as these competitions represent skills that are not unique to any one Career Cluster or training area.

For example, competitions like Occupational Health and Safety and Related Technical Math are in this category because safety and mathematical concepts are part of many career and technical education programs. Another example is Entrepreneurship, through which any student interested in opening their own business can showcase their business plan.  SkillsUSA Texas offers Occupationally Related contests in all participating Training Programs. In addition to these competitions, students may also compete in the Skilled and Technical and Leadership Development 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

 

Here is a list of current Occupationally Related Competitions offered in SkillsUSA Texas. Some of the contests are “State Only”, meaning there is not a national level for that contest. Career Pathway contests compete under individual categories at district. For State and National competition only 1st place in the cluster advance.