Skilled and Technical 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. Skilled and Technical contest participants must meet the occupational training program eligibility requirements in each competition description. Eligibility is directly aligned to the occupational objectives of the competitor’s program of study.
In addition to the Skilled and Technical competitions, students may also compete in the Leadership Development 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 an approved chapter, enrolled in 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 Skilled & Technical Contests offered by SkillsUSA Texas. Keep in mind, that some of the contests are “State Only”, meaning there is not a national level for that contest.
The National office put together this video that may help prepare you for the presentation portion of the Teamworks competition.