Skills USA
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. We help each student excel .
SkillsUSA serves more than 300,000 students and instructors annually.
The organization has 13,000 school chapters in 54 state and territorial
associations.
More than 14,500 instructors and administrators are professional members of
SkillsUSA.
SkillsUSA Championships
The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels.
This is a multi-million dollar event that occupies a space equivalent to 16 football fields. In 2008, there were more than 5,200 contestants in 91 separate events. Nearly 1,500 judges and contest organizers from labor and management will make the national event possible.
The philosophy of the Championships is to reward students for excellence, to involve industry in directly evaluating student performance and to keep training relevant to employers' needs.