The SkillsUSA Championships are competitive events showcasing the best career and technical education students. 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.

Each school is allowed one contestant/team per event. Access to the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards, which contain official contest rules, is available to professional members. View the national and state contest descriptions for overviews of all contests. Contestants should check the national contest updates page for the latest updates. Any variations to national technical standards required at our regional and state conferences due to time or limited resources will be posted to state or regional contest updates pages.

Contests Offered by SkillsUSA TN

STATE & National DESIGN CONTESTS

• State Pin Design Contest
• State T-shirt Design Contest
• National Pin Design Challenge
• National T-shirt Design Challenge

Regional CONTESTS

• American Spirit*
• Automotive Service Technology (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• AST-Maintenance and Light Repair (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Carpentry (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Chapter Business Procedure*
• Chapter Display*
• Cosmetology (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Crime Scene Investigation (top 3 per region advance to SLSC)
• Criminal Justice (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Esthetics (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Job Interview (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Job Skill Demonstration A (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Job Skill Demonstration O (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Nail Care (top 4 per region advance to SLSC)
• Opening and Closing Ceremonies*
• Outstanding Chapter*
• Prepared Speech*
• Promotional Bulletin Board*
• Welding Fabrication (written exam only) (top 3 per region advance to SLSC)

*Contest entry is not required to advance to the State Leadership and Skills Conference; participants will receive feedback to help prepare. All contestants who do enter will advance to the State Leadership and Skills Conference.

state CONTESTS

• 3-D Visualization and Animation
• Action Skills (ADA)
• Additive Manufacturing
• Advertising Design
• American Spirit
• Architectural Drafting
• Audio/Radio Production
• Automotive Computer Estimating and Total Loss Evaluation
• Automated Manufacturing Technology
• Automobile Maintenance and Light Repair (High School only, New National Event)
• Automotive Refinishing Technology
• Automotive Service Technology
• Aviation Maintenance Technology
• Basic Healthcare Skills
• Barbering
• Broadcast News Production
• Cabinetmaking
• Career Pathways Showcase
• Carpentry
• Chapter Business Procedure
• Chapter Display
• CNC Milling Specialist
• CNC Technician
• CNC Tuning Specialist
• Collision Damage Appraisal
• Commercial Baking
• Community Action Project (ADA)
• Community Service
• Computer Programming
• Cosmetology
• Crime Scene Investigation
• Criminal Justice
• Culinary Arts
• Customer Service
• Cyber Security (New National Event)
• Dental Assisting
• Diesel Equipment Technology
• Digital Cinema Production
• Early Childhood Education
• Electrical Construction Wiring
• Electronics Technology
• Employment Application Process (ADA)
• Engineering Technology/Design
• Entrepreneurship
• Esthetics
• Extemporaneous Speaking
• Firefighting
• First Aid/CPR
• Graphic Communications
• Graphic Imaging Sublimation (held prior to SLSC; email state director for info)
• Health Knowledge Bowl
• Health Occupations Professional Portfolio
• ​Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
• Industrial Motor Control
• Information Technology Service
• Internetworking
• Job Interview
• Job Skill Demonstration A
• Job Skill Demonstration O
• Major Appliance and Refrigeration Technology
• Marine Service Technology
• Masonry
• Mechatronics
• Medical Assisting
• Medical Math
• Medical Terminology
• Mobile Robotics Technology (VEX)
• Mock Trial (NOT National Event)
• Motorcycle Service Technology
• Nail Care
• Nurse Assisting
• Occupational Health and Safety - Single
• Occupational Health and Safety - Multiple
• Opening and Closing Ceremonies
• Outstanding Chapter
• Photography
• Pin Design (Deadline: December 14, 2020)
• Plumbing
• Power Equipment Technology
• Practical Nursing
• Prepared Speech
• Principles of Engineering/Technology
• Promotional Bulletin Board
• Quiz Bowl
• Related Technical Math
• Restaurant Service
• Robotics and Automation Technology (NOT VEX Event)
• Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue
• Sheet Metal 
• T-shirt Design (Deadline: December 14, 2020)
• Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School Only)
• TeamWorks
• Technical Computer Applications
• Technical Drafting
• Telecommunications Cabling
• Television/Video Production
• Web Design
• Welding
• Welding Sculpture
• Welding Fabrication

​QUICK LINKS

Overview
Contest Results

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National Contest Descriptions
​​View the Technical Standards

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National Contest Updates
Regional Contest Updates
​State Contest Updates

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State Design Contests
NLSC Pin and T-shirt Design Challenge
Photo Contests
CareerSafe Video Contest