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SkillsUSA Selects Cooking Competitor for WorldSkills 2024

SkillsUSA has selected Novirah Lone of Plymouth, Mich. as the official competitor for Cooking at the 2024 WorldSkills Competition.

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Passing Skills Onto the Next Generation

While the word ‘education’ can conjure up images of learning by listening and passive notetaking, many students across the United States of America are taking control of their learning by opting for Career and Technical Education (CTE) with SkillsUSA.

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Giving Skilled Learners a “Skills Advantage”

A study of more than 27,000 Career and Technical Education (CTE) students in the US has shown that those who are members of SkillsUSA are more likely to make a success of their careers thanks to the training they have had.

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SkillsUSA Selects Plumbing and Heating Competitor for WorldSkills 2024

SkillsUSA has selected Gabriel Eady and Derek Summers of Tennessee as the official competitors for Mechatronics at the 2024 WorldSkills Competition.

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SkillsUSA Selects Mechatronics Competitors for WorldSkills 2024

SkillsUSA has selected Gabriel Eady and Derek Summers of Tennessee as the official competitors for Mechatronics at the 2024 WorldSkills Competition.

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Automobile Technology Competitor from Illinois to Represent the U.S. at World Event

SkillsUSA has selected Nathan Bulthuis of Homer Glen, Ill. as the official competitor for Automobile Technology at the 2024 WorldSkills Competition.

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WorldSkills USA Begins Selection for Lyon 2024

The one-year countdown to competition has begun as SkillsUSA initiates the process to field a team of talented young skilled trades experts to represent the United States at the 2024 WorldSkills Competition to be held Sept. 10-15 in Lyon, France.

Pushing Past Your Comfort Zone

Jordan Packer is a world-class welder, a fact corroborated by his bronze medal at the 2022 WorldSkills Competition. “World-class” is far from where he started, however. First, he had to discover that reaching a place of true fulfillment often means navigating through confidence-challenging obstacles. Packer embraced the challenge, and his patience paid off. Read the…
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WorldSkills USA Welders Featured on Arc Junkies Podcast

The Arc Junkies podcast, hosted by Jason Becker, recently featured several past WorldSkills USA welders.

SkillsUSA WorldSkills Competitor Wins Bronze in International Welding Competition, Oct. 17-20 in Cleveland

Jordan Packer of Utah won a bronze medal in Welding at the international WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition, held Oct. 17-20 at the Lincoln Electric Welding Technology and Training Center in Cleveland. Packer was the sole U.S. competitor for the event, which was part of a series of 62 WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition competitions.