Student Organizations
SkillsUSA
What is SkillsUSA?
A national organization serving more than 264,500 secondary and postsecondary students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. http://www.skillsusa.org/
Where is it?
SkillsUSA has more than a quarter million student members annually, organized into 13,000 chapters and 54 state and territorial associations (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands).
What's the point of it all?
SkillsUSA prepares America's high performance workers. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship, and character development. It builds and reinforces self confidence, work attitudes, and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills, life long education, and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also promotes understanding of the free enterprise system and involvement in community service activities.
Who is involved?
Approximately 14,500 secondary and postsecondary instructors and administrators serve as professional SkillsUSA members and advisors. More than 1,000 corporations, trade associations, and labor unions actively support SkillsUSA on a national level through financial aid, in kind contributions, and involvement of their staff in SkillsUSA activities. Others work directly with state associations and local chapters.
What else?
SkillsUSA programs include local, state, and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. During the annual national level SkillsUSA Championships, more than 4,500 students competed in 77 occupational and leadership skill areas. SkillsUSA programs also help to establish industry standards for job skill training in the classroom.
Interested in joining SkillsUSA?
- Membership Policy [.pdf]
- SkillsUSA Application FY 2012 [.doc]
2012 Competition
The 2012 State SkillsUSA Conference and Skills Championships will be held at the Georgia International Convention Center, Atlanta Technical College and the Marriot Marquis on 16 – 17th, 2012.
Updated January 3, 2012