SkillsUSA provides training in leadership and occupational skills, and incorporates what students learn in the

classroom into over 100 different competitions. SkillsUSA shows students how career and technical education are

necessary in advancing the future of America. SkillsUSA promotes

understanding of the free-enterprise system and community service involvement.

SkillsUSA prepares students for leadership in the world of work.

SkillsUSA prepares individuals to become champions at work. Through SkillsUSA

students learn the importance of service, responsibility, and

communication, all of which are needed in the work force. SkillsUSA also offers

youth apprenticeship positions, job shadowing, and other job opportunities.

Through SkillsUSA, students truly become Champions at Work.

(N) A student who pledges upon his or her honor, to prepare

by diligent study and ardent practice, to become a worker whose services will be

recognized as honorable by their employer andfellow workers, to base expectations of

reward upon the solid foundation of service, to honor and respect their vocations, to bring repute to themselves, and to spare no effort in upholding the above mentioned

ideals. (-adapted from the SkillsUSA Pledge)

Josh Thomas, SkillsUSA president of Fannin County High School,

demonstrated what a Champion at Work is by representing our school and acquiring 1st place at state competition in 2008. Our champion

then went on to represent the state of

Georgia at the National Competition.

At national-level SkillsUSA Championships there are over 5,000 students that compete in occupational

and leadership skill areas.

Local, State, and National CompetitionsThe state is divided into 8 SkillsUSA

Georgia Regions. Each school may enter one contestant or one team per contest. A

student may be entered in only one contest. All 1st and 2nd place winners at Region Competition qualify to compete at

the State Level.

The state competition furthers competitions from the region competition, but includes state only contests as well.