COMPETITIVE EVENTS
The 2025-2026 Theme is “Champion Your Future”
Advertising Design (Online)
Automotive Service Technology
Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair
Carpentry
Cosmetology
Customer Service
Digital Cinema Production (Team of 2) (Online)
Extemporaneous Speaking
First Aid/CPR
Job Interview
Job Skill Demonstration A
Job Skill Demonstration Open
Photography (Online)
Pin Design (Online)
Prepared Speech
Promotional Bulletin Board (Team of 3)
Quiz Bowl (Team of 7)
Related Technical Math
T-Shirt Design (Online)
Television (Video) Production (Team of 2) (Online)
Video News Production (Team of 4) (Online)
Welding
Welding Fabrication Team Event (Team of 3)
Welding Sculpture
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3D Visualization and Animation
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Action Skills (HS Only)
Additive Manufacturing (Team of 2)
Advertising Design
American Spirit (Team of 3)
Architectural Drafting
Automated Manufacturing Technology (Team of 3)
Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair (HS Only)
Automotive Refinishing Technology
Automotive Service Technology
Aviation Maintenance Technology
Barbering
Basic Health Care (HS Only)
Building Maintenance
Cabinetmaking
Career Pathway Showcase (Team of 3) Arts and Communication
Career Pathway Showcase (Team of 3) Health Science
Career Pathway Showcase (Team of 3) Human Services
Career Pathway Showcase (Team of 3) Industrial and Engineering Technology
Carpentry
Chapter Display (Team of 3)
CNC 2 Axis Turning Programmer
CNC 3 Axis Milling Programmer
CNC 5 Axis Milling Programmer
CNC Programmer
Collision Damage Appraisal
Collision Repair Technology
Commercial sUAS Drone (Team of 2)
Community Service (Team of 3)
Computer Programming
Cosmetology
Crime Scene Investigation (Team of 3)
Criminal Justice
Culinary Arts
Customer Service
Cybersecurity (Team of 2)
Diesel Equipment Technology
Digital Cinema Production (Team of 2)
Electrical Construction Wiring (Residential)
Emergency Medical Technician (Team of 2)
Employment Application Process
Engineering Design Technology
Entrepreneurship (Team of 4)
Esthetics
Extemporaneous Speaking
Firefighting
First Aid/CPR
Health Occupations Professional Portfolio
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Heavy Equipment Operation
Industrial Motor Control
Information Technology (Computer Maintenance Technology)
Interactive Application and Video Game Development
Internetworking
Job Interview
Job Skill Demonstration A
Job Skill Demonstration Open
Masonry
Mechatronics (Team of 2)
Medical Math
Medical Terminology
Mobile Robotics Technology (Team of 2)
Motorcycle Service Technology
Nail Care
Nurse Assisting
Photography
Pin Design (Can advance to Nationals)
Plumbing
Power Equipment Technology
Prepared Speech
Promotional Bulletin Board (Team of 3)
Quiz Bowl (Team of 7)
Related Technical Math
Restaurant Services
Robotics and Automation Technology (Team of 2)
Robotics Urban Search & Rescue (Team of 2)
Technical Computer Applications
Technical Drafting
T-Shirt Design
Team Works (Team of 4)
Video Production (Team of 2)
Video News Production (Team of 4)
Web Design and Development (Team of 2)
Welding
Welding Fabrication Team Event (Team of 3)
Welding Sculpture
The SkillsUSA competition theme for the 2025-26 school year is:
SkillsUSA: Champion Your Future
The topic to be addressed by competitors in the 2026 SkillsUSA Chapter Display, Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competitions.
Each year, a new SkillsUSA annual membership theme is unveiled to great excitement at the conclusion of our National Leadership & Skills Conference (NLSC). The theme is designed to inspire the amazing work in our SkillsUSA chapters during the school year as students develop the Personal, Workplace and Technical Skills of our SkillsUSA Framework.