Partnership Empowers Future Skilled Workforce through National SkillsUSA Sponsorship

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Trimble and SkillsUSA have collaborated to provide industry-leading technology and training to career and technical education students across the U.S. By integrating advanced modeling and geospatial tools into classrooms, trade training programs and state and national competitions, the collaboration aims to help prepare a workforce capable of meeting the demand for more than 450,000 new construction professionals in 2027. The collaboration focuses on workforce optimization to address the widening skills gap by making professional technology more accessible. Through this initiative, Trimble provides SkillsUSA advisors and instructors with an overview of its technology and multiple options to gain access for its … Read more

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Copper Development Association Supports Next Generation of Skilled Trades Professionals at SkillsUSA National Championships

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The Copper Development Association participated in the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference. Working alongside the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Educational Foundation, CDA representatives provided materials, technical expertise, judging support and volunteer leadership for the national plumbing competition held at the Georgia World Congress Center. The annual event brings together top-performing students from across the United States and Puerto Rico who have advanced through state-level competitions to compete on a national stage. SkillsUSA highlights excellence across a wide range of career and technical disciplines, including plumbing, construction, HVAC, culinary arts, ornamental design, résumé writing and many other vocational fields. The national … Read more

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NCCER Announces 2021 Board of Trustees

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NCCER elected Stephen Toups, president of Turner Industries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as its 2021 board of trustees’ chairman and the first to serve a two-year term. Toups will succeed Michael Bennett, vice president of The Cianbro Companies in Pittsfield, Maine, who remains a member of the executive committee and is the co-chair of the newly founded Past Chairman’s Council. Other members of the 2021 board of trustees’ executive committee include Scott Marshall, senior group director – people operations Americas of Worley as the 2021 vice chairman and Monique V. Ford, CPA as treasurer. In addition, Brendan McAndrews, chief operations officer of McAndrews Glass, … Read more

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SkillsUSA WorldSkills USA Team Heads to International Competition

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SkillsUSA, the organization that represents the United States in the WorldSkills Competition, is sending 22 career and technical education competitors to Kazan, Russia, to compete in 20 skill categories during the 45th biennial event Aug. 22-27. The WorldSkills Competition showcases trade skills such as construction and building technology, manufacturing and engineering and transportation and logistics. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Its selected team members, with an average age of 19, are masters in their craft. Their dedication to training and perfecting their skills will be on display … Read more

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NCCER Recognizes 2019 SkillsUSA National Carpentry, Masonry Competition Winners

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NCCER recognizes the winners of this year’s SkillsUSA national carpentry and masonry competitions. The winners were announced at the 55th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. More than 6,400 outstanding career and technical education students competed in 103 different craft, technical and leadership fields. The competitions were part of the SkillsUSA Championships, which is the national-level competition for secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in CTE programs. Students not only test their knowledge and skills against industry standards but are given the opportunity to compete against peers in their craft. 2019 marked the tenth year that NCCER … Read more

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