WY SkillsUSA Wednesday Update

The Chapter Excellence Program (CEP) is the single best way to build a successful SkillsUSA chapter. SkillsUSA Wyoming requires CEP participation of all chapters. Level 1 Quality Chapter status is required of all chapters interested in competing at the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in April.

See the 2025 SLSC Guide for more information.

The SkillsUSA WY 2025 SLSC Guide is your #1 Resource for successful registration, planning, and preparation!

Share it with your members, today!

It is a living document; please do not print as updates are made weekly for you within the links provided.

Have your competitors seen the Technical Standards?

A common and unfortunate theme in our competition feedback from judges and technical chairmen is that registered competitors were ill-prepared or worse, had no idea what they were doing.

If you have not provided the technical standards in areas of interest to your members, this is a disservice to your members, our judges, and our organization.

Members should feel confident and prepared in all areas listed in a competition's Technical Standards or the advisor should reserve said student for the following year.

In our attempt to comply as closely as possible with the National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), all forms necessary to participate at the Wyoming Leadership and Skills State Conference (SLSC) will be submitted prior to arriving in Gillette or Casper, and electronically, online.

RESUMES

LIABILITY FORMS (ONLY found in the 2025 SLSC Guide - specific to WY!!)

PROOF of COURSEWORK (safety certifications and/or coursework verification as dictated by certain technical standards)

PRE- CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS

UPDATE: 2/19/2024

Most items are due by April 1st,

some Pre- Conference items are extended through April 11 --

See the 2025 SLSC Guide page 10, "Contest updates" for specifics!

• Links to contest updates will now live in this document (Page 10)
• Clothing Modifications and Dress Code for Closing Ceremony? Already here. (Page 6 and 7)
• An advisor checklist? Gotcha covered. (Page 4)
• Online Testing info? Yep! (see contest update link - Page 10)
• *Pre-Conference submissions? Fancy! (see Competion List Compilation link - Page 10)

Refer to The Guide often.

Please share it with your students.

TIP: Never print the guide - this is a living document with many imperative and "living" documents.

Refer to these updates often and recall that these are NATIONAL updates.

Wyoming uses the 2024-2026 National Technical Standards and the Contest Updates to develop competitions that come as close to a national experience as possible. However, we must consider time and space constraints; modifications are expected.

For more information, open the 2025 SLSC Guide.

AUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING - updates were posted 1/27/2025

MOBILE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY - updates were posted 1/7/2025

COMMERCIAL sUAS DRONE - updates were posted 12/18/2024

CHAPTER DISPLAY - updates were posted 12/16/2024

DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION - updates were posted 1/29/2025

JOB INTERVIEW - updates were posted 2/10/2025

ROBOTICS URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE - updates were posted 1/24/2025

WELDING - updates were posted 11/13/2024

QUIZ BOWL - updates were posted 10/30/2024

ALL ASPIRING COMPETITORS SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CONTEST(s) of INTEREST PROVIDED TO THEM BY THEIR ADVISOR(s)!

BASIC HEALTHCARE SKILLS - High School

ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION WIRING - High School

INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROL - Post-Secondary

See the link above entitled "Contests and Limits" for a full list of contest offerings in Wyoming.

Refer to the 2024-2026 technical standards, available to professional members for full descriptions and preparation information.

Refer to the 2025 SLSC Guide for more information.

We would sinerely appreciate your time in taking the following survey so that we can better serve you. EXTENDED: Please reply by March 1st.

Thank you to those who have already responded.

SkillsUSA is a recognized activity of the WHSAA, therefore, your school district should be covering travel and hotel expenses.

• Local Budget Control: Funding for activities is under the control of local districts, leading to variations in budget allocations and potential resistance to changes. If you are a victim of funding falling only to athletic programs, reach to local business and industry support and turn the tide!

As the Spring term rolls in, so do the Spring training offerings for SkillsUSA advisors! From comprehensive sessions for the new advisors to workshops about the Chapter Excellence Program, competitions and scholarships, we got you covered.

Take a look at our training calendar at: www.skillsusa.org/events/professional-development/ and register at: https://skillsusa.wufoo.com/forms/szi2vfr1294gcc/ to receive a calendar invite with a Zoom invite.

Each participant earns a professional development certificate of attendance!