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VC to host Skills USA competition

Participants represent area's career and technical education students

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  • Originally published February 6, 2010 at 9:18 p.m., updated February 6, 2010 at 9:25 p.m.

More than Texas 400 high school students are set to compete in the Skills USA competition hosted for the second year at The Victoria College.

The event is to be held Friday, Feb. 19, and Saturday, Feb. 20, at the college's main campus and at Victoria Independent School District's Career Development School.

In addition to Victoria high schools, the Skills USA competition includes schools from Laredo, Refugio, Eagle Pass, Corpus Christi, Calallen, Goliad, Woodsboro, Tuloso-Midway, Rockport Fulton, Beeville, Bloomington and Port Lavaca.

Skills USA participants represent the area's career and technical education students and compete in rigorous tests meant to showcase their skills in such areas as criminal justice, HVAC, auto body and tech, computer programming, welding, electrical trades, computer cabling, wiring, programming and design, carpentry, cabinet making and cosmetology.

This is the second year Victoria College instructors will donate their time to arrange the event's logistics, in addition to preparing the written and hands-on components of each competition that falls within their area of expertise.

Each competition will test a specific set of objectives in order to showcase the students' skill in that subject.

Victoria school district instructors will serve as points of contact for the events held at the Career Development School and will lead some of the events.

Additionally, the college and school district instructors have made connections throughout the community to bring in judging experts from local businesses. The judges will provide objective evaluation of the demonstrated skills in the areas in which they are specifically knowledgeable.

Students will be judged on both a written and hands-on demonstration of their skills, in groups or individually, followed by a meticulous leadership component where they will demonstrate a professional appearance and demeanor, presentation and speaking skills, and organizational abilities.

Many of the courses highlighted in the Skills USA competition are tech-prep courses, designed so that students may earn college credit while still attending high school. These credits are available to all high school students and help in making the transition from high school into a community college degree or certificate program.

The intent of Tech-prep is to provide students with workplace skills that allow them to successfully enter the job market, military or further education. Tech-prep programs of study lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree or a post-secondary certificate in a specific career field.


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