SkillsUSA Tennessee College/Postsecondary
Build Skills. Lead With Purpose. Prepare for Your Future.
SkillsUSA Tennessee College/Postsecondary gives students opportunities to strengthen technical, workplace, personal, and leadership skills through competition, career exploration, service, conferences, industry connections, and real-world experiences.
Students
There Is a Place for You in SkillsUSA
Whether you are just learning about SkillsUSA, serving as a chapter leader, preparing for a competition, exploring careers, or representing Tennessee nationally, SkillsUSA gives you a structured path to grow throughout your college experience.
Build Career Confidence
Practice the communication, professionalism, teamwork, responsibility, and problem-solving skills employers expect.
Demonstrate What You Know
Use competitions and technical experiences to apply classroom and laboratory learning in challenging, career-connected settings.
Find Your Next Step
Explore careers, connect with industry, earn recognition, strengthen your resume, and prepare for continued education or employment.
What You Can Do
Turn Your Education Into Experience
SkillsUSA is more than a competition. It is a year-round student development experience that connects your program of study to leadership, service, career readiness, and workforce opportunity.
Compete
Participate in SkillsUSA Championships events that allow you to demonstrate technical knowledge, leadership, occupational skills, and workplace readiness.
Explore CompetitionsLead
Serve as a chapter officer, state officer candidate, voting delegate, committee member, presenter, advocate, or student representative.
Explore Student LeadershipExplore Careers
Use Pathful, employer engagement, virtual experiences, career research, and industry conversations to learn where your skills can take you.
Explore PathfulConnect With Industry
Meet employers, technical experts, judges, volunteers, sponsors, and professionals who understand your career pathway.
Meet Our PartnersEarn Recognition
Apply for scholarships, earn medals and awards, receive credentials, and represent your college at state and national events.
Explore ScholarshipsPrepare for Employment
Strengthen your resume, interview skills, professional network, workplace confidence, and ability to communicate the value of your technical education.
Use Job Search ResourcesYour SkillsUSA Journey
From Membership to Workforce Leadership
You may enter SkillsUSA at different points, but every experience is designed to help you build skills, expand your confidence, and prepare for what comes next.
SkillsUSA Framework
SkillsUSA Builds the Whole Student
The SkillsUSA Framework organizes student development into three connected areas. These skills are strengthened through classroom learning, chapter activities, leadership experiences, service, competitions, and industry engagement.
Technical Skills
Develop career-specific knowledge, hands-on expertise, safety awareness, and technical accuracy connected to your program of study.
Workplace Skills
Strengthen communication, teamwork, leadership, planning, adaptability, decision making, and problem solving.
Personal Skills
Build professionalism, responsibility, integrity, self-confidence, resilience, work ethic, and a commitment to continued growth.
Student Opportunities
Build a SkillsUSA Experience That Fits Your Goals
Leadership
- Chapter officer service
- State officer candidacy
- Voting delegate service
- Advocacy and Day on the Hill
- Leadership institutes and conferences
Competition
- SkillsUSA Championships
- State Leadership and Skills Conference
- National Leadership and Skills Conference
- Technical and professional skill development
- Industry feedback and recognition
Career Development
- Pathful career exploration
- Industry-recognized certifications
- Resume and interview preparation
- Employer and partner connections
- Job search and workforce resources
Recognition and Service
- Scholarships and awards
- College Signing Day
- Chapter of Excellence
- Campus and community service
- State and national recognition
Career Exploration
Explore Careers With Pathful
SkillsUSA members have access to Pathful, a career exploration and skill development platform that connects classroom learning to career pathways. Students can explore occupations, participate in virtual experiences, complete lessons, and build knowledge connected to future employment.
- Explore careers connected to your program of study.
- Participate in virtual industry experiences.
- Complete career-readiness lessons and activities.
- Learn directly from professionals and employers.
- Connect SkillsUSA experiences to future education and employment.
Flyers and Handouts
Student Resource Center
Use these flyers and publications to learn about membership, leadership programs, conferences, competitions, recognition opportunities, and year-round student development.
Getting Started
Student Members Flyer Member Benefits Flyer Key Dates Flyer Pathful Flyer Advisor Flyer Decision-Maker FlyerLeadership
jumpSTART Flyer WLTI Flyer TLTI Flyer State Officer Team Flyer Day on the Hill Flyer Delegate FlyerCompetitions and Events
Activities and Events Flyer SkillsUSA Week Flyer SLSC Flyer NLSC Flyer Courtesy Corps Flyer College Signing Day FlyerChapter Success and Publications
Chapter of Excellence Flyer We Grow Wednesday Newsletters Reports and Publications Full Resource CenterGet Started
Your SkillsUSA Journey Can Begin Today
Talk with your instructor, advisor, or campus SkillsUSA contact about joining your local chapter. If your campus does not currently have an active chapter, ask how you can help start or expand SkillsUSA participation.