Past Events
November 2022
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WorldSkills Japan 60th National Skills Competition
4-7 November 2022
Chiba, Japan
The Japanese National Skills Competition is a competition in which young skilled workers age 23 or under (except for a few job trades) pit their skills against each other. The purpose of this is to encourage the development of skilled workers of the next generation.
October 2022
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Vocational training week (Yrkesutbildningsveckan)
17-23 October 2022
National, Sweden
During the Vocational Training Week, which will take place annually during week 42, several actors will invest and be welcomed to carry out various activities that increase interest and highlight the opportunities provided through vocational training. In addition to industry organizations, authorities and stakeholders, the week is aimed at those who work in primary school, vocational education or who otherwise work with vocational education issues. Here on the website, we have gathered information, inspiration and examples of how to get involved. You are always welcome to contact us if you want to know more or want tips on activities that suit you.
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WorldSkills Conference 2022 (Cancelled)
13-14 October 2022
NECC, Shanghai , China
The WorldSkills Conference 2022, running in parallel to the WorldSkills Competition, brings together leaders in education, government, business, and industry from around the globe to share best practice and learn about global trends and issues found in Vocational Education and Training (VET), skills demand, skills of the future as well as skills excellence and development.
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WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 (Cancelled)
12-17 October 2022
National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) , China
The cancellation of WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 was announced on 31 May 2022. The current lockdowns in Shanghai and ongoing pandemic prevention and control restrictions in China made hosting the event not possible in 2022.
September 2022
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Norwegian National Skills Competition
26-28 September 2022
Kristiansand, Agder County, Norway
WorldSkills Norway hosts the National Skill Championships for apprentices and young skilled workers.
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WorldSkills Ireland Live 2022
13-15 September 2022
RDS, Simmonscourt, Dublin , Ireland
Believing that ‘skills drive the future’, World Skills know that choosing careers is one of the most important decisions a young person will make. So where do young students go to get hands-on experience and learn about skills-based careers? Introducing World Skills Ireland Live.
Over three action-packed days, World Skills Ireland Live will facilitate an atmosphere of experimentation and discovery through competitions, interactive events and demonstrations. It is an event that will inspire the next generation of skilled young people to follow their passions, interests and talents for the securement of their own future, and of Ireland’s. -
SwissSkills Bern 2022
7-11 September 2022
Bern, Switzerland
At the SwissSkills Bern 2022, competitions in 85 different skills take place at the same time in the same place. Visitors will be given the opportunity to look over the shoulders of young professionals from well over 150 professions to gather inspiration for their professional future.
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WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition
September to November 2022
Various countries
On 31 May, WorldSkills International in agreement with WorldSkills Members, WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 Executive Bureau, and WorldSkills China, announced the cancellation of WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 due to the pandemic.
Following this decision, WorldSkills International and its Members and Global Partners immediately began planning alternative opportunities for the Competitors preparing for WorldSkills Competition 2022.
The expertise and resourcefulness of the WorldSkills global network will collaborate to host the official skill competitions in a variety of countries and regions. These skill competitions are collectively known as WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition (WSC2022SE). This will be the official replacement for WorldSkills Shanghai 2022.
Further detail on locations will be released in the coming weeks.
August 2022
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WorldSkills Asia Online Mobile Robotics Competition 2022
10-11 August 2022
Online
This Mobile Robotics Online Skill Competition is open to WorldSkills Asia and all WorldSkills International Member Organizations. This competition is lightly based on the Shanghai 2022 Challenge.
July 2022
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17th Youth Monozukuri Skills Competition Japan
27-28 July 2022
Hiroshima, Japan
This competition is for youths, 20 years old or younger, who are currently learning skills at vocational abilities development institutions, technical high schools or other such institutes of learning and have not started work. The purpose of this is to provide them with goals and widen the horizons of young skilled people.
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Australian Skills Excellence Forum
22-23 July 2022
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Australian Skills Excellence Forum looks to provide Australian apprentices, trainees and students who have embraced skills excellence an opportunity to refine their excellence skills as well as development additional ‘soft skills’ which will enable them to become future business leaders within Australia’s skilled environment. It also provides skill development practitioners the opportunity to enhance their mentoring and professional skills by providing them an opportunity to work with young Australians in an intimate setting with a sole focus on skills excellence. The event involves a day of specific focus on refining their skill followed by a day of sessions aiming to provide personal and professional development ensuring participants have the job-ready skills and leadership qualities industry requires of its future leaders.
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WorldSkills Thailand Regional Competition 2022
20-22 July 2022
4 venues in 4 regions of Thailand namely Chon Buri Province, Phitsanulok Province, Ubon Ratchathani Province and Surat Thani Province. , Thailand
This competition aims to provide opportunities for youth from all regions of Thailand to showcase their talents in 25 different skill areas, with the winners going on to compete in the WorldSkills Thailand Competition 2023 (the 29th National Skill Competition) in the first quarter of next year.
June 2022
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SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference
20-24 June 2022
Atlanta, GA, United States of America
SkillsUSA’s National Leadership and Skills Conference and SkillsUSA Championships will be held in-person in 2022. Along with all of our competitive events, the conference will also include SkillsUSA TECHSPO, delegate sessions, national officer elections and many opportunities for leadership development, professional development and member/chapter recognition.
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WorldSkills Europe General Assembly 2022
14-17 June 2022
Krakow, Poland
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didacta - education fair in Cologne
May 2022
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National Competition Water Technology
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European Albert Einstein Cup of Software Development and Mobile Applications Development (Skills IT Software Solution for Business and Mobile App Development)
30 May to 2 June 2022
Albert Einstein Gymnasium Neubrandenburg, Germany
The Albert Einstein Cup 2022 will be hosted for the third time between May 30 and June 2, 2022, in the Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium in Neubrandenburg, Germany.
This competition serves as an Open European Championships in Skill 09 - IT Software Solutions for Business and also in the new Skill 08 - Mobile Applications Development.
Twelve competitors from France, Hungary, Switzerland and Germany, as well as international competitors from Ghana and India, test their skill at the WorldSkills level.
All sessions of the competition, the Opening and the Closing Ceremony will be streamed live on Youtube – https://blz-it.de/youtube .
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Skills Finland International Webinar - Towards Vocational Excellence and Global Competence
17 May 2022
Online / Pori, Finland
This year, the Finnish national skills competition Taitaja2022 will be organised in Pori, Finland. As part of the event, there is a free, international seminar, which can be attended virtually from all over the world. The main themes of the seminar are wrapped around the following questions: Could VET and vocational excellence be an integrative part of skills ecosystems, contributing to regional development and innovation? How is global competence developed and boosted? The seminar is a great opportunity to hear more about the Finnish and international VET topics. See the program and register for the online event above.
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Taitaja2022 Pori, Finnish National Skills Competition
16-19 May 2022
Pori, Finland
Over 40 skills, hundreds of competitors and tens of thousands of visitors together create Taitaja, the biggest educational event in Finland, held this year in Pori. The event aims to promote vocational education, improve connections between vocational schools and companies, and increase the awareness of vocational education and professional skills. As part of the event, there is a free, international seminar held, which can be participated virtually from all over the world. Unfortunately, international competitors cannot be included in the competition this year.
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Jobs Tournament Final
11 May 2022
Fortnox Arena, Sweden
The Jobs Tournament (Yrkeskampen) is a contest for year 8 classes aimed at highlighting vocational training courses and inspiring students to begin thinking about future training and job opportunities. The tournament focuses on vocational matters and physical hands-on assignments based on upper secondary vocational training courses offered in Sweden.
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Swedish National Championship, Yrkes-SM 2022
10-12 May 2022
Arenastaden Växjö, the city of Växjö, Sweden, Sweden
The Swedish Vocational Championships are Sweden's largest investment in increasing interest and recruitment to vocational education. Through a large and content-rich competition and event every second year, hundreds of Sweden's most professional young people compete and measure their strengths against each other in over 60 professions. This is also a big platform to select the competitors for Swedish national team, to compete in WorldSkills Competition and EuroSkills.
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National Skills Competition of VET Students – WorldSkills Croatia 2022
10-12 May 2022
Zagreb Fair, Zagreb, Croatia
National Skills Competition of VET – WorldSkills Croatia is the biggest event in Croatia in area of education and training and biggest skills competitions in SE Europe. It will be held for the third time at the Zagreb Fair in May 2022. Main goal of this event is promotion of innovation and excellence of VET, importance of vocations skills and linking the vocational education system with labour market. This event also aims to attract more students from primary schools and strengthen the image, visibility an attractiveness of vocational education among students, parents, primary school teachers and in society. If pandemic situation allows, event will be open for public – visitors national and international.
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• 41 skills
• 350 competitors
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Swedish Vocational Championships
10-12 May 2022
Växjö, Sweden
The Vocational Championships are Sweden's largest investment in increasing interest and recruitment to vocational education. Through a large and content-rich competition and exhibition event every two years, hundreds of Sweden's most professional young people compete and measure their strengths against each other in around 60 professions. During three intensive days, schools and the general public are offered free access to the event to have the opportunity to watch, ask questions and try out different professions for themselves. The Vocational Championships are large, the total event area often occupies an area of about 40,000 m².
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National Competition IT Network Systems Administration
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SkillsPortugal Digital 2022 – National Digital Skills Competition
2-16 May 2022
on-line, Portugal
Empowered by WorldSkills Portugal, this second edition of SkillsPortugal Digital aims to develop a National Digital Skills Competition, according to the guidelines of WorldSkills International, and with the following objectives:
• affirm the “brand” SkillsPortugal Digital on the national VET scenario, in parallel with the face-to-face skills competitions;
• have an incubator of competitors for the face-to-face skills competitions;
• raise society's awareness of the importance of qualifications in the digital area;
• make a contribution to reinforcing the digitalization of companies, aiming at greater competitiveness and resilience;
• enhance partnerships and synergies with leading companies at national and global level in the digital area;
• embodying European and national guidelines on digital education and training;
• give visibility to the intervention, investment and work developed by all education and training operators in the digital area;
• through WorldSkills Portugal, comply with WorldSkills International guidelines on innovative competitive activities to promote skills competitions and qualifications.
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LuxSkills 2022
2-4 May 2022
LuxExpo , Luxembourg
National skills competition for WorldSkills Luxembourg.
April 2022
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SkillsDenmark National Competition
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International Skills Summit: building a world-class skills economy in the UK
26 April 2022
United Kingdom
The summit will unveil WorldSkills UK’s Skills Taskforce for Global Britain report into how the UK can become a global leader in developing skills to attract inward investment. Our high-profile panelists will also address the role of skills in delivering the levelling up agenda and share insightful UK and international case studies on the skills economy.
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SkillsLatvia 2022
21-22 April 2022
Riga, Latvia
National Young Professionals Skills Competition SkillsLatvia 2022 will happen for the fourth time. The competition will challenge young professionals at 22 different skills competitions to discover the best skills and professional education talents in Latvia.
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National Training Agency of Trinidad and Tobago webinar - Implementing Green Strategies to Transform TVET Learning Environments"
21 April 2022
online, Trinidad and Tobago
The National Training Agency (NTA) of Trinidad and Tobago is pleased to invite you to its upcoming webinar, "Implementing Green Strategies to Transform TVET Learning Environments", which will be presented by Mrs. Joanna Moses-Wothke - CEO, Green T&T.
Date: Thursday 21st April, 2022
Time: 17:30-18:30 GMT (13:30-14:30 AST)
The YouTube link to join the webinar is provided.
If you'd like to send any questions in advance, please e-mail us at: webinar@ntatt.org. On the day of the webinar, please use the "chat" section of our YouTube channel (The National Training Agency of Trinidad and Tobago) to send your questions and comments.
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Norwegian School Skills Championships
4-8 April 2022
Norway
National competition for high school students in vocational programs. Age 17-19.
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WorldSkills Australia Regional Competitions
April to November 2022
Australia, Australia
The Regional Competitions provide the starting point for all of our competitors and experts with more than 500 Regional Competitions are held in 34 regions across Australia. It tests the skills and knowledge of 5,000+ competitors. The competitions are run across open age competitions and VET in Schools.
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1st Cycle of WorldSkills Academy Courses Chile
April 2022
Chile
Start of registration April 04-15, 2022
Start of courses April 18, 2022
Academic courses offer only in Spanish.
Registration at https://academia.wschile.cl/
March 2022
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Skills The Finals - The Netherlands
31 March to 1 April 2022
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Netherlands
Skills The Finals is the National Championship for craftmanship. Dutch talents measure their strengths against each other in more than 60 professions. Who will be the best in The Netherlands in his or her field?
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WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022
28 March to 2 April 2022
The Dome, Swakopmund, Namibia, Namibia
WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 is the skills competition of the overall capacity building of WorldSkills Africa 2020-2022. It will be held in Namibia, with both Members and non-Members of WorldSkills participating from across the African continent in a variety of skills areas.
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National Competition Industrial Mechanics
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EmiratesSkills National Competition 2022
7-9 March 2022
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The National Competition represents a valuable opportunity for highly skilled students and youths to demonstrate framework of the Emirate. ACTVET’s ultimate goal is increasing the number of skilled Emirati youths in rewarding career paths their abilities and to develop an attitude to competitiveness that will motivate them to constantly improve their skills and foster life-long learning and personal development and to strive for better achievements.
No. of Skills: 20
No. of Competitors: 100+
No. of Experts: 80+
February 2022
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Regional School Skills Championships
February 2022
Regional, Norway
National competition for high school students in vocational programs. Age 17-19. Selection for the Norwegian School Skills Championships
January 2022
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AustrianSkills 2021
20-23 January 2022
Messe Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
AustrianSkills are the national qualification competitions in which the participants qualify for the international vocational competitions. The Austrian Occupational Skills National Championship are coordinated by SkillsAustria in cooperation with the specialist organisations and the vocational schools:
• Based on the level of international competitions
• 40 Skills & 3 Try-A-Skill Areas
• Approximately 400 young professionals
• 18.000 m² Competition Area
• Qualification for WorldSkills Shanghai 2022 and EuroSkills St. Petersburg 2023
• Take place every two years
• 3-day specialist competition at international, standardized competition level
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WorldSkills France National Finals (Phase 2)
13-15 January 2022
Eurexpo, Lyon, France
Held in a single-site the competition will gather all regional champions in a total of 61 skills.
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WorldSkills India National Competition
6-10 January 2022
Decentralized & multiple locations across Delhi, India
57 Skills (Including 3 demo skills – Yoga, Garment Making(Leather) & Shoe Making(Leather) with 500+ Competitors
December 2021
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WorldSkills Japan 59th National Skills Competition
17-20 December 2021
Tokyo, Japan
The Japanese National Skills Competition is a competition in which young skilled workers age 23 or under (except for a few job trades) pit their skills against each other. The purpose of this is to encourage the development of skilled workers of the next generation. It also serves as a qualifying event for the WorldSkills Competition in some skills.
November 2021
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National Championship LuxSkills2020
October 2021
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The Swedish VET week 2021
18-24 October 2021
Sweden
This is an initiative that comes from the European initiative VET week and is also a part of the national investment in the attractiveness in VET. 2021 will be the first year to announce the Swedish VET week (Yrkesutbildningsveckan). During a yearly week WorldSkills Sweden motivate and try to inspire partners and stakeholders to focus and do activities to increase the attractiveness and status of VET education. Industries, VET educations, teachers, pupils are some of the target groups.
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2021 56th National Skills Competition Korea
4-11 October 2021
Daejeon Metropolitan City, Korea
September 2021
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WorldSkills Singapore 2021
29 September to 8 October 2021
Singapore, Singapore
WorldSkills Singapore 2021 (WSS 2021) is scheduled from 29 Sep to 8 Oct 2021 to select top medallists to represent Singapore at the regional and international skills competition. Although a national skills competition was conducted in 2020, Singapore will need to conduct another scaled down competition for 19 skills areas where competitors are unable to compete in WSC Shanghai owing to the postponement.
Similar to past national competitions, the best talents from Singapore’s vocational and technical institutions, and universities will participate in the 3-day competition for a chance to represent Singapore. Competitors representing Singapore at WSC Shanghai in Oct 2022 will comprise of winners from WSS 2020 and WSS 2021. -
WorldSkills Chinese Taipei 2021 National Skills Week
29 September to 3 October 2021
Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
2021 National Skills Week is to be staged from September 29 through October 3, including National Skills competition and a series of activities--Conference and workshops. The event is scheduled to be organized at Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, with opening ceremony September 29 and closing ceremony October 3. This year's National Skills Competition will bring together more than 900 competitors around the island, competing for 52 skills medals. Plus, over 100 Junior Competitors participating in 13 Junior skills. Under the same roof, you can find "try your skills", "career guidance", "future skills" and "be a maker" areas to attract the visitors. The Skills Cooperation conference is to take place in the neighborhood, with speakers and guests from more than 20 countries.
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Information Network Cabling Training Courses
23-24 September 2021
Online, China
In collaboration with WorldSkills International’s Global Industry Partner, Guandong Vcom Education Technology Co., Ltd, WorldSkills China is providing Information Network Cabling training courses, in an attempt to improve the development of network construction in Africa, increase the level of skill training, and attract young people to this industry. As part of this partnership, WorldSkills China is hosting a free online training course in September of 2021.
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EuroSkills Graz 2021
22-26 September 2021
Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum Centre, Graz, Austria
WorldSkills Europe and the EuroSkills Graz Organizing Committee have confirmed that EuroSkills Graz has been rescheduled for 22–26 September 2021.
The EuroSkills Graz 2021 team has drawn up extensive measures and developed a well-balanced and extremely comprehensive Covid-19 prevention concept in line with the regulations currently in force in order to host the event in September 2021.
August 2021
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SENA Colombia National Competition – Stage 3
30 August to 2 September 2021
SENA’s Training Centers City: Cartagena – Department: Bolivar, Colombia
The competitors selected in the qualifying competition, participate in this face to face stage of the national competition.
This stage is focused only in the Social and Personal Services, Jewelry, Accounting and Agriculture Skills.