State Conference

 

53rd Annual State Championship – April 17-18, 2026!

 

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52nd Annual State Championship

March 28-29, 2025

New Post! Awards Ceremony, Saturday, March 29, 2025 – begins at 7:00 p.m.  Live Stream Link: https://www.carrollmediacenter.org/skills-usa-awards-ceremony-2025

New Post! 3/27/25 CC Agriculture Ctr Map.Bus Shuttle Schedule

New Post! 3/26/25  2025 State Championship Program

Updated! 3/21/25  2025 State Championship Schedule

New Post! 3/21/25 – 2025 State Contest Locations – Room Numbers

*Registration Fees – $130 contestants / $55 non-contestants (note: must be a 2024-2025 paid member to register – January 31 is membership deadline!)

*Registration Deadline – February 26, 2025

NEW THIS YEAR! – Chapters planning to stay in or near Westminster must secure their own Friday overnight accommodations. There will be no State Championship-designated hotel this year.

Hotels Near Carroll County Career and Technology Center

*Registration Payment – send registration payment to April Powell, Treasurer, SkillsUSA Maryland. Please contact April if you wish to pay via credit card:

SkillsUSA Maryland

April Powell, Treasurer

P.O. Box 92

Snow Hill, MD 21863

ADPowell@worcesterk12.org

 

Friday, March 28, 2025

NEW LOCATION! Registration Materials Pick-up-Available Friday Only (Carroll County CTC) – 2:30pm-6:30pm

NEW TIME! Delegate Assembly (Carroll County CTC) – 5 pm-6:00 pm

Dinner provided for all Friday delegates and competitors!

NEW TIME! Friday Competitions (Carroll CTC) – contests begin at 6 pm

Additive Manufacturing

Career Pathways Showcase

Chapter Display

Community Service

Engineering Technology/Design

Entrepreneurship

Quiz Bowl

  • TeamWorks (tool check/orientation/presentations at Ag Center – 3:00 pm)

Saturday, March 29, 2025 – all contests begin at 8 am!

Carroll County Career and Technology Center 

1229 Washington Road, Westminster, MD 21157

Westminster High School

1225 Washington Road, Westminster, MD 21157

Carroll County Agriculture Center 

706 Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster, MD 21157

Carroll County Public Safety Training Center  (Pending)

50 Kate Wagner Road, Westminster, MD 21157

Local 486 Plumbers & Steamfitters Apprenticeship Training School (Plumbing, Welding Fabrication)

1201 66th Street, Rosedale, MD 21237

Mudgett’s Auto Body (Automotive Refinishing Technology, Collision Repair Technology)

2960 Dede Road, Finksburg, MD 21048

Food Trucks, Concessions, Fun Activities! 12 pm – 6 pm 

Awards Ceremony – Carroll County Agriculture Center –  7:00 pm -9:00 pm (Shipley Arena)

The SkillsUSA Maryland State Championship offers state-level competitions for high school (middle and PS) student paid members enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. To better appreciate the diversity of competitions available to students see 2025 state contest list. This list includes events that do and do not require regional competitions to qualify for state competitions: 2025 Regional and “Straight to States” Contest List 

Each Spring, the State Championship showcases Maryland CTE students from across the state who compete in a wide variety of skilled, occupationally-related and leadership events. The first place “gold medal” winners qualify to represent Maryland at the annual National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), in Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-28, 2025.

SkillsUSA Maryland paid Professional Members (ie. advisors/instructors) have online access to the latest competition Technical Standards. Go to skillsusa.org and click the “Join” button at the top of the home page to access this information.

IMPORTANT: Students interested in participating in local, regional and state competitions must receive/review 2025 Contest Technical Standards as soon as possible to successfully prepare for competitions.

Contest Technical Standards examples (from 2024):

Automotive Service Technology 2024 Technical Standards

Carpentry 2024 Technical Standards

Cyber Security 2024 Technical Standards

Nurse Assisting 2024 Technical Standards

Technical Computer Applications, 2024 Technical Standards

Delegate and Delegate Assembly Information

SkillsUSA is a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO), whereby student members are charged with the responsibility of governing the affairs associated with the student constitution. Chapters are entitled to student voting delegates commensurate with their membership to represent the views of their chapter within the structure of the State House of Delegates. Please be sure your chapter is represented at the SkillsUSA Maryland annual Delegate Assembly, held on the first day of the State Championship. Learn more about serving as a State Delegate by reviewing instructions. Use these links to register now for the State Championship Delegate Assembly!

2025 State Voting Delegate Instructions

 Local Chapter Delegate Registration

NVD Candidate Application

Professional Development Test

Students participating in SkillsUSA Maryland state competitions must complete a professional development (PD) online test before the State Championship. PD test scores will be used as state contest tie-breakers so students are strongly encouraged to review this information: SkillsUSA PD Test Study Guide

SkillsUSA PD Test – Sample Questions 

State Championship Courtesy Corps

If you would like to help support the 2025 State Championship consider volunteering for the Courtesy Corps (CC). Student delegates and Friday evening competitors are especially encouraged to participate. Please contact Charlene Zinnel if you have any questions:  zinnelc@dcpsmd.org

Here’s how to join: State Championship Courtesy Corp Sign-up

 

2025 Competition Updates 

Note: Students must provide their own computers for 2025 state competitions. Refer to respective 2025 contest Technical Standards for more details.

IMPORTANT: Contests and updates for 2025 state competitions will be posted to list below as they are confirmed and received. Please note that only contests that meet the three (3) chapter registration minimum requirement will be facilitated at the State Championship.  Also, updates may not be posted for all contests, as posting updates is at the discretion of the contest chairs:

 

3D Visualization and Animation

Action Skills

Additive Manufacturing  AMF Contest Update.2.21.25

AMF Contest Update #2 2.24.25

AdditiveManufacturingScoring2025

Advertising Design

Architectural Drafting  AD Contest Update.3.23.25

Audio Production

Automotive Maintenance Light Repair MLR Contest Update.2.21.25

MLR Contest Update #2 3.4.25

Automotive Refinishing Technology  ART Contest Update.3.25.25

Automotive Service Technology  AST Contest Update.2.21.25

AST Contest Update #2 3.4.25

Baking and Pastry Arts CB Update.2.6.25

CB Update #2 3.6.25

CB Update #3 3.21.25

Barbering  BAR Contest Update.3.3.25

BAR Contest Update #2 .3.17.25

Basic Health Care Skills  CARE Contest Update.3.24.25

Career Pathways Showcase

Carpentry  C Contest Update 3.27.25

Collision Damage Appraisal  CDA Contest Update.3.13.25

CDA Contest Update #2 3.25.25

Collision Repair Technology CRT Contest Update.2.20.25

Commercial sUAS Drone  DT Contest Upate.3.7.25

Community Service

Cosmetology  CO Contest Update.2.27.25

CO Contest Update.2.27.25. #2

Crime Scene Investigation

Criminal Justice

Culinary Arts  CA Contest Update.3.13.25

Customer Service CUS Update.3.18.25

Cyber Security  CY Contest Update.2.19.25

CY Contest Update #2 3.21.25

Dental Assisting

Diesel Equipment Technology  DET Contest Update.3.22.25

Digital Cinema Production  Contest Prompt – (3/17/25)

Early Childhood Education  PRE Contest Update.3.7.25

Electrical Construction Wiring  ECW Contest Update.3.12.25

Employment Application Process

Engineering Technology/Design

Entrepreneurship

Esthetics  EST Contest Update.3.21.25

Extemporaneous Speaking

Firefighting

First Aid/CPR

Health Knowledge Bowl  BOWL Contest Update.3.14.25

BOWL Contest Update #2. 3.19.25

HVACR

Industrial Motor Control  MOTR Contest Update.2.20.25

Information Technology Services

Interactive Application and Video Game Design

Internetworking  WORK Contest Update.3.5.25

WORK Contest Update #2 3.18.25

Job Interview  JI Contest Update.3.17.25

Job Skill Demonstration A

Job Skill Demonstration Open

Masonry  Masonry Contest Update.3.24.25

Medical Math

Medical Terminology

Nail Care  NAIL Contest Update.3.21.25

Nurse Assisting  NA Contest Update.3.11.25

Photography  P Contest Update.2.10.25

Pin Design

Plumbing

Prepared Speech

Principles of Technology

Promotional Bulletin Board  PBB Contest Update.3.14.25

Quiz Bowl

Related Technical Math

Restaurant Service  FBS Contest Update.3.13.25

Robotics and Automation Technology

Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue

Sheet Metal  SM Contest Update.3.27.25

TeamWorks  TW Contest Update.3.24.25

TW Contest Update #2 3.24.25

Technical Drafting

T-Shirt Design

Video News Production

Video Production

Welding

Welding Fabrication

Welding Sculpture

 

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Here is the archived list of 2024 state contest updates fyi: 

Action Skills

Additive Manufacturing AMF Contest Update 4.5.24

AMF Contest Update CHALLENGE 4.9.24

Advertising Design ADV Update.4.1.24

Architectural Drafting AD Contest Update.3.26.24

Audio Production

Automotive Maintenance Light Repair MLR Contest Update.1.18.24

Automotive Refinishing Technology ART Contest Update 4.8.24

Automotive Service Technology AST Contest Update.1.18.24

Baking and Pastry Arts CB Contest Update.2.22.24

CB Contest Update #2 4.7.24

Barbering  Barbering Contest Update.4.3.24

Basic Health Care Skills CARE Contest Update.4.5.24

Career Pathways Showcase

Carpentry C Contest Update.4.4.24 

C Contest Update #2 4.5.24

Collision Repair Technology CRT Contest Update.4.2.24

Commercial sUAS Drone

Community Service

Cosmetology CO Contest Update.3.12.24 #1  

CO Contest Update.3.12.24 #2

CO Contest Update.3.28.24 #3

Crime Scene Investigation

Criminal Justice  

Culinary Arts CA Contest Update.3.4.24

CA Contest Update #2 3.21.24

Customer Service

Cyber Security CY Contest Update.3.7.24

Diesel Equipment Technology DET Contest Update.4.5.24

Digital Cinema Production VPD Contest Update.4.2.24

Early Childhood Education PRE Contest Update.3.6.24

Electrical Construction Wiring ECW Contest Update.3.7.24

Employment Application Process

Engineering Technology/Design

Entrepreneurship

Esthetics EST Contest Update.4.3.24 

EST Contest Update #2 4.3.24

Extemporaneous Speaking

Firefighting

First Aid/CPR

Health Knowledge Bowl

HVACR

Industrial Motor Control MOTR Contest Update.3.14.24

Information Technology Services

Interactive Application and Video Game Design

Internetworking WORK Contest Update.4.1.24

Job Interview

Job Skill Demonstration A

Job Skill Demonstration Open

Masonry M Contest Update.4.6.24

Medical Math

Medical Terminology

Nail Care  NAIL Contest Update.4.3.24

Nurse Assisting NA Contest Update.4.1.24

Photography P Contest Update.3.5.24

Pin Design

Plumbing

Prepared Speech

Principles of Technology

Promotional Bulletin Board PBB Contest Update 4.8.24

Quiz Bowl

Related Technical Math

Restaurant Service FBS Contest Update.4.7.24

Robotics and Automation Technology

Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue

Sheet Metal SM Contest Update.3.11.24

SM Contest Update #2 3.13.24

TeamWorks TW Contest Update.3.21.24

TW Contest Update #2 3.21.24

Technical Drafting

T-Shirt Design TSD Contest Update.4.1.24

Video News Production

Video Production

Welding  W Contest Update 4.1.24

Welding Fabrication  WF Contest Update 4.1.24

Welding Sculpture

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2023 State Championship Archives

Scores/Rankings!   https://www.skillsusa-register.org/scores

2023 State Championship Program.3.21.23

2023 State Championship Competition List (Revised 1/11/23)

 2022 State Championship Archives

2022 State Medalists / Individual Contestant Scores

https://www.skillsusa-register.org/scores

SkillsUSA Maryland 2022 Awards Ceremony Video