What is SkillsUSA South Dakota?
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel — and South Dakota membership has grown every year, with nearly 400 active members from all four state technical colleges and high schools in every corner of the state.
SkillsUSA South Dakota members statewide
SD technical colleges represented
Students & advisors nationally each year
National occupational & leadership contests
What is SkillsUSA? (Students)
See how SkillsUSA students across the country — and here in South Dakota — turn classroom training into real trade and tech careers.
Mission, membership & framework
SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of America's skilled workforce through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, technical and professional skills training. SkillsUSA enhances the lives and careers of students, instructors and industry representatives as they strive to be champions of work.
South Dakota tech career programs
SkillsUSA programs include local, state and national competitions where students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. At the annual SkillsUSA Championships, more than 7,000 students compete in 105 occupational and leadership skill areas. SkillsUSA programs also help establish industry standards for job skill training in the lab and classroom and promote community service. SkillsUSA is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and cited as a "successful model of employer-driven youth development training program" by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Partners
More than 600 business, industry and labor sponsors actively support SkillsUSA at the national level through financial aid, in-kind contributions, and involvement of their people in SkillsUSA activities. Many more work directly with state associations and local chapters like ours here in South Dakota.
Become a sponsorWhat SD members get
- • Hands-on technical competitions judged by SD industry professionals
- • Leadership development and employability skills training
- • Direct connections to South Dakota employers and post-secondary programs
- • Scholarships, certifications, and national-level recognition