Published on January 9, 2026
Each year, we have a number of students enrolled in the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (CTC) who compete in the SkillsUSA competition.
SkillsUSA is a national career and technical education (CTE) organization that gives students the opportunity to demonstrate real-world skills, leadership, and professionalism through hands-on competitions. These competitions are designed with input from industry professionals to reflect the skills students would be expected to use in actual careers (ie, construction, healthcare, culinary arts, etc.).
Students enrolled in CTC or CTE programs are able to become members of SkillsUSA, which allows them to compete and participate in leadership activities. Students first compete at the local/district-level to demonstrate their skills through hands-on performance tasks, written or technical assessments, team or individual projects, and presentations or leadership challenges. Students who place 1st at the district level advance to the state competition, with the top state competitors advancing to the National SkillsUSA Championships, where they compete against the top students from across the country.
Each competition is judged by professionals working in the field, using national technical standards to evaluate accuracy, safety, teamwork, problem-solving, and professionalism.
This year, we had seven Warwick students place in the top 3, with four of those students earning 1st place and advancing on to the State Competition.
Competition Description: (Team of 2) Teams compete in a series of challenges focusing on creating a website for a client and a specific target audience. Judging will focus on meeting the client’s needs, usability and accessibility, and industry-standard best practices. Teams will also be evaluated on the process they use to meet the challenges and how well they work as a team.
Competition Description: Students present their winning state conference T-shirt and create a professional portfolio that documents the process used to create the design. Competitors will participate in an oral presentation regarding all aspects of the creation of their design and explain how the T-shirt represents their state, its unique qualities, and why another SkillsUSA student or adult member would want to wear the shirt.
Competition Description: The competition highlights skills training in masonry, spotlights the industry’s finest masons, and focuses attention on careers in the masonry industry. Competitors are expected to construct a composite brick and block project in a six-hour period that tests their ability to meet industry standards in quality. In addition to a written exam, students are judged on the most frequently used details in masonry construction.
Competition Description: The competition evaluates students’ proficiency in providing customer service. The competition involves live role-playing situations. Competitors demonstrate their ability to perform customer service in both written and oral forms, including telephone and computer skills, communications, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and business etiquette.
Competition Description: Competitors are evaluated on their understanding of employment procedures faced in applying for positions in the occupational areas in which they are training. The competition is divided into phases, including the following: completion of employment application; introduction scenario with a receptionist; and an in-depth interview.
Competition Description: (Team of 4) The competition tests teams of students on their collective knowledge within the healthcare system. Teams are judged on the accuracy of answering questions in a variety of categories, including anatomy and physiology; medical terminology; healthcare procedures; healthcare systems; employability skills; legal responsibility; ethics; safety practices; current events related to healthcare; and communication and teamwork.
Competition Description: The competition evaluates the competitor’s preparation for firefighting careers through hands-on skill demonstrations and both written and oral presentations. Areas tested include safety; breathing apparatus; fire streams; ladders, ropes, knots and hoses; fire control; ventilation; emergency medical care and rescue; and protecting fire cause evidence.
Congratulations to all of these students on an incredible job well done and good luck to our state qualifiers!