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47th WorldSkills International Competition – Results
Rank Medal Competitor Skill State Region 3/38 Bronze Harrison Field Welding NSW Macquarie 5/35 Medallion for Excellence Ross Colquhoun Automobile Technology NSW Mid coast 5/21 Medallion for Excellence Randy Gunawan & Disha Anchan Industry 4.0 VIC Melbourne 6/23 Medallion for…
Harry blazed his way to win Bronze at the 47th WorldSkills Competition, Lyon 2024
Representing Australia with exceptional talent and drive, 2024 Skillaroo Harry Field has triumphantly earned a bronze medal at the thrilling 47th WorldSkills Competition in Lyon. Amid intense international competition and the applause of over 250,000 spectators, Harry stood out among…
Team Australia Farewelled by Ministers, MPs and French Ambassador ahead of Lyon 2024
Just hours before flying to Lyon, France to represent their country at the 47th WorldSkills International Competition, Team Australia will be formally farewelled in front of their families, industry stakeholders and dignitaries. The farewell event is an opportunity to acknowledge…
WorldSkills Reveal’s Team Australia ‘Skillaroo’ Uniforms for Lyon 2024
WorldSkills Australia has unveiled the uniforms its 32 young competitors and their experts will wear while representing Australia on the world stage at the 47th WorldSkills International Competition in Lyon, France next month. The competition uniform has been designed by…
WorldSkills Lyon 2024 Team Australia
WorldSkills Australia Announces Skillaroos Team for Lyon 2024 WorldSkills Australia is pleased to announce the 2024 Australian Team, who will represent the country at the 47th International Competition, taking place in the French city of Lyon in September….
2022 WorldSkills International Competition Special Edition Results
Rank Medal Competitor Skill State Region 4th Medallion for Excellence Daniel Gardner Digital Construction NSW Sydney 4th Medallion for Excellence Rachel Crawford Bakery ACT Canberra 4th Medallion for Excellence Sabrina Rees Cookery NSW Sydney 5th Medallion for Excellence Ben Armstrong…
International Competition Update
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…
Skillaroos and Team Australia announced
With just 86 days until the opening of the world’s largest skills competition taking place Abu Dhabi WorldSkills Australia has selected an elite team of 43 people including 18 competitors, mentors and officials who will represent Australia at the 44th…
Dylan Bolch – Welding his Way to a Secure Future
Twenty-two year old welder Dylan Bolch has big dreams and a firm plan as to how he is going to achieve them with step one being “get named as a member of the Skillaroos team going to Abu Dhabi”. With…
Skills Squad member Brett McPaul adds another trophy to his awards cabinet
Engineering apprentice, Brett McPaul, was singled out to receive a Highly Commended Judges Award at the 2017 HVTC Excellence Awards held in Newcastle on Friday night. The 20 year old from Albion Park was recognised for his success in Australia’s…
Local Bakery Champion Tests Her Skills in China
Jetsetting bakery champion Maddison (Maddy) McCloskey will travel to China this month for a week of intensive training at the Wangsen School in Suzhou, a city that has a population of 10.5mil people and is situated in the Jiangsu Province,…
Australia’s Top Experts Selected to Support Skills Squad in Contention for Abu Dhabi
A team of 23 experts have been selected to train the 2017 Skills Squad in preparation for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017. The 24 young men and women were selected to join the Skills Squad after their successful performances at the…
Competitor Spotlight: Dusti-lee Franchi
For vehicle painter Dusti-Lee Franchi, an unexpected passion led to a great career opportunity and bred an industry champion. At just 20 years old, Dusti-Lee didn’t originally have her sights set on a career in vehicle painting, having first decided…
Congratulations to our Skillaroos!
It has been a tough week at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition in São Paulo, Brazil for our team of Skillaroos. They were pushed to their limits and without a doubt did Australia proud on the world stage. It’s now time…
WorldSkills São Paulo kicks off
After working incredibly hard to earn their way to São Paulo, the Skillaroos walked into Anhembi Park this morning ready to take on day one of the greatest vocational education and skills excellence competition in the world. The 43rd WorldSkills…
One School One Country & Opening Ceremony!
Yesterday, the Skillaroos visited EE Carlos Maximiliano Pereira dos Santos, a local middle-school in São Paulo, as part of the One School One Country programme. The program seeks to introduce young students to the world of skills and learn about different…
Skillaroos journey so far
On 4 August, the Skillaroos attended a Brazilian-themed Farewell Function held at Sydney TAFE in Ultimo. Senator the Hon. Scott Ryan, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Education and Training and the Hon. John Barilaro, Minister for Regional Development, Skills and Small…
Australia’s best trades and skills superstars in final preparation for international competition in Brazil
With less than a month to go, the 25 talented young trades and skills people comprising WorldSkills Australia’s 2015 Skillaroos team are hard at work training in their respective skills in preparation for the 43rd WorldSkills Competition. The WorldSkills Competition…
Australia’s best and brightest heading to Brazil for the 43rd WorldSkills Competition
After undergoing months of intensive training, WorldSkills Australia is pleased to announce the names of the 25 Skillaroos that will represent Australia at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition in Brazil on 11-16 August: John Reminis, Bakery Sam Spong, Bricklaying Karl Geue,…
Introducing the 2015 Skills Squad
Media Release Skills Squad now to begin training in hope of representing Australia in Brazil! WorldSkills Australia is excited to announce the 2015 Skills Squad, a team made up of Australia’s most highly skilled tradesmen and women across 26 skills….