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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…
WorldSkills Australia 2024 Skillaroos shine bright in front of international crowds in Lyon, France
A team of 32 talented young Australian apprentices, trainees and young professionals – known as the Skillaroos – recently made the journey to Lyon, France to compete in the 47th WorldSkills Competition at the Eurexpo competition site. With 1,400 competitors…
Skillaroos land in France to compete with the world’s best in skills at the 47th WorldSkills Competition, Lyon 2024
The world’s biggest skills competition has started with a bang, as Team Australia enters opening ceremony cheered on by President Emmanuel Macron The road to Lyon began last week when our Skillaroos were farewelled by family, friends and supporters at…
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…
Adelaide to Host WorldSkills Australia 2024 Australian Skills Excellence Forum
Over 100 Skills Champions to take part in workshops to elevate careers to the next level WorldSkills Australia is proud to partner with the South Australian Government to bring the 2024 Australian Skills Excellence Forum to Adelaide, from the 25th…
Government, Industry and Nation’s Best Young Talent Come Together to Celebrate Australian Skills Excellence
Senior Canberra stakeholders will be given an inside look into Australia’s skills sector at an event at Parliament House on Tuesday 25 June. The Empowering Skills Excellence briefing session will update advisors and other government officials on how Australia is…
COUNTDOWN ON FOR BRISBANE HOSTING RECORD BREAKING NATIONAL SKILLS COMPETITION
With just under 12 months until the 2025 WorldSkills Australia National Championships and Skills Show, host city Brisbane is preparing for the biggest iteration of the event in its 44-year history. Co-located with the Brisbane Careers and Employment Expo, over…
2024 Global Skills Challenge Concludes
CAMARADERIE AND NATIONAL PRIDE SHINE AS 2024 GLOBAL SKILLS CHALLENGE CONCLUDES The 2024 WorldSkills Australia Global Skills Challenge has concluded, with Australia’s Skillaroos putting in a strong performance that saw them awarded seven gold medals and finishing second in the…
Global Skills Challenge 2024
The world’s best apprentices and young professionals are coming to Australia to put their skills to the test Global Skills Challenge to be the biggest international skills excellence event to be held in Australia in 2024 In May, Melbourne will…
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….
WorldSkills Australia announces Skillaroos and Team Australia ahead of 2022 international competition
WorldSkills Australia has today announced its team for the upcoming 2022 WorldSkills Competition, the biggest international skills competition, at a formal ceremony hosted by Governor-General David Hurley. The 16 young men and women, dubbed the Skillaroos, will now compete against…
WorldSkills Australia are pleased to announce our newest partner Top 100 Women
Top 100 Women is an online professional platform for women in the broader construction sector, providing members with access to greater networks, mentors, industry insights, online events, courses, and employment opportunities. The resources that members have access to will not…
Worldskills Australia National Championships to still go ahead
Apprentices, trainees and students from around the nation will showcase their talents at the highly anticipated 2021 WorldSkills Australia National Championships and Skills Show, with the event moving to accommodate travel restrictions by introducing satellite sites around the country. The…
How WorldSkills mentors are skilling up the next generation of talent
While our talented competitors are always at the face of everything we do here at WorldSkills Australia, the fact is that there are plenty of people behind the scenes who keep the WorldSkills machine moving. From parents to volunteers, judges…
Dates announced for WorldSkills Lyon 2024
Following the postponement of the 46th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China, by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WorldSkills International has announced that WorldSkills Lyon 2024 is set to take place 10–15 September 2024. This event will be…
What it means to be a WorldSkills parent
While our talented competitors are always at the face of everything we do here at WorldSkills Australia, the fact is that there are plenty of people behind the scenes who keep the WorldSkills machine moving. From parents to volunteers, judges…
Certificate of Merit awarded to Peter Buttenshaw and Sarah Jones
Certificate of Merit Awarded to Peter Buttenshaw (National Judge, National Skill Manager, International Deputy Chief and Chief Expert Industrial Mechanic Millwright) and Sarah Jones (Competitor, National Judge, National Chief Judge, International Expert, International deputy Chief expert, International Skill Competition Manager…
Update on the 2021 WorldSkills National Championships & Skills Show
The year of 2020 has been a tough year full of upheaval, challenges and in some instance’s new opportunities in the way we communicate, conduct business, and continue our training and education. In April 2020 WorldSkills Australia announced the postponement…
WorldSkills Australia and AWS collaborate to inspire a passion for learning digital skills
AWS will provide free training to participants through AWS Academy and AWS Educate. Competitive challenges for participants to demonstrate their skills WorldSkills Australia (WSA) today announced it is working with Amazon Web Services Inc.(AWS) to inspire young people to develop…