What We Do

WorldSkills Australia promotes and builds a skills culture, celebrates excellence and showcases vocational education and training, trades and apprenticeships. We focus on fostering careers pathways for Australia’s young people, and empowering them to become successful global citizens.

We achieve this by engaging in research, promoting skills, building careers, focusing on education and skills training in Australia, fostering international cooperation and development, and running skills competitions and leadership programs.

Our core activity areas

Our core activity areas comprise:

Regional Competitions

Every two years, Regional Competitions test the skills and knowledge of 6000+ apprentices, trainees and students. 2026 is the next Regional Competition year.

National Championships

The WorldSkills National Championships are Australia's largest skills excellence competition. They take place every two years and feature over 600 young tradespeople competing across +60 skills. Over three days at National Championships and Skills Show Australia selected Regional competitors to showcase and benchmark their skills on the national stage competing against their industry peers from around the country. The next national Championships will be in Adelaide, South Australia in June 2027.

International Competition

Every two years WorldSkills Australia sends a highly trained team, the Skillaroos as part of Team Australia, to compete for the title of the world’s most skilled country. The 2026 WorldSkills Competition will be held 22 - 27 September 2026 in Shanghai China.

Vocational Education and Training in Schools

The WorldSkills Australia Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) Competition is open to students who are enrolled in a VETiS course at a secondary school.

Try’aSkill

WorldSkills Australia gives people of all ages an opportunity to try a variety of trades and skilled professions. Participants are guided through fun hands-on activities by experts from a range of industries and are an ideal way to experience a skill first-hand.

Scholarships and Pathways

There’s more to WorldSkills Australia than competitions. There are several pathways and scholarship opportunities that involve additional study, work experience, overseas travel or financial support.