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Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge

Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge

  • Thursday, October 30, 2025

  • Schedule

    8:30 am - Registration Opens
    10:00 am to Noon - Competition
    1:30 pm - Award Ceremony

  • Sutherland Arena at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter

    401 Larry Walker Parkway
    Perry, GA

Central Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Teacher resources

(to come September 2025)
  • Link to Student Competitor and Student Observer Waiver Form

  • Link to Central Georgia Skills Challenge Registration

  • Link to register student members of SkillsUSA Georgia for opportunity to advance with Skills Challenge participation to SLSC offered each February in Atlanta

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2026

  • Schedule

    8:30 am - Registration Opens
    10:00 am to 12:15 pm - Competition
    1:30 pm - Award Ceremony

  • Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center

    1855 Calvary Church Road
    Gainesville, GA

Quick Links

Teacher Resources

  • Link to Student Competitor and Student Observer Waiver Form

Contacts for Central Georgia Skills Challenge

  • Maddie Horton

    Carroll Daniel

  • Tim Hobbs

    AGC Georgia

Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Please consider sponsoring the 2026 Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge at one of the below levels. The deadline for confirming your support will be determined in late summer 2026. If you have questions in the interim, please reach out to one of the above regional contacts. 

Host Sponsor

$3,000

Presenting sponsor of a designated competition to include signage at the competition location, headlining sponsor on all materials/promotional items and t-shirts, name recognition at the award ceremony, logo on emails going out to the alliance, social media exposure and mention on other advertising outlets.**

Supporter Sponsor

$2,000

Company logo on t-shirts, promotional materials, banner displayed at event (provided by sponsor), logos on emails and an exhibitor booth display at the event.**

Friend Sponsor

$1,000

Company name listed on shirt and promotional materials, a banner (provided by sponsor) to display at the event and exhibitor booth display at the event.

2025 Sponsor Brochure for Information Only

Attention Teachers
In mid-August 2026, Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge leadership will share deadlines for meeting the following requirements.  More information on registration guidelines is provided below in the “Registration Portals” section below. 

  • Student registration for Skills Challenge competition through the Construction Ready Platform

  • Student registration for SkillsUSA Qualifying Competitions inside the SkillsUSA Georgia Portal

  • Teacher deadline for emailing student completion photos for in-classroom competitions

  • Skills Challenge waiver completion for all students attending the event - competitors and observers

In 2026, competitors have the option to participate in the following categories that will be part of the Central Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Blueprint Reading

  • Broadcast News Production

  • ** Cabinetmaking - in-classroom project brought to Skills Challenge for judging

  • * Carpentry

  • * Electrical

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • * Masonry

  • * Plumbing

  • ** TeamWorks - a 4-person team completes framing pre-fab work in their classroom and then brings units to contest to build rest of TeamWorks project on day of the Skills Challenge.

  • * Welding

  • ** Welding Fabrication - a 3-person team performs in-class project that will be brought to Skills Challenge for judging

* Students who are associated with a school from within this event’s “home” region AND have confirmed SkillsUSA membership by October 8, 2026 AND place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the denoted competitions at the Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge will advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference.

** Only “home” region students who are confirmed members of SkillsUSA are invited to participate in Cabinetmaking, TeamWorks and Welding Fabrication contests at the Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge. These competitions are qualifiers for “home” region students seeking to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers from “home” region schools in Cabinetmaking advance to the state competition. The first place TeamWorks team and the first place Welding Fabrication team from a “home” region school will advance.

High school construction programs in the counties listed below are invited to participate in the Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge and receive priority registration. Once all schools within this designated “home” region have had the opportunity to register, any remaining competition spots will be offered to schools outside the region on a first-come, first-served basis. View Regional Map

  • Banks

  • Barrow

  • Clarke

  • Dawson

  • Elbert

  • Fannin

  • Forsyth

  • Franklin

  • Habersham

  • Hall

  • Hart

  • Jackson

  • Lumpkin

  • Madison

  • Oconee

  • Oglethorpe

  • Rabun

  • Stephens

  • Towns

  • Union

  • Walton

  • White

The following schools had competitors in the 2025 Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Cherokee Bluff High School

  • Chestatee High School

  • Dawson County High School

  • East Forsyth High School

  • East Hall High School

  • Empower College & Career Academy

  • Fannin County High School

  • Flowery Branch High School

  • Franklin County High School

  • Gainesville High School

  • Hart County High School

  • Johnson High School

  • Lakeview Academy

  • Lanier College and Career Academy

  • Lumpkin County High School

  • Madison County High School

  • North Hall High School

  • Stephens County High School

  • Union County High School

  • West Hall High School

  • White County High School

Here is a quick sampling of ways you and your team can get involved in our upcoming Skills Challenge series!
  • Volunteer company representatives to serve as judges for each of the skills competitions

  • Offer hands-on activities for students to participate in to get more familiar with specific trades

  • Host an exhibit table for students to learn more from you and your team and what career paths your firm offers

  • Serve as a sponsor to one or more of the Skills Challenge

Tentative Schedule for 2026 Central Georgia Skills Challenge

8:30 - 9:15 am Competitor Check-In
 9:15 am Welcome
 9:30 am Judge Orientation
 10:00 am - noon Skills Challenge - (competing students complete projects for judging)
 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch Served
 noon - 1:00 pm Students return to competition area to clean up
 1:30 - 2:00 pm Presentation of Awards
 2:00 pm Adjourn

Registration Portals

All student competitors, student observers and teachers must register with their unique Construction Ready (CR) Digital Portal login to attend this regional Skills Challenge. Use the below link. NOTE: For new teachers or new employer users who have NEVER accessed the CR Digital Portal, please click here for help.

Regional Registration Opens in August 2026

All student competitors who wish to be eligible for qualifying for the SkillsUSA Georgia SLSC in February 2027 MUST ALSO register for their specific competition in the below link.

SkillsUSA Qualifier Registration Opens August 2026

Info for SkillsUSA Qualifying Events

A bank of sample content plans for these Core 5 competitions will be available for teachers in mid-August 2026.

  • Carpentry

  • Electrical

  • Masonry

  • Plumbing

  • Welding

Bank of Core 5 Contest Plans to come in August 2026

Students competing in

  • Cabinetmaking

  • TeamWorks

  • Welding Fabrication

must complete in-classroom projects and are eligible for SkillsUSA qualifying. Details will be published in mid-August. 

In-Class Project Details

Info for Local-Only Contests

Contest information for

  • Blueprint Reading

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • Roofing

will be shared by Central Georgia Skills Challenge leaders through the below link in mid-August 2026.

Local-Only Contests

Congratulations to the 2025 Northeast Georgia Skills Challenge winners!

Alliance Cup Winner - Franklin County High School

Blueprint Reading

1st – White County High School – Cody Reed
2nd – East Hall High School – Bradee Fair
3rd – Dawson County High School – Joshua Warren

Broadcast News

1st – Franklin County High School – Adrion De Leon, Hess Fowler & Aidan Westmoreland
2nd – Lakeview Academy – Aedan Gillespie & Hayden Silcox
3rd – East Forsyth High School – Walker Dougan & Keegan Morrow

Cabinetmaking

* 1st – Lumpkin County High School – Ivan Brooks
* 2nd – Lumpkin County High School – Andrew Bush
* 3rd – Empower College & Career Academy – Carlos Uribe

Carpentry

* 1st – Franklin County High School – Josh Baughcum
* 2nd – Empower College & Career Academy – Pablo Silva
* 3rd – Madison County High School – Tyler Cochran

Electrical

* 1st – Empower College & Career Academy – Chase Veitch
* 2nd – Fannin County High School – Eli Plush
* 3rd – Union County High School – Jacob Schoenemann

Heavy Equipment Operations

1st – East Hall High School – Colton Bates
2nd – East Hall High School – Aron Garcia
3rd – Empower College & Career Academy – Raymundo Humana

HVAC

1st – East Hall High School – Jorge Moya
2nd – Lanier College & Career Academy – Isaac Ochoa
3rd – Stephens Couty High School – Jaren Garmon

Masonry

* 1st – Franklin County High School – Trinity Duck
* 2nd – Franklin County High School – Nate Noble
* 3rd – North Hall High School – Landon Clark

Plumbing

* 1st – Lumpkin County High School – Levi Moss
* 2nd – Gainesville High School – Jose Romero
* 3rd – Franklin County High School – Waylon Lewis

TeamWorks

* 1st – Fannin County High School
Christopher Correa, Dakoda Moore, Mason Ramey & James Taylor
2nd – Franklin County High School
Cole Crane, Benjamin Molina, Olyver Mora & Johnathan Smith
3rd – Empower College & Career Academy 
Carter Alago, Arturo Garcia-Herrera, Andrew Green & Christopher Osorio Jaimes

Welding

* 1st – Union County High School – Morgan Collins 
* 2nd – Lumpkin County High School – Nolan Bruner
* 3rd – White County High School – Isaac Garcia

*indicates a student qualifying to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference (SLSC) at the Georgia World Congress Center that was held in February 2026. Only students who are within this event’s region are allowed to qualify for state. In some instances, students from schools outside of this region’s “home” schools won top honors at this event, thus students placing lower than 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place who represented “home” schools at this day’s event were eligible to earn one of three SkillsUSA qualifying positions.