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Central Georgia Skills Challenge

Host Contractor: Sheridan Construction

Central Georgia Skills Challenge

Host Contractor: Sheridan Construction

  • 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

  • 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

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

Quick Links

Contacts for Central Georgia Skills Challenge

  • Nathan Cyr

    Parrish Construction Group

  • Tim Hobbs

    AGC Georgia

Central Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Please consider sponsoring the 2025 Central Georgia Skills Challenge at one of the below levels.

Host Sponsor

$5,000

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 a Middle Georgia CEO video and other advertising outlets.**

Supporter Sponsor

$2,500

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.

Sponsor Brochure

In 2025, competitors have the option to participate in the following categories that will be part of the Central Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Blueprint Reading

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

  • * Carpentry

  • * Electrical

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • * Masonry

  • * Plumbing

  • Roofing

  • ** 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 from schools within this event’s “home” region AND have confirmed SkillsUSA membership by October XXX, 2025 AND place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the denoted competitions at the Central Georgia Skills Challenge will advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference.

** Only “home” region students who are confirmed members of SkillsUSA by October XXX, 2025 are invited to participate in Cabinetmaking, TeamWorks and Welding Fabrication contests at the Central Georgia Skills Challenge. These competitions are qualifiers for “home” region stduents 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.

In 2025, competitors have the option to participate in the following categories that will be part of the Central Georgia Skills Challenge.
  • Blueprint Reading

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

  • * Carpentry

  • * Electrical

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • * Masonry

  • * Plumbing

  • Roofing

  • ** 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 from schools within this event’s “home” region AND have confirmed SkillsUSA membership by October XXX, 2025 AND place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the denoted competitions at the Central Georgia Skills Challenge will advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference.

** Only “home” region students who are confirmed members of SkillsUSA by October XXX, 2025 are invited to participate in Cabinetmaking, TeamWorks and Welding Fabrication contests at the Central Georgia Skills Challenge. These competitions are qualifiers for “home” region stduents 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 that are at schools within the following counties are invited to participate in the Central Georgia Skills Challenge and afforded priority registration. After all schools located within this geographic region are registered, if there are open spaces, they will be offered to construction programs from outside the region.
  • Baldwin

  • Bibb

  • Bleckley

  • Butts

  • Crawford

  • Crisp

  • Dodge

  • Dooly

  • Hancock

  • Henry

  • Houston

  • Jasper

  • Jones

  • Lamar

  • Macon

  • Monroe

  • Morgan

  • Newton

  • Peach

  • Pulaski

  • Putnam

  • Rockdale

  • Spalding

  • Twiggs

  • Wilcox

  • Wilkinson

The following schools had competitors in the 2024 Central Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Adairsville High School

  • Crisp County High School

  • East Laurens High School

  • Harris County High School

  • Hutchings College & Career Academy

  • Houston College and Career Academy

  • Houston County High School

  • Jackson High School

  • Jones County High School

  • Lee County High School

  • Mary Persons High School

  • Newton College and Career Academy

  • Statesboro High School

  • Twiggs County High School

  • West Laurens High School

  • Wheeler 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 2025 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
All student competitors who wish to be eligible for qualifying for the SkillsUSA Georgia SLSC in February 2026 MUST ALSO register for their specific competition in the below link.
SkillsUSA Qualifier Registration

Blueprints/Instructions for Competitions offering SkillsUSA Qualifying

AGC Georgia coordinates with regional contractor champions to provide blueprints for the following Core 5 competitions:

  • Carpentry

  • Electrical

  • Masonry

  • Plumbing

  • Welding

To view the plans for these competitions, click on the below link.

Core 5 Blueprints
Students wishing to compete in
  • Cabinetmaking

  • TeamWorks

  • Welding Fabrication

are required to complete in-classroom projects. Proof of completion for these in-classroom projects is due at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Full details for participation in these three competitions can be found at the below link.
In-Class Project Details

Information for Local-Only Contests

Blueprints and/or instructions for

  • HVACR

  • Metal Studs/Drywall

  • Blueprint Reading

contests that will be offered at the Central Georgia Skills Challenge are provided in the below link. Final details for the Heavy Equipment Operations contest will be available in the coming days.

Local-Only Contests

Congratulations to the 2024 Central Georgia Skills Challenge winners!

Alliance Cup Winner

Wheeler County High School

Blueprint Reading

1st – Mary Persons High School – Lucas Cantrell
2nd – Wheeler County High School – MG Selph
3rd – Lee County High School – Georgia Flowers

Cabinetmaking

* 1st – Houston Co. College & Career Academy – Alivia Mickens
* 2nd – Houston Co. College & Career Academy – Adrian Turner
* 3rd – Houston County High School – Henry Hayes

Carpentry

1st – Adairsville High School – Francisco Flores
2nd – East Laurens High School – Mikail Nowinsky
* 3rd – Newton College & Career Center – Jordan Sharp
* Jackson High School – Carson Smith
* Newton College & Career Center – Brady McElroy

Electrical

1st – Wheeler County High School – Carson Ford
2nd – Wheeler County High School – Kyler Stinson
3rd – Harris County High School – Trey Wyche
* Newton College & Career Academy – Edgar Briseno
* Newton College & Career Academy – Matthew Owen
* Jackson High School – Jordan Cavender

Masonry

1st – Wheeler County High School – Arturo Gonzalez
2nd – Harris County High School – Kortney Brown
3rd – Wheeler County High School – Adam Garcia
* Crisp County High School – Ryleigh Gustin
* Jones County High School – Ayden Lee
* Crisp County High School – Nguyen Nguyen

Plumbing

1st – Adairsville High School – Natalie Wade
* 2nd – Crisp County High School – Alex Hirsch
3rd – West Laurens High School – J. R. Benitez
* Mary Persons High School – John Rainey
* Jackson High School – Eli Gervasio

Roofing

1st – Jones County High School – Sara Beasley
2nd – Newton College & Career Academy -Abisai Velasquez
3rd – Statesboro High School – Enrique Mendez

TeamWorks

* 1st – Crisp County High School
Oliver Cruz/Juan Carranco/Memphis Carter/Brendon Young

Welding

1st – Lee County High School – Cameron James
2nd – Lee County High School – Coleman Williams
3rd – East Laurens High School – Brayen Jones
* Jones County High School – Jade Coleman
* Jones County High School – Christopher Pope
* Newton College & Career Academy – Michael Collins

Welding Fabrication

* Jones County High School
Heath Hulett, Landon Lewis, and Jacob Beasley

Sponsor Info From 2024

*indicates a student qualifying to advance to the SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference (SLSC) at the Georgia World Congress Center in February 2025. 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 at this day’s event were then eligible to earn qualifying positions.