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Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge

Metro Atlanta 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

  • Tuesday, November 10, 2026

  • Schedule

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

  • Jim R. Miller Park & Event Center

    2245 Callaway Road SW
    Marietta, GA

Quick Links

Teacher Resources

  • Link to Student Competitor and Student Observer Waiver Form

Contacts for Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge

  • Nicole Long

    Brasfield & Gorrie

  • Laura Potts

    AGC Georgia

Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge Information

Please consider sponsoring the 2026 Metro Atlanta 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. 

Presenting Sponsor

$7,500

1) Recognition as a sponsor of all competitions and opportunity to provide remarks during opening or award ceremony and participation in the presentation of awards for all competition winners; 2) Company logo prominently placed on competitor t-shirts and main sponsor banner; 3) Company-provided banners displayed in premium location during event; 4) Premium positioned exhibit booth at event

Title Sponsor

$5,000

1) Recognition for 1 choosen competition to include signage at competition location and remarks during opening or award ceremony; 2) Prominent logo placement on competitor t-shirts and main sponsor banner; 3) Company-provided banners displayed in premium location during event; 4) Preferred location for exhibit booth

Pillar Sponsor

$2,500

1) Company logo on competitor t-shirts and main sponsor banner; 2) Company-provided banners displayed during event; 3) Exhibit booth space at event

Supporter Sponsor

$1,000

1) Company name on competitor t-shirts and main sponsor banner; 2) Company-provided banners displayed during event; 3) Exhibit booth space at event

Friend Sponsor

$500

1) Company name main sponsor banner; 2) Company-provided banners displayed during event

2025 Sponsor Brochure for Information Only

Attention Teachers
In mid-August 2026, Metro Atlanta 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

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

  • * Carpentry

  • * Electrical

  • HVACR

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • * Masonry

  • Metal Studs/Drywall

  • * 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 Metro Atlanta 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 Metro Atlanta 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 Metro Atlanta 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

  • Cherokee

  • Clayton

  • Cobb

  • Dekalb

  • Douglas

  • Fayette

  • Fulton

  • Gwinnett

  • Paulding

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

  • Adairsville High School

  • Berkmar High School

  • Buford High School

  • Carrollton High School

  • Cass High School

  • Catoosa Co. College and Career Academy

  • Chattooga High School

  • Cherokee High School

  • Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy

  • Decatur Career Academy / Decatur High School

  • Frederick Douglass High School

  • Fulton County Schools College & Career Academy

  • Marietta High School

  • Maxwell School of Technology

  • North Cobb High School

  • North Paulding High School

  • Roswell High School

  • Sonoraville High School

  • Warren Technical 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 Metro Atlanta 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)
 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Served
 1:00 - 1:30 pm Presentation of Awards
 1:30 pm Students return to competition area to clean up
 2:30 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 contest plans for these Core 5 competitions will be available for teachers in mid-August 2026.

  • Carpentry

  • Electrical

  • Masonry

  • Plumbing

  • Welding

Bank of Contest Plans to come

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

Information for

  • Blueprint Reading

  • Heavy Equipment Operations

  • HVACR

  • Metal Studs / Drywall

will be shared by Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge leaders in mid-August 2026.

Local-Only Contests

Congratulations to the 2025 Metro Atlanta Skills Challenge winners!

Alliance Cup Winner - Roswell High School

Blueprint Reading

1st – Roswell High School – Nicky Szedon
2nd – Carrollton High School – Anthony Barrientos
3rd – Decatur Career Academy, Decatur High School – Christopher Chilik

Cabinetmaking

* 1st – Cherokee High School – Joseph McPherson
* 2nd – Cherokee High School – Michael Elrod
* 3rd – Roswell High School – Cameron Anthony

Carpentry

1st – Adairsville High School – Francisco Flores III
2nd – Sonoraville High School – Chapel Parr
3rd – Chattooga High School – Kasen Elsberry
* Cherokee High School – Antonio Lopez-Pablo
* Maxwell School of Technology – Ramon Luna Jr.
* Berkmar High School – Christopher Cativo

Electrical

1st – Chattooga High School – Matthew Busby
* 2nd – Roswell High School – Bodie McGlynn
3rd – Sonoraville High School – Clay Worley
* Buford High School – Brody Ammons
* North Paulding High School – Anthony Becraft

Heavy Equipment Operations

1st – Marietta High School – Ian Simms
2nd – Roswell High School – Miller Westerfield
3rd – Chattooga High School – Oaklyn Young

HVACR

1st – Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy – Ariela Vega
2nd – Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy – Larry Reyes
3rd – Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy – Matthew Hatfield

Metal Studs/Drywall

1st – Adairsville High School – Kaiden Coker and Landon Cassidy
2nd – Cass High School – Cooper Plummer and Gavin Quick
3rd – Marietta High School – Angel Guzman and Chris Salazar

Masonry

1st – Sonoraville High School – Hudson Kinman
2nd – Chattooga High School – Jonas Hardy
* 3rd – Marietta High School – Dylan Vizcarra
* Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy – Cooper Sunday
* Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy – Isaiah Brisbane

Plumbing

1st – Adairsville High School – Natalie Wade
2nd – Chattooga High School – Riley Willis
3rd – Chattooga High School – Chance Elrod
* North Paulding High School – Liam Jones
* Berkmar High School – Mario Garcia
* Frederick Douglass High School – Jair Narciso

TeamWorks

* 1st – Roswell High School
Alex Ridge, Dekker Maloni, Hunter Mitchell, Ian Mackay
2nd – Berkmar High School
Ian Rodriguez, Isaias Gonzalez-Hererra, Rodolfo Hernandez, Francisco Cruz

Welding

1st – Chattooga High School – Gunner Henderson
* 2nd – Cherokee High School – Trace Schall
3rd – Chattooga High School – Parker Powell
* Cherokee High School – Gavin Mays
* Cobb Innovation and Technology Academy – Leonel Hernandez-Rodriguez

Welding Fabrication

* 1st – Cherokee High School 
Christopher Phillips, Josue Reyes Delgado, Perez Bautista
2nd – Maxwell School of Technology 
Brandon Auyoung, Carlos Gomez, Juan Barron

*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.