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West Georgia Skills Challenge

West 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, November 4, 2026

  • Schedule

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

  • Columbus Convention and Trade Center

    801 Front Avenue
    Columbus, GA

Quick Links

Teacher Resources

  • Link to Student Competitor and Student Observer Waiver Form

Contacts for West Georgia Skills Challenge

  • Mary Cawthorne

    Freeman & Associates, Inc.

  • Tim Hobbs

    AGC Georgia

West Georgia Skills Challenge Information

Please consider sponsoring the 2026 West 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. 

Title Sponsor

$3,500

1) Company logo on specialized signage positioned near lunch area; 2) Company logo on competitor t-shirts; 3) Company logo on printed and electronic event promotional materials; 4) Company-provided banner displayed at event; 5) Exhibitor booth at event

Pillar Sponsor

$2,500

1) Company logo on competitor t-shirts; 2) Company logo on printed and electronic event promotional materials; 3) Company-provided banner displayed at event; 4) Exhibitor booth at event

Supporter Sponsor

$1,000

1) Company name on competitor t-shirts; 2) Company name on printed and electronic event promotional materials; 3) Banner, provided by your company, displayed at event; 4) Exhibitor booth at event

Friend Sponsor

$500

1) Company name on sponsor banner; 2) Exhibitor booth at event

2025 Sponsor Brochure for Information Only

Attention Teachers
In mid-August 2026, West 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 West Georgia Skills Challenge.

  • Blueprint Reading

  • ** 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 West 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 West 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 West 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

  • Chattahoochee

  • Coweta

  • Harris

  • Heard

  • Marion

  • Meriwether

  • Muscogee

  • Pike

  • Schley

  • Stewart

  • Talbot

  • Taylor

  • Troup

  • Upson

  • Webster

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

  • Callaway High School

  • Chattooga High School

  • Crisp County High School

  • East Laurens High School

  • Harris County High School

  • Heard County High School

  • Jackson High School

  • Jordan College & Career Academy

  • Lee County High School

  • Mary Persons High School

  • Statesboro 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 2026 West 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)
 11:30 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Served
 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Students return to competition area to clean up
 1:00 - 1:30 pm Presentation of Awards
 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 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

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

Local-Only Contests

Congratulations to the 2025 West Georgia Skills Challenge winners!

Alliance Cup Winner - Harris County High School

Blueprint Reading

1st – Statesboro High School – Austin Wheaton
2nd – Jordan College & Career Academy – Abraham Morales
3rd – Harris County High School – Kassidy Lisle

Cabinetmaking

* 1st – Harris County High School – Parker Cummings
* 2nd – Harris County High School – Anderson Beal

Carpentry

1st – Chattooga High School – Kasen Elsberry
* 2nd – Harris County High School – Lindsey Hare
3rd – East Laurens High School – Mikail Nowinsky 
* Harris County High School – Colton Lehman
* Jordan College & Career Academy – Triston Rumme

Electrical

* 1st – Harris County High School – Hayden Lovett
2nd – Chattooga High School – Pedro Lopez
3rd – Chattooga High School – Matthew Busby
* Harris County High School – Anderson Vargas Colon
* Jordan College & Career Academy – Moises Mendez

Heavy Equipment Operations

1st – Heard County High School – Ryan Brown
2nd – Heard County High School – Grant McKenzie
3rd – Chattooga High School – Oaklyn Young

Masonry

* 1st – Harris County High School – Kortney Brown

2nd – Chattooga High School – Cody Corbin

3rd – Lee County High School – Layne Hickman

* Harris County High School – Sidnee Griffin 

* Callaway High School – Randi Hodge

Plumbing

1st – Chattooga High School – Riley Willis

2nd – Lee County High School – Hagan Rudolf 

3rd – Chattooga High School – Chance Elrod

* Harris County High School – Colby Morneault 

* Harris County High School – Mason Mudd

TeamWorks

* 1st – Jordan College & Career Academy
Tristen Theel, Kentrell Mills, Wayson Gonzalo, Abel Lopez-Robles

Welding

1st – Chattooga High School – Gunner Henderson

2nd – Chattooga High School – Parker Powell

* 3rd – Harris County High School

* Harris County High School – Owen Daughtery

* Jordan College & Career Academy – Keelan Wisham

Welding Fabrication

* 1st – Harris County High School 

Brett Jenkins, Canon Teasley, Hudson Alford

*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.