SkillsUSA Students Excel at 2023 National Workforce Development Event
June 27, 2023
[June 27, 2023; Hartford, CT] — Career and technical education students from the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) demonstrated excellence and brought home medals and honors at the 2023 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference.
The annual SkillsUSA conference was a showcase of the best career and technical education (CTE) students in the nation where outstanding students competed in more than 100 different trade, technical and leadership events. The 2023 SkillsUSA Championships was held in Atlanta in June.
During the national event, SkillsUSA CTE students from CTECS worked against the clock, proving their expertise in occupations such as electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts. All contests are run by SkillsUSA with the help of industry, trade associations and labor organizations, testing competencies set by industry. In addition, leadership contestants demonstrated their skills, which included extemporaneous speaking and conducting meetings using parliamentary procedure. The annual championships event is for middle school, high school and college-level students who are members of SkillsUSA.
CTECS sent over 80 students to participate at the national workforce event. SkillsUSA improves the quality of the nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. The organization’s vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success. Top student winners received gold, silver and bronze medallions. Many also received prizes such as tools of their trade and scholarships to further their careers and education.
CTECS had 26 students place in the top 10, and 12 students place in the top 20. The following students finished the 2023 national conference with outstanding accomplishments:
Gold Medals
Benjamin Batchelder, from Oliver Wolcott Technical High School, 1st in Electrical Construction Wiring.
The following is a list of students that placed in the top ten:
The following is a list of students that placed in the top twenty:
