NEWS RELEASE
April 22, 2010 Contact: Frank Murray, 542-4835
Some 70 participants from the state’s community and technical colleges will assemble at Columbia Basin College this weekend for the annual SkillsUSA state conference.
The conference features competitions in both leadership and skills in vocational areas of study. Winners and high placers will advance to the National SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City, Missouri in June.
The competition gets underway with a welcome at Gjerde Center at 8 a.m. Following the welcome, students will divide into breakout sessions to discuss various topics. The leadership competition begins at noon.
Competitions will be held in prepared speech, extemporaneous speaking, job interview, customer service, and job demonstration. The Skills competition will be held all day Saturday at CBC in Pasco and Tri-Tech in Kennewick in automotive, machine technology, nursing, and welding.