ATTIRE
Official dress should be worn to official meetings, ceremonies, presentations, conferences, or other specified activities.
Official dress consists of:
Red SkillsUSA blazer (UCT provided)
White button-up dress shirt with solid black tie or white collarless blouse
Black dress pants or knee length black dress skirt
Black dress shoes
competitions that wear official attire to compete:
action skills, additive manufacturing, community service, career pathways showcase, customer service, engineering technology, entrepreneurship, extemporaneous speech, job skill demonstration, job interview, prepared speech, related technical math, welding sculpture
Some competitions require competitors to wear official attire; others require competitors to wear work appropriate attire. Click on each image to determine what you will wear when you are competing.
*Contests marked with an asterisk will be wearing a SkillsUSA Massachusetts t-shirt supplied at the competition.
business casual attire:
computer programming, cosmetology, early childhood education, esthetics, internetworking, IT service, nail care
service attire:
restaurant service
chef attire:
baking & pastry arts, culinary arts
scrub attire:
basic health care, cosmetology, esthetics, first aid/CPR, nail care, nurse assisting
transportation attire*:
automotive refinishing technology, automotive service technology, collision damage appraisal, collision repair technology, diesel equipment technology, marine service technology, power equipment technology, urban search & rescue
construction attire*:
cabinetmaking, carpentry, electrical construction wiring, HVAC, industrial motor control, plumbing, teamworks, welding
The SkillsUSA 2025 theme is "Ignite Your Potential". This theme is meant to inspire the amazing work of SkillsUSA chapters across the country as students develop their personal, workplace, and technical skills.
The theme is used for competitions such as chapter display, prepared speech, and promotional bulletin board.