December 21, 2007 Updates
Contest Rating Sheets
The scorecards included for all contests in the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards 2008 are "condensed" versions and, in many contests, do not provide much detail as to how the problems/projects will be judged or the point value for each skill area. We have developed more detailed rating sheets to help better prepare students for the competitions.
To view/download click here.
These rating sheets are intended to give contestants and advisors a basic understanding of the evaluation criteria and serve as a guide as they prepare for national competition. The exact number and identification of tasks and points assigned is subject to change as determined by the national technical committees.
Occupational Health and Safety
The scorecard in the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards 2008 is incorrect. Click here for the corrected rating sheet.
November 30, 2007 Updates
Auto Refinishing
The scoring criteria listed in the technical standards is incorrect. "Identify parts replacement" for 175 points will be replaced with "Color Tinting" for 175 points. Identifying parts is included in the "Damage Analysis and Estimating" segment of the competition.
Aviation Maintenance Technology
The FAA has again extended Exemption No. 7772C allowing aviation students up to 60 hours per year to participate in the SkillsUSA Championships. This exemption is in effect until May 31, 2010.
Computer Programming
The list of items supplied by the technical committee have been changed to: 1) Printer for output, 2) Programming instructions, and 3) Timing and judges’ procedures.
Under "Contest Guidelines," item #1 has been eliminated.
Computer Rental
In all contests requiring competitors to provide their own computer, students may bring one or contact Computer Express in Kansas City to rent one and have it delivered to the contest area. For instructions, computer specifications and online rental, please go to their Web site at this link.
First Aid/CPR
Both high school and college/postsecondary contestants will perform AED skills.
Occupational Health and Safety
All four projects will be judged on the following criteria:
Planning: 40
Scope of Activities: 50
Committee Minutes: 30
Results Achieved: 40
Layout and Presentation:20
Web Design
The project will be for each team to complete a series of challenges, with a focus on web site usability and accessibility with at least one challenge related to scripting. Each challenge must be documented, clearly demonstrating the skills as outlined in the SkillsUSA Championships Technical Standards 2008.
The requirement to submit a résumé electronically by June 1 has been eliminated. Team members must bring a one-page, typewritten résumé to the contestant orientation meeting.
The requirement to submit a work sample has been eliminated.
No hard or soft copy reference material such as HTML, CSS or JavaScript documentation will be permitted for use during the contest. Some written reference materials will be available on site.
February 6, 2008
New Demonstration Contests for 2008
Esthetics
Download contest guidelines
Job Placement Readiness (Special Needs)
(Working Title—Subject to Change)
Download contest guidelines
Mobile Electronics Installation
Download contest guidelines
Pin Design
Download contest guidelines
Welding Fabrication
Download contest guidelines
April 8, 2008
All Contestants
Use of cell phones during the contestant orientation, familiarization, competition and debriefing is prohibited. That means no conversing, no photographing and no text messaging. They are also not allowed to be used as calculators. If your contest requires a calculator, and it is not provided, you must bring your own.
All competitors must bring a one-page, typewritten résumé and submit it to the national technical committee at the contestant orientation meeting. Failure to do so will result in a penalty of 5% of the maximum points possible.
All competitors (except Action Skills, Building Maintenance and Quiz Bowl) must take a written professional development test.
All competitors in technical skill areas (except Building Maintenance) must take a skill-related, written test. The number of points allowed will not exceed 15% of the maximum points possible.
All contests will include an oral professional assessment. The number of points allowed will not exceed 10% of the maximum points possible.
All competitors must wear their official contest clothing to the orientation meeting.
Audio Production
The written test for Audio Production will be developed using the textbook "Modern Radio Production," Production, Programming, and Performance, 7th Edition, Hausman/Benoit/Messere/O'Donnell, Published by Thomson Wadsworth, © 2007, ISBN 0495050318.
Automotive Service Technology
Click here for the station tasks
For the Environmental Health & Safety Workstation, access to CCAR's "S/P2"e-learning program is provided free of charge to competitors in SkillsUSA. BEFORE the competition, instructors are asked to contact Natalie Schoonover by e-mail at info@sp2.org to receive their students' log-on information for the S/P2 Web site. Students must complete the S/P2 courses IN ADVANCE of the competition. (Please plan on 4-8 hours to complete the training.) During the competition, students will be required to demonstrate their understanding of basic shop safety and environmental considerations.
Chapter Display
Students authorized to assist in setting up the display should include someone with technical knowledge on how to repair malfunctioning or damaged displays.
Commercial Baking
Click here for the 2008 formulas
Community Service
On page 42 of the technical standards, 2. Live Team Presentation, A., the statement should read, “A team of three will represent the chapter in a live professional presentation.
Culinary Arts
Click here for High School practice menus and contest preparation help
Click here for College/Postsecondary practice menus and contest preparation help.
First Aid/CPR
Both high school and college/postsecondary competitors will demonstrate skills in performing CPR with AED.
Competitors may bring their own facemask.
No textbooks will be allowed in the testing area.
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Electronic test equipment and meters will be provided in the contest area. However, contestants are welcome to bring their own personal multi-meter test instrument if they will be more comfortable using it during the competition.
Industrial Motor Control
The contest will be based on the 2008 National Electrical Code. Students will be expected to bring copies of the 2008 National Electrical Code with them to all competition sessions. Students will be permitted to utilize basic scientific calculators during the contest. Calculators with imbedded or programmed electrical formulas will not be permitted.
Mechatronics
College/postsecondary contestants must be familiar with the requirements of the PLC they are bringing for use in the competition.
High school contestants need to make sure you bring all the tools listed. You will need tools to cut and strip 18-gauge hookup wire, as well as crimp ferrules onto these wires. All connections will be required to conform to industrial best practices. The contest will provide wire in several colors, ferrules for connecting to terminal strips, terminal strips, wiring conduits and mounting hardware. A supply of cable ties should be included in the contestant's toolkit, as well as tools to trim them neatly.
Motorcycle Service Technology
Contestants need to bring pencil and paper to the contestants’ orientation meeting.
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
The president, team captain or other representative of the team attending the contestant orientation meeting must bring a copy of each team members’ résumé.
Occupational Health and Safety
Up to three students may participate in the interview segment of the competition.
The safety check sheet was inadvertently left out of the technical standards. Its use is still required. To download a copy, click here
Photography
Students should bring extra memory cards to keep images taken during their trip to Kansas City separate from their images on contest day. Students MUST attend the debriefing on Friday to collect their prints from the print competition. All images will be left on sight if not collected. All efforts should be made to attend the debriefing to collect great prizes donated by industry!
Preschool Teaching Assistant
Contestants will need to bring a #2 pencil for the written test.
On page 380 of the technical standards, #11, the statement should read “Penalty: Five points will be deducted for each 30 seconds or fraction thereof under three minutes or over four minutes.”
On page 318 of the technical standards, PRE 3.0, #3.2, the statement should read “Present a three to four minute transitional activity and book reading to a group of young adults.”
Tech Prep Showcase
All state teams scoring at least 800 points may enter the national competition.
Telecommunications Cabling
Competitors need to bring the items listed on page 417 of the technical standards, 2. Supplied by contestants, c., electrician scissors, cable stripping tools, probe-pics and other cable/wire preparation and installation tools.
Total Quality Management
Teams will be allowed to use computer-aided presentation and equipment for the institutional and on-site projects this year. SkillsUSA will provide an in focus, overhead projector for each room. Teams must provide their own computer for the presentation.
Teams may include up to five members for the 2008 competition only.
Welding
Equipment:
Miller MM350P
Lincoln Precision TIG 275
Smith Equipment Company SC 229 Cutting Torch
Contestants will take the skill-related written test on Tuesday and make a one-minute, oral presentation to a group of judges. The presentation must include:
Introduction of yourself, name of your school and what you plan to do after you graduate from your current school. Note cards are not allowed.
April 18, 2008 Updates
Advertising Design
Contestants must bring a USB flash drive, (thumb drive) with a capacity of at least 256
MB for saving their work to transport to the printer for output.
Software packages that are acceptable are QuarkXpress, PageMaker, InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator and Freehand. CorelDraw is an acceptable substitute, but
should only be used if the aforementioned programs are not available.
The technical committee cannot guarantee technical support for
CorelDraw, nor guarantee its compatibility with the contest. Students
are to supply their own copies of the software to be used. Special
attention should be paid to QuarkXpress, as some versions require a “dongle” that must accompany the software. Students and advisors
should be sure that their machines would operate while not connected
to their school network. Quark also has a version that requires a
network license administrator. You will not have Internet access
available in the competition area. Please be prepared for potential
problems.
Audio Production
While the primary suggested textbook to read/study for the Audio Production
written test is "Modern Radio Production: Production, Programming, and
Performance" (7th Edition, Hausman/Benoit/Messere, Published by Thomson
Wadsworth, C 2007, ISBN 0495050318), two additional books are also
recommended as good reading/study material to use in preparation for the
test. Those books are: "Fundamentals of Audio Production" (1st Edition,
McDaniel/Shriver/Collins, @2008, ISBN 0205462332) and "Audio in Media" (8th
Edition, Alten, Published by Thomson Wadsworth, C2008, ISBN 0495095680).
While specific chapters aren't referenced in these textbooks, competitors
are encouraged to use the information in the contest specs to guide their
reading/studying.
Automated Manufacturing Technology
For software information, click on the following link beginning May 28. http://www.intelitekdownloads.com/skills/
Electronics Technology
Contestants must bring their own portable VM/VOM multimeter and 20 or more MHZ dual trace oscilloscope. The national technical committee was unable to obtain them for use this year.
Internetworking
Please visit http://www.sunnaction.com/index1.htm for detailed contest information.
Residential Wiring
Contestants are not required to bring any tools—they will be provided by the national technical committee. All work must conform to the specifications outlined in the National Electrical Code. Contestants must bring a copy for their own use.
Robotics and Automation Technology
For software information, click on the following link beginning May 28. http://www.intelitekdownloads.com/skills/
TV Video Production
Source for written test questions are from www.cybercollege.com and will include the following modules:
Lenses 10-12
Camera controls 19
Lighting 27-34
Audio 38-41
Editing 50-53
Legal Ethical 66,67
Welding Fabrication
The contest will include a written knowledge exam that assesses the practical knowledge of welding, including safety, measurement and blue print reading. Other common fabrication operations will also be assessed such as saw operation, drilling and material handling.
The oral professional assessment segment of the competition will require contestants to answer the following questions: (Time allowed will be 3 – 5 minutes.)
- What welding process would you use to manufacture this project and why?
- What would you change to this project to make it easier to build or more functional and why?
All drawings, welding symbols and welding terms conform to the latest edition of the American Welding Society (AWS) standards.
Click here to download projects/drawings
These are not final project drawings and are subject to have changes before the actual competition.
Contestants will use the following equipment:
Miller:
907099011 DYNASTY 200 DX 120-460VAC
195054 Contractor Kit with Foot Pedal
Product Page link
http://www.millerwelds.com/products/tig/dynasty_200_series/
Product Spec Sheet Link
http://www.millerwelds.com/pdf/spec_sheets/AD4-8.pdf
Product Owners manual Link
http://www.millerwelds.com/om/o2240r_mil.pdf
For images, go to www.millerwelds.com/images
Lincoln:
PowerMIG 350MP
www.mylincolnelectric.com/Catalog/equipmentdatasheet.aspx?p=18685
May 12, 2008
Ford AAA Competition
This year the Ford AAA automotive competition will again conflict with our national competition schedule. If you have students who will compete in the AAA and the national auto service or mobile electronics competition, please notify the national office by e-mail to akranenberg@skillsusa.org. The national technical committee will schedule a makeup orientation meeting at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. Please meet a committee representative in the lobby area of the Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Computer Programming
Use of laptop or desktop computer is acceptable. A system with a USB port and adequate speed, space and memory to run your chosen software is needed. One reference book is allowed. Pre-written programs or coded programming sheets are not allowed.
Cosmetology
The national technical committee will again send out long-hair mannequins to all competitors for the color segment prior to the contest. Once the national office receives the state registrations, the mailing information will be sent to Burmax. For information and instructions, click here
For the long-hair design station, no ornaments or hairpieces are allowed. Contestants may apply makeup to the mannequin; however, no special effects makeup or paint is allowed. No eyelashes are allowed. The makeup must be applied during the total time allocated for the long0-hair design segment of the competition.
Pivot Point has posted contest information and photos of the hairstyles on their Web page. To view, go online to http://www.pivot-point.com/oc_competitions.asp
Engineering Technology
This year we will introduce the new requirement for an onsite, hands-on segment. Teams will participate and be judged on their performance, but their scores will not be included in the total score for the Engineering Technology contest. All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided.
Graphic Communications
Contestants will use Heidelberg 46 PrintMasters, two color processes.
Precision Machining
Precision Machining will use a Haas control trainer for the CNC portion of the contest. View the information at www.haascnc.com/MAIN_HaasControl_ctrlsim.asp#haascontrol
Preschool Teaching Assistant
Students will not be required to demonstrate the selection and book reading skills in the competition.
Esthetics
After consulting with various industries, the original guidelines have been rewritten to include more emphasis on skin care and less on makeup application. To view the revised rules and scoring criteria, go to this link.
May 14, 2008
Culinary Arts
High School Recipes
College/Postsecondary Recipes
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