Good Luck SkillsUSA National Competitors!

“Schoooooooool’s out . . . for . . . summer!”

Sure — that may be true for many, but for these ten members of Lawrence County CTC’s Chapter of SkillsUSA, they are still working hard to fine-tune their skills from their gold-medal-win at state competition. Here are our competitors and a description of their competitions:

Parker Frelin: BASIC HEALTH CARE ~ Contestants will demonstrate their knowledge and ability to perform entry-level procedures or skills based on the following list of core standards: academic foundations, communication skills, career opportunity concepts and systems, employability and teamworking, ethical and legal issues and safety practices. Performance will be evaluated through various stations involving skills testing as well as written and verbal assessments. References: Diversified Health Occupations, Seventh Edition by Louise Simmers’ Thomson-Delmar Learning and National Health Care Foundation Standards.

Corrin Clouston: HEALTH OCCUPATION PORTFOLIO The contest recognizes students for their successful development of a professional portfolio. The competition evaluates the ability of the students to present themselves to a prospective employer. The contestants show the use of the portfolio use effective communication skills in presenting. The contest consists of two parts: a portfolio notebook and a live presentation by the contestant.

Madison Deli: NURSE ASSISTING ~ Student competitors demonstrate knowledge and skill in performing personal care, encouraging patient independence, assisting with ambulation, and performing other routine tasks, including standard infection control procedures used in basic nurse assisting. Students also demonstrate knowledge and abilities in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the measurement of vital signs. Contestants must be familiar with basic anatomy, communications skills, legal/ethical issues and employment skills.

Lucellia Allen, Katie Bober, Tyler Duncan, Lita Frishkorn, Alexis Koelliker, Maylene Ritter, and Daniella Wetzel: OPENING AND CLOSING TEAM ~ A teamwork and oral presentation contest that evaluates teams’ understanding of the symbolic representation of the colors and assembled parts of the SkillsUSA emblem. Each team includes seven registered members in the roles of president, vice president, parliamentarian, reporter, treasurer, secretary and historian.

Even a virtually, the competition is tight, so we wish them good luck in the next few weeks as they compete against the best-of-the-best across the nation! We are so proud of you!

SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens. We improve the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce through the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills that include personal, workplace and technical skills grounded in academics. Our vision is to produce the most highly skilled workforce in the world, providing every member the opportunity for career success.