Skills USA

 

 

The Skills USA National Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. This is a multi-million dollar event and occupies a space equivalent to 12 football fields.

 

 

2007 Skills USA Contestants

 

Gold-medal winners from Tennessee Technology Center of Harriman's diesel-powered equipment technology and cosmetology programs during the annual Tennessee Association of Skills USA 2007 Championship Conference in Chattanooga will compete at the Skills USA National Championships June 25-29 in Kansas City, MO. Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman won the annual James D. King Award for a compilation of the highest overall scores and participation in the state level competition.

 

Michael Brashears of Wartburg - Gold medal in the postsecondary Diesel Equipment Technology category.

 

Paul Garrett of Sweetwater - Silver medal in the postsecondary Diesel Equipment Technology Category.

 

Thomas Shaver of Clarkrange - Gold medal for his score in Related Technical Math.

 

Calvin Brown of Petros, a dual-enrolled high school senior and a diesel student at Harriman - Gold medal in the state-level competition with other high school students in the secondary Diesel Equipment Category.

 

Tommie Sue Woodby of Wartburg - Gold medal in the postsecondary Job Skills Demonstration for the center's cosmetology program.

 

Also competing were Julia Davis in the Cosmetology category and Chasity Bruglio in the Job Interviewing category.