About WorldSkills Australia

Our  Mission
To benchmark skills achievement in VET nationally and globally through skills competitions, thereby developing awareness of and promoting respect for skills excellence.

WorldSkills Australia (WSA) is a national, not-for-profit organisation (established since 1981) that provides young Australians aged 23 and under the opportunity to gain new skills, compete against their peers in their chosen trade and fast track their skills and career development.

Our purpose is to promote and build a skills respect culture by celebrating skills excellence, inspiring young people and providing them with an opportunity to showcase their trade and skill talent. We achieve this goal through competitions held on a Regional, National and International level.

All Australian apprentices, trainees and VET students have the opportunity to compete and if eligible, medallists can compete on the International stage in the Skill Olympics.

Through a program of competitions aligned to National Training Packages, WorldSkills Australia works to ensure that today's young people have the skills and abilities to compete.

WorldSkills Australia competitions operate on a two year cycle. Regional competitions flow into National competitions and winners, if eligible, will advance to the International competition to represent their country.

WSA is a member of WorldSkills International, which is the global network of nearly 50 countries who participate in trade and skills competitions. Every two years the WorldSkills International community competes on the global stage to showcase and raise the standards of their country's skills.

We challenge young Australians to strive for skills excellence and produce skill ambassadors that are held up as beacons to show the success that is possible via a trade or skill based career.

WorldSkills Australia is developing a new generation of business leaders and raising the standards of vocational education and training.