Local Competitions

About the Competition

The WorldSkills Jamaica National Skills Competition caters to all working age Jamaicans engaged in skills training. This competition provides an excellent opportunity for these persons to showcase there competencies and compete against their counterparts locally. It is also used as a means of preparing competitors for the WorldSkills International Skills Competition. It is open to individuals in public and private schools, tertiary institutions, ad HEART institutions.

Our Objectives

The broad objectives of the National Skills Competition are to:

• Showcase the skills, knowledge and positive attitudes in the TVET system
• Promote TVET through healthy competition
• Showcase the institutions contributing to the development of TVET
• Develop and strengthen the partnership between TVET institutions and companies/firms and trade unions
• Create a benchmarking activity that will enable the assessment of the quality of the outputs of the TVET system.