SkillsUSA Regional – UW-Stout
📍 712 South Broadway St. Menomonie, WI 54751
📅 Event Dates: February 26th & 27th, 2026
🔗 Registration Details
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Opens: December 19, 2026
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Closes: January 11, 2026
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Register via: National Registration Site
(Note: Contests may close early if capacity is reached.)
💲 Registration Fees (includes lunch Friday)
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Student Competitors: $40.00
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Student Observers: $20.00
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Advisors/Chaperones: $10.00
🏫 School Participation Guidelines
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Schools may attend any regional competition, regardless of their physical location.
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Schools are welcome to attend multiple regional events.
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Each school must have at least one registered adult advisor or chaperone in attendance.
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Lunch is included with registration for all participants.
🛠️ Contest & Competition Info
To prepare for contests, advisors have access to national technical standards through SkillsUSA Pathful. These may be shared with student members.
👉 Click here to view SkillsUSA Competition Descriptions
Please Note:
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District, regional, and state-level events are condensed versions of national competitions.
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Descriptions and technical standards reflect the full national format, but may be adapted locally due to time constraints.
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Click here for technical standards for state-only competitions.
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- A SINGLE CONTESTANT MAY COMPETE IN ONE LEADERSHIP OR OCCUPATIONAL AND ONE SKILLED COMPETITION!
Tentative Schedule Not updated yet for 2026
Thursday – February 27th, 2025
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Contestants: Check in for Thursday Night Competitions
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Welcome
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Transition to Leadership Competitions
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Leadership Competitions and Advisor Meeting
New – Thursday Night Social 4:00 – 7:00 pm for all students (not already competing) Heritage Center (food available for purchase at the Student Center) All Students must stay on campus!
Optional Advisor Meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Friday – February 28th, 2025
7:00 AM – 7:30 AM Contestants: Check in
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Opening Ceremony MSC – Great Hall
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Transition to Competitions
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM Competitions
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Contestants must return to the Great Hall. MSC – Great Hall
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Awards and Closing Ceremony MSC – Great Hall
Bus Schedule: 8:05 AM (UW-Stout: MSC) 🡪 8:15 AM (MHS) 🡪 8:25 AM (CVTC) and 11:00 AM (CVTC) 🡪 11:15 AM (MHS) 🡪 11:25 AM (UW-Stout: MSC)
| Competition | Team | Max | Day | Notes |
| 3D Printing & Design (HS) | 8 HS | Friday | Click for Details 1-day event with 3D-printed artifact and design notebook that needs to be brought in. “There is no theme for the 3d Printing competition. It’s wide open, design something new or improve an existing item and document the process along the way. Having multiple iterations with improvements is the goal. | |
| 3D Printing & Design (MS) | 7 MS | Friday | Click for Details 1-day event with 3D-printed artifact and design notebook that needs to be brought in | |
| Additive Manufacturing (HS) | Team of 2 | 8 Teams | Thurs & Friday | 2-day event Click for Details |
| Advertising Design (HS) | 24 | Friday | ||
| Automotive Service Technology (HS) | 16 | Friday | CVTC event – Participants will arrive at Stout, and will be bussed to Menomonie High School for the event. | |
| Cabinetmaking (HS) | 20 | Friday | ||
| Carpentry (HS) | 12 | Friday | ||
| CO2 Dragster (HS) | 15 | Friday | ||
| CO2 Dragster (MS) | 10 | Friday | ||
| Electronics Technology (HS) | 10 | Friday | ||
| Entrepreneurship (HS) | Team of 4 | 5 Teams | Friday | |
| Extemporaneous Speaking (HS) | 3 | Thursday | ||
| Extemporaneous Speaking (MS) | 3 | Thursday | ||
| Facilithon (HS) | 40 | Friday | ||
| Job Interview (HS) | 5 | Thursday | ||
| Job Interview (MS) | 5 | Thursday | ||
| Job Skill Demonstration (HS) | 4 | Thursday | ||
| Job Skill Demonstration (MS) | 4 | Thursday | ||
| Mechatronics (HS) | Team of 2 | 6 Teams | Friday | CVTC event – Participants will arrive at Stout, and will be bussed to CVTC Menomonie for the event |
| Medical Math (HS) | 10 | Thursday | ||
| Medical Terminology (HS) | 5 | Thursday | ||
| Photography (HS) | 15 | Friday | Click for Details Bring portfolio and dress for outside. There is a theme for every year, that participants need to pay attention to in their portfolio | |
| Power Equipment Technology (HS) | 16 | Friday | ||
| Precision Machining Technology (HS) | 11 | Friday | ||
| Prepared Speech (HS) | 3 | Thursday | ||
| Prepared Speech (MS) | 3 | Thursday | ||
| Promotional Bulletin Board (HS) | Team of 3 | 5 Teams | Friday | |
| Promotional Bulletin Board (MS) | Team of 3 | 5 Teams | Friday | |
| Related Technical Math (HS) | 10 | Thursday | ||
| Related Technical Math (MS) | 5 | Thursday | ||
| Robotics: Urban Search & Rescue (HS) | Team of 2 | 5 Teams | Friday | |
| Robotics: Urban Search & Rescue (MS) | Team of 2 | 3 Teams | Friday | |
| Team Engineering Challenge (HS) | Team of 3 | 20 Teams | Coaches Letter Competition Guidelines | |
| Team Engineering Challenge (MS) | Team of 3 | 10 Teams | Friday | Coaches Letter Competition Guidelines |
| Technical Drafting (HS) | 20 | Rules for the SkillsUSA 2025 Stout Regional event. 1. No use of personal computers or laptops. Only desktop computers provided by UW-Stout can be used for the sake of uniformity and fairness. 2. Participant can only work on SolidWorks or Autodesk Inventor. No other software, including Fusion 360, is allowed. | ||
| Video Production (HS) | 10 | Friday | Video Production Details Video clips will be provided beforehand around a theme. Participants will need to edit them during the contest. | |
| Welding (HS) | 16 | Friday | Click for Special Instructions | |
| Welding Fabrication (HS) | Team of 3 | 20 | Friday | Project will be prepared ahead of time, interviews on site. See all details below: Advisor Info 2025 Materials List Proctor Check Off Sheet – Updated 2/5/25 Inspection Criteria Chair Design |
| Welding Sculpture (HS) and (MS) | 12 | Friday | Project done ahead of time |