Photos: SkillsUSA Construction Championship at Catalina High School in Tucson
About 175 JTED students from 10 high schools in Southern Arizona competed in the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Construction Championship at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020. Students demonstrated skills learned to more than a dozen local construction companies who sponsored the event. Competition areas included construction tech, advanced carpentry, electrical, masonry, plumbing, cabinetry, HVAC, teamworks, and sheet metal. Students were scored and awarded based on criteria established by the sponsoring contractors. Students can advance to the state skills championship in Phoenix and the national championship in Kansas City.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students collaborate in the construction tech competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
construction tech, carpentry, plumbing and teamwork sections at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Student build masonry block pony walls with caps at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
A student marks a carpentry project at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students confer on the design during the teamwork competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students work together in the construction tech competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students measure 2x4's to cut at the chop saw at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students work on their framing projects in the advanced carpentry competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students nail their framed wall into place in the teamwork competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students check measurements in the construction tech competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
A student inserts a cabinet drawer in the new cabinetry competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Ethan Workman measures for a cut in the plumbing competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Luis Muñoz works on a thermostat in the HVAC competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
SkillsUSA Competition
Students work in the construction tech competition at the 2020 Region 6 SkillsUSA Competition at Catalina High School in Tucson on Jan. 31, 2020.
Rick Wiley
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