• More than 120 members of Team Queensland will compete across 60 categories including plumbing, bricklaying, healthcare and baking.
• Held every two years, and owned and managed by WorldSkills Australia, the 2025 National Championships and Skills Show is Australia’s largest and most successful vocational education excellence event.  
• Forecasted to attract over 25,000 visitors, the WorldSkills Australia 2025 National Championships and Skills Show is a three-day celebration of trades, skills, vocational education and training industry excellence.  
•  Located at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre - and co-locating with the Careers Expo -  from Thursday 12 June to Saturday 14 June 2025, the event aims to inspire visitors (young Australians) to pursue trade careers.  
• The 2025 National Championships and Skills Show is free to attend, offering young people and their families the chance to witness elite skills in action, try their hand at new skills and trades at Try’aSkill stands, engage with industry experts and competitors, and explore rewarding career pathways in vocational education.  
• The 2025 National Championships and Skills Show is proudly supported by TAFE Queensland and the Queensland Government.
• The show will be taking up four halls of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, which is 20,000 square meters, plus five additional competition zones in purpose-built training venues around Brisbane.
•  Over 4,000-line items and pieces of equipment will be used at the championships. It will take three days prior and three days post competition to set up and pack away 6 x 20ft shipping containers that are being used to transport equipment and materials to Brisbane from around Australia.
• Competition materials will be donated to TAFE Queensland to use in training, recycled where possible, used for community projects, or gifted to competitors to use for their training.

When you attend a WorldSkills Australia National Championship, you’re not just witnessing some of Australia’s best trades and skills talent show off their talent. 

You can also:

• Try out a number of skills and trades at the Try’a Skill booths
• Learn just how many career pathways are available to you via the vocational education and training
• Witness the best trainees and apprentices in Australia compete for gold
• Talk to the employers, training organisations and skills organisations who build opportunities in trades and skills
• Hear from industry leaders and WorldSkills success stories
• Get information you need about education and career opportunities.

• Across more than 60 skill categories, over 600 of the country’s best apprentices, including more than 120 Queenslanders, trainees, and skilled professionals will battle it out for gold—and a chance to represent Australia on the world stage. 
• These young professionals have all earned their place at the National Championships through rigorous regional competitions, demonstrating exceptional skill, precision, and passion in their chosen field. The top performers in eligible skills may earn a coveted spot in Team Australia (“The Skillaroos”), set to compete at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai in 2026. The global event will bring together around 1,300 competitors from over 60 countries, making it the largest skills showcase in the world.
• More than 100 of TAFE Queensland's students have been selected to represent their state at the National Championships, in a wide range of categories.

Adjudicating a category at the WorldSkills Australia National Championships is an immense honour, bestowed on only the most skilled, rigorous, and dedicated tradespeople and teachers.

More than half of the judges at the 2025 National Championships are TAFE Queensland educators, a reflection of the high standard of training on offer at the state's most trusted training provider.

Read about one Chief Judge, Tracy Fearn, here.

For more information, visit the WorldSkills Australia website.

Students training in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector can compete in WorldSkills competitions, and there are separate competition categories for high school (VETiS) students.

To be eligible to enter a Regional competition, you must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Be undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship in an Australian RTO/TAFE/University
• Be undertaking studies towards a qualification at an Australian RTO/TAFE or University
• Undertaken/completed a relevant qualification at an Australian RTO/TAFE or University
• There is no age criteria to enter the Regionals, however, to be eligible to proceed to the 2025 National Championships, the National Age Ruling will apply.
• For more details visit the WorldSkills Australia website.

• Regional Competitions are held at various locations including TAFE Queensland campuses, high schools, businesses, and universities
• Locations will vary per skill categories and regions, check the WorldSkills Australia website for information about Regional Competitions in 2026.

• Regional Competitions are judged by experienced teachers, tradespeople, and industry representatives that have an eye for detail and passion for their skill category
• Regional Competition judges may also be involved in the WorldSkills Australia National Championships
• More than half of the judges at the 2025 National Championships are TAFE Queensland educators, a reflection of the high standard of training on offer at the state's most trusted training provider.\
• Read about one 2025 WorldSkills Australia National Championships Chief Judge, Tracy Fearn, here.

For more information, visit the WorldSkills Australia website.