(01/2024) - Competitors will complete multiple stations for this competition. Competitors may rotate through multiple stations in a row or all competitors may rotate through a single station before a new station is started. The order in which competitors perform will be randomly drawn prior to the conference. 

(01/2024) - The order in which teams are interviewed will be randomly drawn prior to the conference and announced at the competition orientation, along with a time slot for their interview. Digital copies of all notebooks should be turned in using the method provided online by the deadline provided online. The binders must be an Official SkillsUSA 3-ring binder. There should be total 2 binders only, the chapter binder and the secretary/treasurer binder. 

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Due to the early dates of the state conference compared to the school year calendar and the national conference, at the state conference, the required contents of the binder are altered slightly, requiring less documentation and less completed items, as several items may still be completed prior to the national conference. Below are the changes to the required documentation according to the technical standards. Bear in mind that all upcoming projects, meetings or events that are required to fulfill the full technical standards (same as national standards) must be done prior to the national requirements. If a team is only completing state required items and not all national required items for the state competition, they must document the upcoming items on any relevant calendar in the binder, in the program of work (if the program of work is written in such a way that it includes all events), and on a separate page(s) to be placed as the last page in the chapter notebook. This page(s) must also be included in the digital copy that is submitted in advance. Failure to provide this and/or failure to have it reflect all remaining required items will result in a penalty equivalent to each missing item. Teams may choose to complete all required items for the national competition and include them in this notebook at the state level for review, however, at the state level, only the state required items will be judged.

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Alterations for state competition:

• Part 1.F.1 - only 4 chapter meetings must have been completed by this point.

• Part 1.F.3 - a minimum of 2 meetings must include the listed choices.

• Part 1.H.2 - at least 2 activities must have been publicized.

• Part 1.I - not required to have been completed for state competition.

• Part 2.A - credit will be given for 2 activities.

• Part 3 - credit will be given for 1 activity.

• Part 5 - only has to contain information through February 2024. The final page of the chapter notebook should list all committee and chapter meetings that have not occurred, which covers not having information from any meetings held from March - May.

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Additional required page and scoring - additional details.

• To have the scorecard correctly add up, teams are given point credit for all national required items that are not included as requirements at the state level. Should that item not be listed on the additional page required, then those points are not awarded. Example:  Part 1.H.2 normally requires 3 activities to be publicized, but at the state level, only 2 are required. If a third, anticipated publicity requirements is not listed with some information, then the normally awarded 20 points will not be awarded.

• If a chapter has met a national requirement that is not a state requirement and wishes to include it in the proper location of the notebook, then that item is not required to be placed on the additional page. Full credit for the item would be given without scrutiny of the item. Example: Part 1.H.2 normally requires 3 activities to be publicized, but at the state level, only 2 are required. If a third has occurred and is included, the 3rd will be scored the full 20 points. If that 3rd would have normally not earned all 20 points, it will still be awarded the 20 points, but the team will be told to make corrections, if able, prior to any future competitions.

• With all national required items, which are not state items, that are already complete and included in their normally required location, the judges will score in chronological order. Example: Part 1.H.2 normally requires 3 activities to be publicized, but at the state level, only 2 are required. If a third has occurred and is included, the first 2 in chronological order are scrutinized, while the 3rd is simply scored in full as being present. If the 1st and 3rd were done perfectly, but the 2nd was not done correctly, the 1st would be scrutinized and scored the full 20 points, the 3rd would be scored for being present (20 points), but the 2nd would be scrutinized and scored lower than 20 points.

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Note regarding wording and requirements in technical standards:

• In Part 2 and Part 3, the photographs require the students to be in Official SkillsUSA Attire. This is the Class A, red blazer, attire. Every effort should be made to ensure this is done, however, if the specific activity would not normally require such attire due to safety or the nature of the event, then the student member(s) must be wearing some form of SkillsUSA attire, even if a SkillsUSA t-shirt. A note should be made by the photograph indicating why they wore that attire instead of the Official SkillsUSA Attire.

• A paper that is printed as double sided or single sided is considered 2 surfaces unless otherwise noted. Placing a paper in a plastic protective sleeve does not increase the number of surfaces compared to simply hold punching and including the paper only. Having a paper that folds open does increase the surface numbers.

• Notebooks may be scored prior to the conference based on the digital copy provided. Any changes to the notebook prior to the competition may not be scored.