Provincial Competition
The Skills Canada PEI Provincial Competition serves to highlight the talents and successes of over 300 Island students each year. Competitions are held in 38 categories of trades and technologies – open to Island high school, post-secondary and apprentice students. The Provincial Skills Competition serves as the selection process for the National Competition held each year.
Please note the registration fee is payable for no-shows and registration cancellations made less than 48 hours prior to the competition.
One registrant, per competition, per high school, will be accepted until after the close of registration. At that time, if spaces are still available, they will be made available to the high schools on a first come – first serve basis. Notification of space availability will be made via email to high school teachers that have expressed an interest in a second spot.
Contest Descriptions
Skills Canada Prince Edward Island annually hosts competitions for both high school and post-secondary level students and apprentices. Each contest is tailored to a specific industry, and competitors are challenged to perform tasks against students from around the province.
To learn more about contest descriptions applicable for you, please choose one of the options to your right.
RULES + REGULATIONS
One of the main ways in which Skills Canada Prince Edward Island achieves its goals is by offering and participating in Provincial, National and International level competitions in Skilled Trades and Technologies.
These competitions are offered at both the Secondary and Post-Secondary Level in every province and territory.
Contest Description:
The Contest Description document is a detailed description of the contest with information that will be used by competitors to prepare for the competitions. The contest description includes a general outline of the challenge, project description, knowledge and skills to be tested, materials and equipment (including books, notes, tools and manuals) which will be provided by the committee, materials and equipment that the competitors must or may provide, and judging criteria.
The contest descriptions are updated regularly leading up to the competition event dates
and are posted above.
Demonstration Competitions:
New competitions or those with low registration numbers may be offered as ‘Demonstration Competitions at the discretion of SCPEI during the Provincials.
For Demonstration Competitions, medals may be awarded, however, the gold medal winner is not automatically invited to compete at the Skills Canada National Competition.
Provincial Competitions:
Provincial Competitions are offered by eachn province and territory annually in the spring. The Provincials are designed and implemented by Provincial Technical Committees (PTC’s).
Provincial Competitions are 1-day events (contests 6 hours or less) and offered at the Secondary and Post-Secondary/ Apprenticeship level.
Competition gold medal winners of the Provincials may go on to represent the region at the Skills Canada National Competition if they attain a minimum score of 70% in their contest.
Theory and Practical Tests:
Competitors will demonstrate their ability to perform jobs and skills of ‘entry-level’ positions.
In some cases, the contest will include both a written test (up to 20%) and a practical ‘hands on’ project (at least 80%).
The committee will decide if their event will include a written /theory exam.
Registration:
Secondary students meeting the eligibility criteria may be registered by a teacher in an event on a first come, first serve basis until all the available spots are full Most event areas allow only one competitor (1 team) per school.
The additional spots and waiting list requests will be awarded at the discretion of the SCPEI.
Priority will be given to schools that are not already registered in the event. In the event all schools are registered, second spots will be given according to date received of registration forms.
TESTIMONALS
Participating in the Skills Canda PEI competition made me feel like I was heading in the right direction.
Winning the provincial competiton and being able to compete in nationals really made me feel like I was good at what I was doing and I still love building and fixing things everyday for a living.
Skills Canada PEI helped me show myself that I’m better than I ever thought I would be, and by sticking to training and practice it gives you so much more experience in the entire trade.
Participating in skills showed me what I had a passion for and why I wanted to do that for the rest of my life.
