Jonathan McNally from Elizabethtown was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in welding sculpture at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships, held in Atlanta on June 25 and 26. Jonathan is a student at Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, Mount Joy.

More than 6,500 students competed at the national showcase of career and technical education. The SkillsUSA Championships is the largest skills competition in the world.

First-place state winners were invited to the event to demonstrate their technical skills, workplace skills and personal skills in 114 hands-on competitions, including robotics, automotive technology, drafting, criminal justice, aviation maintenance and public speaking. Industry leaders from 850 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions planned and evaluated the contestants against their standards for entry-level workers. More than 1,200 industry judges and technical committee members participated this year.All SkillsUSA Championships competitors were honored on June 27 at the closing SkillsUSA Awards Session at State Farm Arena. As an indicator of proficiency, Skill Point Certificates were awarded to the national contestants who met a predetermined threshold contest score for their SkillsUSA event, demonstrating workplace readiness. Students can add this certificate to an employment portfolio.