SkillsUSA

Serving more than 300,000 students annually, SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to build workforce-ready students. Through events and competitions, SkillsUSA ensures participants have personal, workplace, and technical skills. 

Read the 2026 Urban Search & Rescue Challenge Guide and the Commercial sUAS (Drone) Competition Technical Standards.

Developing a skilled workforce with SkillsUSA

The future of our country lies in a pipeline of qualified, skilled workers with the problem-solving and communication skills necessary to tackle the world’s ever-changing challenges. Pitsco Education supports SkillsUSA with the Urban Search & Rescue robotics competition and the sUAS Commercial Drone competition, a way for students to work in teams to solve problems and design solutions to challenges.