Aussie skills talent gears up for the world stage

WorldSkills Australia has announced the 39 rising stars who'll make up its national training squad. It's the first step toward selection for Team Australia which will compete at the 48th WorldSkills Competition held in Shanghai, China, in September 2026.

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The squad includes high-performing apprentices, trainees and young professionals from every state and territory who excelled at the recent WorldSkills Australia National Championships in Brisbane, earning medals across 35 different skill categories, ranging from carpentry and plumbing to landscape gardening.

World stage

Over the coming months, squad members will undertake an intensive training program, and those selected for the final team will represent Australia, competing against more than 1400 peers from over 60 countries in the world's largest skills-excellence event.