Annual Skilled Career Day is Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador's largest event.
Annual Skilled Career Day is happening on March 19th, 2027 and will feature a variety of immersive activities and events for students of all ages to engage with. Skills Canada NL's Annual Skilled Career Day will feature the 2027 Skills Canada Provincial Competition which invites secondary and post-secondary students from across the province to participate in competitions in skilled trade and technology careers.
This day is dedicated to celebrating the work of skilled trades-people and technologists and highlighting the array of rewarding career opportunities available in these sectors. Attractions of Annual Skilled Career Day include Try-A-Trade® Demonstrations, a career showcase, guided tours, and a Skilled Futures for Women event. The most prominent event of the day, however, is the Skills Canada Provincial Competition at which nearly 400 students from across the province compete in over 40 skill areas for medals of gold, silver and bronze. Gold medal winners go on to compete at the Skills Canada National Competition happening in Calgary in May 2027! Annual Skilled Career Day closes with an awards ceremony where business and industry leaders address competition participants and the day's top performers receive their medals.
Try-A-Trade® Demonstrations
Professional trades-people and technologists welcome guests to experience their crafts at the Try-A-Trade® Demonstrations. This hands-on experience provides a tangible understanding of the work of skilled trades-people and technologists and, in many cases, offers participants their first opportunity to handle such equipment.
Career Showcase
On Annual Skilled Career Day, the gymnasium at the Prince Phillip Drive Campus of the College of the North Atlantic is an exhibition space showcasing champions of the Skills Movement from industrial, educational and governmental bodies. These representatives offer Annual Skilled Career Day participants the chance to interact with local trade and technology leaders and learn more about the opportunities and support available for these careers in our communities.
Guided Tours
The College of the North Atlantic Prince Phillip Drive Campus is the main venue for Annual Skilled Career Day events. With so much to take in on this very energetic day, guided tours offer guests and participants an organized view of all activities taking place on campus.
What participants are saying:
“My experience throughout this year being involved with Skills has been nothing if not phenomenal. It increases my experience going to post secondary to one of the best years of my life.“
“It helped me decide a bit more of what I would like to do, guided me in the way.”
“I definitely have a new respect for the field, we often get overlooked because people don’t understand it completely. But this has been a great way to educate people.”
“Words cannot describe the emotion, energy and experience this has been.”