The 2024 Nova Scotia Skills Competition season has finally come to an end! 2024 was a particularly special season for Skills Canada-Nova Scotia, as it marked the 25th anniversary of our organization and the Nova Scotia Skills Competition.
The turnout to compete was excellent, and we had well over 300 registered competitors from all across the province. We successfully hosted 39 competition events at nine different venues, including the NSCC Aviation Institute, NSCC – Akerley Campus, NSCC – Ivany Campus, NSCC – Kingstec Campus, NSCC – Marconi Campus, NSCC – Pictou Campus, the Cosmetology Association of Nova Scotia, the UA Local 56 Training Centre, and the Building Trades Advancement College of Nova Scotia. A massive thank you to all of the locations that offered to host the competitions.
School tours of the competitions, Career Showcases, the NSCC Tech Showcase, and Skilled Futures events allowed students to take in competition action firsthand, try a variety of Try-A-Trade® activities, and explore skilled trade and technology career options. Nearly 1500 students from across the province toured our events.
2024 was also a year of firsts for the competitions, as we piloted our first-ever Abilympics Showcase—a new competition pathway for persons with disabilities to demonstrate their unique talents in a relaxed and accessible competition setting. Abilympics Showcase events included cooking, character design, and photography.
Thank you to all our partners, volunteers, coaches, staff, and PTC members who helped us make it all happen. We can’t give enough praise to the amazing people and organizations that help us deliver the Nova Scotia Skills Competition each year.
Such a high standard of excellence was displayed in 2024 as the competitors continued to raise the bar at each event. With so much talent, judges were forced to take second and third passes on projects, resulting in tightly contested competitions decided by razor-thin margins. We want to express our sincere gratitude to all of the competitors. Whether you medaled or not, your determination to excel and showcase your talents was inspiring.
And now, without further ado, we present the winners of the 2024 Nova Scotia Skills Competition:
Secondary Competitions:
2D Character Computer Animation
Automobile Technology (Secondary)
Baking (Secondary)
Carpentry (Secondary)
Cooking (Secondary)
Electrical Installations (Secondary)
Job Search
Job Skill Demonstration
Mobile Robotics
Photography (Secondary)
Public Speaking
Welding
Workplace Safety
Post-Secondary Competitions:
3D Digital Game Art
Abilympics Cooking
Abilympics Character Design
Abilympics Photography
Aerospace Technology
Aesthetics
Automobile Technology (Post-Secondary)
Baking (Post-Secondary)
Bricklaying
Car Painting
Carpentry (Post-Secondary)
CNC Machining
Cooking (Post-Secondary)
Electrical Installations (Post-Secondary)
Electronics
Graphic Design Technology
Hairstyling
Heavy Vehicle Technology
IT Office Software Applications
Mechanical Engineering CAD
Mechatronics
Photography (Post-Secondary)
Plumbing
Precision Machining
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Sheet Metal Work
Sprinkler Fitter
Steamfitter/Pipefitter
Welding (Post-Secondary)
Congratulations to all of this year’s medalists! To those medalists that are now preparing to represent Team Nova Scotia at the 2024 Skills Canada National Competition, we wish you all the very best of luck!
