Schedule Event Info | Overview | WorldSkills Calgary 2009 WorldSkills 1950 - 2009 
WorldSkills Calgary 2009


1st
1950: Madrid, Spain
21st
1973: Munich, Germany
2nd
1951: Madrid, Spain
22nd
1975: Madrid, Spain
3rd
1953: Madrid, Spain
23rd
1977: Utrecht, Netherlands
4th
1955: Madrid, Spain
24th
1978: Busan, Korea
5th
1956: Madrid, Spain
25th
1979: Cork, Ireland
6th
1957: Madrid, Spain
26th
1981: Atlanta, USA
7th
1958: Brussels, Belgium
27th
1983: Linz, Austria
8th
1959: Modena, Italy
28th
1985: Osaka, Japan
9th
1960: Barcelona, Spain
29th
1988: Sydney, Australia
10th
1961: Duisburg, Germany
30th
1989: Birmingham, United Kingdom
11th
1962: Gijón, Spain
31st
1991: Amsterdam, Netherlands
12th
1963: Dublin, Ireland
32nd
1993: Taipei, Republic of China
13th
1964: Lisbon, Portugal
33rd
1995: Lyon, France
14th
1965: Glasgow, United Kingdom
34th
1997: St. Gallen, Switzerland
15th
1966: Utrecht, Netherlands
35th
1999: Montreal, Canada
16th
1967: Madrid, Spain
36th
2001: Seoul, Korea
17th
1968: Bern, Switzerland
37th
2003: St. Gallen, Switzerland
18th
1969: Brussels, Belgium
38th
2005: Helsinki, Finland
19th
1970: Tokyo, Japan
39th
2007: Shizuoka, Japan
20th
1971: Gijón, Spain
40th
2009: Calgary, Canada
Countdown to Calgary
471 days to go!471 days to go!471 days to go!
Feature Skill Category
Construction & Building
Construction & Building

The "Construction & Building Technology" category covers all the skilled areas that are related to the construction world. This encompasses everything from the foundation, grounds, building, finishing and maintaining of all sorts of buildings. The competition areas included in this area are: Wall and Floor Tiling, Plumbing, Electrical Installations, Industrial Control, Bricklaying, Stonemasonry, Painting & Decorating, Cabinetmaking, Joinery, Carpentry, Landscape Gardening, Refrigeration, Metal Roofing and Plastering.

Click to learn more about this skill category
WorldSkills international
CanadaAlbertaSkills Competences Canada