The 40th WorldSkills Competition about to begin in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  All of the competitors are youth aged 17-22 and it is the hope of WorldSkills that these events will promote the trades as career options to people around the world.  You can learn more about this year’s event at http://www.worldskills2009.com

WorldSkills TV will be reporting daily on the events, Competitions, and Competitors.  If you’d like to stay up to date on all the reporting you can register here: http://wsc2009.worldskills.tv/register (We’ll only be sending updates for the week of the competition – the 1st to 7th of September.)