Plan Your Visit to WorldSkills Ireland 2025
We're excited to welcome you and your students to WorldSkills Ireland 2025! While WorldSkills Ireland competitions have been running since the 1960s, in 2019 a shift was made to showcase Skills, Apprenticeships, and Further and Higher Education opportunities in Ireland. This led to the creation of the WorldSkills Ireland event at the RDS.
Now in its fifth year, the event is set to be the largest yet, with over 30,000 students, teachers, guidance counsellors, and parents already registered to attend.
Plan Your Visit: Get ready for an action-packed day! From hands-on demos to career zones and meet-and-greets with employers, there's something for everyone. Whether you're exploring or already planning your path, this event will help you take the next step confidently.
Your Guide to WorldSkills Ireland 2025
Follow these 6 essential steps to prepare for an unforgettable experience at Ireland's premier skills event
Step 1: Review your registration
Please locate the registration confirmation email to note which day and timeslot you selected to attend WorldSkills Ireland 2025. As our time slots are nearly all fully booked, it's essential that every allocated slot is used.
If your school is unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible. This will allow us to offer your slot to another school eager to participate and on our waiting list. Please email info@worldskillsireland.ie if you wish to amend a group booking size or cancel your registration.
Note: For those who have booked to visit both WorldSkills Ireland 2025 and Higher Options on the same day, please ensure you have two separate bookings for both events and that you know which event you are visiting first in the morning. This will determine where your School Bus will park.
We have resent confirmation barcodes to all registered groups. If you did not receive this, please check your junk mail. If you still didn't find this barcode, contact us below. Another confirmation email will be sent 24 hours before the event.
Step 2 - Complete the pre-event activities with your students
It's important to make the most out of your visit to WorldSkills Ireland 2025. There is so much to see, hear, experience and gain, so proper planning is essential.
Start off by watching our 5 minute recap video from last year with your students. This will give everyone a great idea of what to expect at the event, especially for those who haven't attended before.
Next, complete the WorldSkills Career Personality Quiz with your students. The quiz measures and analyses personalities, as well as provides information about jobs that are most interesting for young people to build their careers.
Move on to our Checklist Activity Sheets. This activity is a great way to help your students get the most out of their visit to WorldSkills Ireland 2025. We have listed all the exhibitors across the Careers' Zone, Educators' Zone, This Is FET Zone as well as all of our Sponsor stands and Competitions. Print off these activity sheets for your students to build a checklist of who they want to talk to at the event.
Step 3: Familiarise yourself with the event features and floorplan
A proper review of all the various event features before you arrive, will greatly increase your take away from the event. That's why we have created a Digital Event Preview which we highly recommend you read with your students.
From deciding on which Heroes Stage panel discussion your school group will meet and listen to, to picking the top 5 must-try skills or even noting the various educational institutes you want to visit and engage with, the pre-event review is crucial.
- 35 live National Competitions Finals to experience
- 60 exhibiting stands
- Heroes Stage Timetable
- #ThisIsFET Zone
- Virtual Skills to try
- Teacher Lounge
- In person try-a-skill areas
- Careers' Zone
- Educators' Zone
- MTU Challenge - win amazing prizes at WorldSkills Ireland 2025
- Institute Of Guidance Counsellors stand
Step 4: Navigate your visit to the RDS
There is comprehensive traffic management plan in place for WorldSkills Ireland 2025 and The Irish Times Higher Options. This plan involves input from the RDS, Security Suppliers and the Gardai.
In order to accommodate the high number of student visitors attending on coaches to both events, we have no car parking available onsite. Therefore, the recommended mode of the travel to those not attending via Coach to the RDS each day is by Public Transport.
Traffic is being managed by Garda, Freeflow Traffic, Frontline Security, & APOCA (RDS).
All coaches should make their way to Simmonscourt Complex for student drop off or parking. Parking is 30 EUR per coach payable at the gate. Each coach will be given a number - please ensure to share this number with students for return journeys.
Step 5: Get inspired by our Heroes
The Heroes Stage is a must-attend feature at WorldSkills Ireland 2025. We run multiple panel discussions each day which cover a range of Industries from Construction and Hospitality to ICT and Automotive. Hear from current apprentices on how their career journey is going since leaving school as well as Industry Heroes on how they began their as an apprentice and worked their way up the ladder.
The Final Heroes Stage Timetable is now available to view.
WorldSkills Ireland 2025 Heroes Stage is sponsored by Cairn and we are delighted to welcome our three fantastic guest speakers: Rory O'Conor (Rory's Stories), Keilidh Cashell (KASH Beauty) and Katelyn Cummins (Rose of Tralee).
Step 6: FAQ's
If we didn't answer your questions within our 6 step plan your visit guide, review our frequently asked questions by clicking the link below!
Make sure you read the Teacher and Guidance Counsellor Information Pack that we sent all group bookings.
Feel free to contact us via email if you didnt receive this.