PAGE 84 • 2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS SERIES: OCCUPATIONAL SUPPORT TRADES A CONTEST: CONTEST: TECHNICAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNICAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Series Director: MARK HAMILTON • 617-803-6870 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Business Tech Room 405 with Event Manager: James Sullivan REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes or Professional Business Attire NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty 2 Sharpened #2 Pencils with erasers 1 Tablet of blank paper Hardware: A Personal Computer capable of running the specified software, listed below Software: Office Products including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Windows 10. The host site has Microsoft Office 365 and that will be the preferred product. If you would like to use another version please contact the series director ASAP. State Skills: The contest will test the student skills through written exam, which will covers the installation and operation of the software, hardware and cabling plus general computer support knowledge. Topics also include information as related to the Internet, networking and data sharing. A practical exam will test the students skills using Microsoft Office 365 or later, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Contest Details: 1. Multiple Choice Test 2. Word Assignment 3. Excel Assignment 4. PowerPoint Assignment Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission