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Skill 17 · Next up: EuroSkills Düsseldorf 2027

Web Technologies, from Düsseldorf to Aichi.

EuroSkills 2027 · WorldSkills 2028

What the skill is, how the competition works, and a learning journey that takes you from your first HTML page to a full WorldSkills test project.

Start the learning journey What is Skill 17?

The skill

Design, build and ship complete web applications.

Web Technologies covers the design, development, production and maintenance of websites and web applications. A web developer turns a client's requirements into a specification, designs the interface, builds the front end and the back end, integrates third-party platforms, then tests and deploys the result.

It is a single-competitor skill. Over the competition days each competitor works alone through a series of modules, under time limits, on a project they see for the first time.

Skill 17 on worldskills.org

Is this for you?

Three ways in, depending on where you are.

Discovering the skill

You like making things on a computer and want to know if web development is for you. Start with the first two stages of the journey; no experience needed.

Begin at stage 01 →

Aiming to compete

You already build sites and want to qualify nationally for EuroSkills 2027 or WorldSkills 2028. Check the Standard, then work the competition stages and past test projects.

Jump to competition practice →

Teaching or training

You prepare students or a national team. Use the journey as a syllabus mapped to the WSOS sections and pick test projects for mock competitions.

See the WSOS mapping →

Competition format

One competitor, several modules, a fixed clock.

Each module is a self-contained task with its own brief and time limit. Modules are marked against a marking scheme that follows the weightings of the Occupational Standard. The modules below are typical of recent Skill 17 competitions; the exact set for each competition is defined in its Technical Description and Test Project.

EuroSkills and WorldSkills alternate: EuroSkills one year, WorldSkills the next. At EuroSkills the skill is called Web Development.

2027 · Next competition EuroSkills Düsseldorf Germany
2028 WorldSkills Aichi Japan
  • A

    Speed test

    A set of small, independent tasks in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP, solved against a short clock.

  • B

    Design and implementation

    Design and build a responsive, accessible website from a brief, brand guidelines and supplied media.

  • C

    Back end and REST API

    Model a database and build an API with authentication, validation and correct status codes to a given specification.

  • D

    Admin and server-side app

    Build a server-rendered management interface on top of the data, often with a back-end framework.

  • E

    Front end client

    Build an interactive single-page client that consumes the API, usually with a JavaScript framework.

To compete at EuroSkills or WorldSkills you need to qualify through your country's WorldSkills member organisation. How to compete

Occupational Standard

Where the marks come from.

The WorldSkills Occupational Standard (WSOS) splits the skill into five sections, each weighted by its share of the total marks. It is the best guide to what to train. Weightings from the WorldSkills Lyon 2024 WSOS.

Past test projects

Practise on the real thing.

Past test projects are the closest you can get to competition conditions. These public archives come from national selections and training competitions.

Platform · MITS Marketable IT Skills Test projects from EuroSkills, WorldSkills and training competitions, adapted for vocational education. Browse Skill 17 modules by topic, from design implementation to automated testing. Open skillsit.eu →

Know of another public archive? Suggest it on GitHub.

Resources

Official sources and references.

Start the learning journey.

Six stages, from your first semantic page to a full test project under time. Track your progress as you go.

  1. 01 Structure and style
  2. 02 Design and accessibility
  3. 03 JavaScript
  4. 04 Back end and data
  5. 05 Frameworks and deployment
  6. 06 Competition practice
Open the journey →