Young teenage girl cutting a piece of wood on the chop saw during the Tool Up job training program

Tool Up!

Do you want to start a career in the trades, working with your hands and stimulating your mind?

If you’re a high school student or young adult seeking job training, we’re here for you. Every year, we run two different programs: Tool Up! (construction-focused) and Tool Up! Tech (STEM- focused)

Tool Up! Construction

a group of high school students on a job site listening to a professional contractor speak

June 15-19th, 2026
9am-3pm (FULL!)

  • Explore a career in the construction trades.

  • Tour 2-3 job sites every day.

  • Learn hands-on skills back at the shop, like using power tools and doing electrical work.

  • Get paid to learn!

Tool Up! Tech

a teenage girl working on an electronics project

August 10-14th, 2026
9am-3pm

  • Visit several tech companies around the gorge.

  • Learn hands-on skills back at the shop like programing microcontrollers, soldering, working with electronics, drawing in CAD programs, and using 3D printers.

  • Full scholarships available for every student.

Interested?

a group shot of high school students that participated in the Tool Up job training program, posing together with the volunteer instructors

That’s a wrap on Tool Up 2025!
We spent five days learning about careers in the construction trades through visits to job sites around the gorge and hands-on learning at the MakerSpace shop. We toured small residential builds and big commercial projects, talked to professionals in different fields, built work benches for our metal shop, wired electrical outlets, and so much more!

a high school girl learning how to install an electrical outlet, working together with an older volunteer instructor
MakerSpace director, Jared Wolf, supervising a high school student while he uses the table saw
An adult volunteer helping a female high school student build a work bench