Making with Hand Tools
Certificate of Completion Maker Space · College of Alameda · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Making with Hand Tools Certificate demonstrates that an individual has completed three areas of instruction in working with hand tools: safety, project design, and project completion. Making with Hand Tools is intended to support individuals in completing course work, expressing creativity, exploring entrepreneurship, and extending employment skills.
A student completing this program will have a grounding in the safe use of hand tools, design equipment, and preliminary manufacturing in the Maker environment to develop and complete a project, have a deeper understanding of team work and peer instruction, and gain additional skills that can be useful in transferring to a university and advancing in jobs in any field requiring the use of hand tools, communication, and critical thinking.
Career Opportunities
Entry level skills for any career that requires the safe use of hand tools in the design and completion of projects. The program suits entry-level workers in any of the industries in the Manufacturing Sector as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the skill set spans all listed sub-sectors (https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag31-33.htm).
Learning Outcome(s)
- Safely use hand tools to design and complete a project.