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"Building On the Trades" Beginning November 2025 -- Cost-Free for CT-based young adults aged 18-29!

BUILDING ON THE TRADES is for young adults living in CT, ages 18-29.

Tuition-Free Opportunity to Learn Valuable Skills and Make an Impact on your Community!

MakerspaceCT, a non-profit educational organization in Hartford, CT, is proud to offer "Building on the Trades", a comprehensive hands-on learning experience for young adults aged 18-29. This six-week program, starting in November 2025, is designed to equip 12 participants with essential trade skills and safety knowledge, culminating in a meaningful community service project.

Course Overview

LEARN THIS:

  • Wood Shop tool use and safety
  • Welding and Metal Fabrication basics
  • Blueprint reading
  • Material use and efficiency

THEN BUILD:

  • Furniture and storage for the Community Service Project (see below)

OSHA 10 Certification

  • A 10-hour class delivered by an OSHA-authorized trainer. The 10-hour class is intended to provide workers with awareness of common job-related safety and health hazards.

Community Service Project

Students will deliver storage solutions for South Park Inn, whose mission is to improve Hartford by providing equal access to shelter and solutions for all people to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.

This project not only hones the students' skills but also instills a sense of community responsibility and the importance of giving back.

Our goal is to provide participants with valuable trade skills while making a tangible difference in the community.

SCHEDULE

6 Sessions, Wednesday nights 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM:

  • Nov 19
  • Dec 3, 10, 17
  • Jan 7, 14
  • OSHA Training TBD

The program is in-person at our

facility in Downtown Hartford


MakerspaceCT

36 Talcott Street

Hartford, CT

(G. Fox Building)


Click the REGISTER button below to begin the application process. We will review your application and inform you of your acceptance, which is dependent on meeting the residency and age requirements of the program. Space is limited. In the event that the program fills up, we'll begin taking waitlist applications. 

SPACE IS LIMITED, APPLY TODAY

  • Building On The Trades

    • Wednesday, November 19, 2025
    • Wednesday, January 14, 2026
    • 6 sessions
    • 36 Talcott Street, Hartford CT 06103
    • 10
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    MakerspaceCT, a non-profit educational organization in Hartford, CT, is proud to offer "Building on the Trades", a comprehensive hands-on learning experience for young adults aged 18-29. This six-week program, starting in November 2025, is designed to equip 12 participants with essential trade skills and safety knowledge, culminating in a meaningful community service project.

    Course Overview

    LEARN THIS:

    • Wood Shop tool use and safety
    • Welding and Metal Fabrication basics
    • Blueprint reading
    • Material use and efficiency

    THEN BUILD:

    • Furniture and storage for the Community Service Project (see below)

    OSHA 10 Certification

    • A 10-hour class delivered by an OSHA-authorized trainer. The 10-hour class is intended to provide workers with awareness of common job-related safety and health hazards.

    SCHEDULE

    6 Sessions, Wednesday nights 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM:

    • Nov 19
    • Dec 3, 10, 17
    • Jan 7, 14
    • OSHA Training TBD

    Community Service Project

    Students will deliver storage solutions for South Park Inn, whose mission is to improve Hartford by providing equal access to shelter and solutions for all people to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.

    This project not only hones the students' skills but also instills a sense of community responsibility and the importance of giving back.

    Our goal is to provide participants with valuable trade skills while making a tangible difference in the community.

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about Makerspacect

MakerspaceCT is a 28,000 sqft innovation lab, located in downtown Hartford. As a non-profit, open since 2019, the facility is positioned to bridge the gap between traditional skills and advanced technologies.

MakerspaceCT is an on-ramp to many technologies for the Hartford region. High-tech specialties can be explored offering members and students an opportunity to access equipment, iterate and create.

MakerspaceCT hosts classes in metal, wood and plastic fabrication while facilitating education in prototype and manufacturing techniques. Members explore the latest electronics, computer aided design (CAD) software coupled with CAM, 3D printing and CNC driven machinery.

In addition to skills-based learning, MakerspaceCT offers a unique blend of shop experiences by hosting manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and students all in the same labs to learn, gain knowledge, using a hands-on approach and collaboration.

The entire facility contains innovative technologies and equipment for the entrepreneur and DIYers to bring napkin sketch concepts to reality every day. MakerspaceCT is the place where dreams are realized with machinery and community.

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Generously funded by Stanley, Black & Decker



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