The study aimed to identify the technical competency needs of carpentry and joinery teachers in Government Science and Technical Colleges in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Relevant research questions were formulated to guide the study. A survey research design was adopted, and the population comprised 39 respondents, including 21 management staff and 18 carpentry and joinery teachers in the selected colleges. Owing to the manageable size of the population, census technique was employed. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher and titled Technical Competency Needs of Carpentry and Joinery Teachers Questionnaire (TCNCJTQ). The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach’s Alpha, which yielded a coefficient of 0.85. The researcher administered the questionnaire to the respondents over a period of three weeks. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while the null hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 level of significance using the t-test. All statistical analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27.0. The findings revealed that carpentry and joinery teachers in Government Science and Technical Colleges needs 27 competencies related to carpentry and joinery. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the government should periodically evaluate teachers’ competencies in obtainable at Technical Colleges level to determine their skill levels; the Ministry of Education should supply adequate raw materials to technical colleges to enhance teachers’ capacity to develop frame construction skills; and the government should collaborate with industries to provide training for teachers on various types of carcass construction.