Abstract This study examined the development of an instrument for testing students’ manipulative skills in brick/block laying and concreting trade in Bauchi State technical colleges. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Three research questions were developed and answered in line with the purpose of the study. The population of the study comprises 47 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was developed in line with the research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Three experts validated the instrument. The study adopted testretest approach to establish the reliability coefficient of 0.91 using Cronbach's Alpha statistical tool, Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected for the study. SPSS version 21 was used to analyze the data for the study. The findings of the study among others revealed that: Three assessment instruments are operational for testing students’ manipulative skills in brick/block laying and concreting trade. The study further revealed that most of the identified tasks used for NTC levels were appropriate and majority of the skills identified were commonly appropriate for inclusion in the instrument for assessing students’ manipulative skills. The study therefore recommended that the existing instruments should be identified and used to test students’ manipulative skills in brick/block laying and concreting trade.