In schools, woodworking is offered to equip learners with skills at professional and sub-professional levels. It has contributed immensely to the aesthetic value of most commercial and domestic buildings to date. The purpose of this study was to explore technical schools master plan to prevent the extinction of Civil Technology’s woodwork specialization in South African schools. This study purposefully sampled nine participants comprising of subject specialist, principals and woodwork teachers. The two qualitative data-collection methods used were open-ended questionnaires and unstructured interviews. In this case study, thematic analysis was employed. Furthermore, the study adapted theory of planning as its framework. The findings of this study revealed that in order to prevent the looming extinction of woodwork specialisation, refurbishment of woodwork workshops, allocation of enough time for woodwork practical sessions and increasing operational budget for woodwork activities was to be done urgently, however, this were found to be long-term plans that could not be implemented by teachers but the department. This study recommended that schools managers, teachers, and specialists in the subject devise short-term to medium term master plans so that woodwork does not go into extinction while waiting for DBE’s interventions.

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