Katherine high School has a well equipped Technology and Design facility including two woodwork rooms, a metalwork and a technical drawing room. The workshops allow students access to a range of industrial equipment and power tools including wielding, sheet-metal, folding machines and metal turning lathes. The woodwork area has a full range of power tools and machinery for for wood turning and timber preparation. All three workshops are spacious and fitted with evaporative air-conditioning.

Students Study short courses at year 8 level but thereafter Design and Technology is an elective subject offering courses in Year 9 through to Year 11. Students are predominantly engaged in practical activity, constructing projects which reflect their own design decisions. A strong emphasis is placed on safe working practices.

The school workshops are also used to deliver Vocational, Educational and Training (VET) subjects such as the Certificate 1 in Engineering.