Project ProBase (problem-based technology curriculum) is a National Science Foundation funded project designed to develop an innovative curriculum that more adequately prepares high school technology education students for success in advanced technical studies at the community college level. The purpose of the project is to design and test curriculum materials that stimulate technological understanding and technical problem solving abilities that help establish a broad foundation for advanced study at the postsecondary level. The project is developing a set of eight curriculum learning units for use in advanced level technology education programs. A key component of the project and the focus of this article is research conducted to identify and refine a set of bridge competencies for the curriculum. These competencies are designed to guide curriculum developers as they seek to maximize student performance in community college level technical programs. The bridge competencies presented in this article are being infused throughout the ProBase curriculum materials and are designed in such a way as to augment other technical curriculum packages at the secondary or community college levels.