The Diploma in Automotive Engineering course is designed for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education graduates (or equivalent qualifications), to provide trainees with skills, knowledge and attitudes that will enable them to perform and manage tasks in the Vehicle industry.
The course is in modular form and it is designed to enable trainees to acquire adequate competencies for formal and informal employment and at the same time prepare them for further training.
The course is in three modules. Each module prepares the trainee to perform specific tasks and jobs whose total value combined will impart the desired competencies, which will produce the required graduate By the end of the course.
The course puts emphasis on practical work and competence acquisition, thus, the trainee is required to spend adequate time on practical lessons.
The trainers are encouraged to continuously carry out research to establish the emerging trends and issues in each area and integrate them in the teaching. The trainers are further encouraged to take into considerations the interests of persons with disability as prescribed in the Persons with Disability Act of 2003.
The graduate of the course will be able to service, diagnose and repair faults in Vehicles, manage an automotive workshop and market vehicle parts while upholding the professional ethics and standards.