Land Surveying (Craft) Program Offered at Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping

Land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them, commonly practiced by licensed surveyors, and members of various building professions. These points are usually on the surface of the Earth, and they are often ... read more

Land surveying students learn to gather information through observation, measurements, questionnaires, legal research, and data analysis.

Students are also introduced to the associated services of land surveying such as:

• mapping
• construction layout surveys
• precision measurements of length, angle, elevation, area, and volume
• horizontal and vertical control surveys
• analysis and use of land ... read more

The Minimum Entry Requirements are:

• KCSE Mean Grade D (Plain), or;
• Pass in a relevant Artisan course, or;
• An Equivalent qualification approved by KNEC.

The duration for the course is two (2) years which includes a compulsory industrial attachment.
This program is examined by KNEC at the end of the two years training period.

Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping (KISM) is a middle-level public Technical Institution in the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning under the Department of Survey.

The Institute started as a mini – type technical cooperation between Survey of Kenya (SOK) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1991. ... read more

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is the national body responsible for overseeing national examinations in Kenya, it is established under the Kenya National Examinations Council Act Cap 225A of the Laws of Kenya, in 1980. In 2012 this act was repealed and replaced with KNEC Act ... read more