Water and Wastewater Laboratory Technology Program Offered at Kenya Water Institute

The Certificate in Water and Waste Water Laboratory Technology prepares students to operate and maintain water-treatment, distribution, re-use, and disposal facilities, and to monitor water quality.

This program is designed to educate students in chemistry, microbiology, mathematics, mechanical and electrical systems, instrumentation and treatment technologies as they are applied in the water industry.

The Certificate in Water and Waste Water Laboratory Technology of Kenya Water Institute (KEWI) takes two academic year programme with a 12 continuous weeks graded industrial attachment session in the third semester of the first academic year.

The minimum qualification for entry to the craftsman certificate programme in Water and Waste Water Laboratory Technology is as follows:

• Kenya certificate of Secondary Education with an aggregate mean grade D+ (plus), or
  
• An approved equivalent qualification which may be from Kenya or from other countries
• A minimum grade of D+ in each of the following subjects: English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry or Physical Sciences.

N/B Equation of international academic qualifications shall be done in consultation with Kenya National Examinations council (KNEC).

Year 1 semester 1 Courses

• Mathematics I
• Physics
• Chemistry I
• Biology
• Water Supply
• Water Laboratory Practice
• Communication skills
• Information Technology
• Microbiology I

Year 1 Semester 2

• Mathematics
• Water Quality
• Chemistry II
• Geology
• Hydrology
• Microbiology II
• Chemistry  Tech I
• Wastewater Microbiology
• Entrepreneurship and Business Plan 

Year 2 Semester 1

• Mathematics
• Physics Tech
• Environmental Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry I
• Biological Tech
• Electrical Technology
• Chemistry tech II
• Environmental science
• Principles of management
• Wastewater technology

Year 2 Semester 2

• Mathematics IV
• Environmental biology and ecology
• Hydrodynamics
• Integrated WRM
• Water Quality Management
• Wastewater management
• CWWLT Project
• Legislation and Ethics
• Community development

Kenya Water Institute (KEWI) was established by the KEWI Act 2001 is mandated to offer training, administer examinations offer research and consultancy services in the wider water sector in Kenya.

KEWI has earned the recognition of being a leading institution in producing high caliber human capital for the water sector in ... read more