Motor Vehicle Technology (NVCET) is a 4 years Certificate examined by KNEC.
| View institutions offering this programAbout Motor Vehicle Technology (NVCET)
This motor vehicle technology program teaches students the various aspects of a motor vehicle. Trainees gain hands-on experience working with brake systems, heating, and cooling systems, engines, electrical systems, steering systems, and transmissions.
In general, students learn how to install, maintain, repair and replace motor vehicle parts.
Career prospects:
- motor vehicle mechanic,
- panel beater,
- spray painter
- interior fittings
Progression path:
- Artisan Certificate in Motor Vehicle Technology
Entry requirements for Motor Vehicle Technology (NVCET)
The Minimum Entry Requirements are:
- KCPE Certificate,
- Any other equivalent qualification as approved by KNEC.
The duration for the course is 4 years including compulsory industrial attachment
- Level one takes 2 years
- Level two takes 2 years
Institutions offering Motor Vehicle Technology (NVCET)
The Nyeri National Polytechnic
National Polytechnic
Nyeri Town
The Nyeri National Polytechnic was a middle-level national Technical Learning Institute established under the Ministry of Science and Technology offering a variety of courses to K.C.S.E graduates at...
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Public College
Soy
Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (RVTTI) is committed to providing quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) that is innovative, competency oriented and research based that shall...
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Private College
Machakos Town
Catholic Technical Training Institute is a middle-level college, located in Machakos County, along the Nairobi-Machakos highway.
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Private College
Subukia
Subukia Youth Polytechnic is a technical institution that trains youths in Carpentry,Motor vehicle technology, ICT, Hairdressing and other courses.
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Private College
Gilgil
Comboni Polytechnic is a middle-level polytechnic of the Catholic Diocese of NakuruThe polytechnic adopts a unique multi-skills training system that blends training with production/services. This system enables our...
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Public College
Kabete
Uthiru Vocational Training Center is a public vocational institution located in Kiambu County; we offer the best infrastructure to give you the best opportunities and comfort during your...
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Private College
Starehe
East Africa Institute of Certified Studies (EAICS) has years of experience in delivering effective and efficient training at Diploma and Certificate levels in areas such as ICT, Business...
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Private College
Kamukunji
Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute provides vocational-technical education with an emphasis on job creation to students from economically disadvantaged families.Since 1992, KCITI college has helped young men and...
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Public College
Langata
Karen Technical Training Institute for the Deaf is a Public Tertiary Institution under the state Department of Science and Technology that started in 1990 to offer Technical Training...
| Read moreObjectives of Motor Vehicle Technology (NVCET)
Vocational education in motor vehicle technology is education that prepares people to work as mechanics or other vehicle repair professionals. Vocational education is sometimes referred to as career and technical education.
The General Education component of the curriculum aims at providing the trainee with complete secondary education in critical subjects like English Language, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Entrepreneurial Studies and Mathematics to enhance the understanding of machines, tools and materials of their trades and their application and as a foundation for post-secondary technical education for the above-average trainee.
Hence, it is hoped that trainees who successfully complete their trade and general education may be able to compete with their secondary school counterparts for direct entry into the polytechnics or colleges of education (Technical). The Social Studies component is designed to broaden the trainee’s social skills and their understanding of the environment.
Technical and Vocational Education and Training serves multiple purposes. A key purpose is the preparation of youth for work. This takes the form of learning and developing work-related skills and mastery of underlying knowledge and scientific principles. Work is broadly defined and therefore refers to both formal employment and self-employment. To support self-employment, TVET curricula often include entrepreneurship training. Related to this is the social reproduction and transformation of occupational and vocational practices
From a development point of view, TVET facilitates economic growth by increasing the productivity of workers. The returns from increased output far exceed the costs of training, direct and indirect, leading to economic growth.
TVET like any other form of education also facilitates socio-economic development by enhancing the capacity of individuals to adopt practices that are socially worthwhile.
As a form of education similar to all others, TVET aims to develop a broad range of personal capabilities that characterize an educated person. Thus, the provision of broad-based knowledge seeks to ensure critic-creative thinking.
TVET also aims at developing capacities for effective communication and effective interpersonal relations