Welding and Fabrications is one of the best courses to pursue in Kenya at the moment. This is a course you will complete and employ yourself. You will set up a workshop where you will be doing your job. The income for welding and fabrications in Kenya depends on the quantity of work you do and the type of client. On average, you will make Ksh80,000 per month.
Welding and Fabrications can be done at diploma or certificate level. It’s a course that is more marketable than most degree courses in Kenya.
The reason the course is very marketable is because there are few experts in the industry yet the demand is high. Many Kenyans opt to pursue degree courses, leaving out marketable diploma programs.
Entry requirements for the course.
Below are the colleges offering the course and entry requirements.
Kimtech Training college—Certificate with a D plain in KCSE
Railway Training Institute—Diploma, Requirements C-(Minus) in KCSE
ICS Technical College—Diploma, Requirements C-(minus) in KCSE
Mama Ngina University College—Certificate, Requirements D+(Plus) in KCSE
Uwezo College—Certificate, Entry Requirements KCPE or KCSE
Sensei Institute—Certiciate,Entry Requirements at least KCSE
RVIST—Diploma,Entry Requirements,C-(Munus) in KCSE
Once you enrol for the course,look for a workshop and train there. To complete the course, you require Ksh 30,000 to Ksh50,000 for certificate or Ksh 70,000 to Ksh100,000 for a diploma course. A diploma course takes at most 2 years while a degree course takes at most 1 year.
Even if you pursued a degree course and realised that it’s not marketable,you can enrol for a diploma course in Welding and employ yourself.
If you are good in welding,there is no way you will become jobless.
