NITA Mombasa Industrial Training Centre

NITA Mombasa is the coastal training centre of the National Industrial Training Authority, the government body that oversees industrial training and trade testing in Kenya. It was formerly called the Mombasa Industrial Training Centre and stands about five kilometres from the city centre on the Mombasa-Malindi road, close to Sheikh Khalifa Secondary School. Trainees choose between six sections: building, mechanical, electrical and electronics, automotive, refrigeration and air conditioning, and fashion and apparel technology. Programmes range from two-year Industrial Craft Certificates and one-year artisan courses to short upgrading classes in welding, solar installation, plumbing, computer packages, baking, hairdressing and beauty therapy, with some evening options for working people. The centre has an electrical laboratory, a PLC laboratory and an automotive workshop equipped through a partnership with KOICA. It is also the regional trade test centre and NITA's office for levy collection and industrial attachment in the Coast region. Intakes open in January, May and September.