About Us
Our Story
The EA Institute of Welding was founded in 2017 to provide world class Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) using a Competence Based Education & Training (CBET) curriculum which is defined as ‘An approach to vocational education and training in which skills, knowledge and attitudes are specified in order to define, steer and help to achieve competence standards, within a national and international qualifications framework’ to equip youth and adults with the skills required for decent work and entrepreneurship while contributing to the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Institute is located in Kenya on the outskirts of the capital city, Nairobi with registered branches in Uganda and Mozambique.
We provide various services including: Specialized welding skills courses – National and Internationally recognized certificates; Quality Control & Quality Assurance Courses – Non Destructive Testing (NDT), Canadian Welding Bureau ( CWB) American Petroleum Institute courses, American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector courses; Inspection services and manpower services. Since inception the Institute has made strategic partnerships with Government, International Organisations, Industry and private companies that have seen the Institute run successful programs in line with the partnership objective.Internationally, the Institute is accredited by the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) and The South African Institute of Welding (SAIW) headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. A member of the International Institute of Welding where initially, two trainers were trained and certified to ASME IX, EN 287 and ISO 9606 Specialized Coded Welders and eventually certified trainers. The International welder program provides a combination of comprehensive theoretical knowledge and high practical skills assessed by tests of increasing difficulty including ISO 9606 qualification tests and theoretical examinations.
The program is presented in three distinct levels which are progressive, fillet, plate and pipe welder. The graduating welder receives International Institute of Welding Diploma and Code Certification to ASME IX and ISO 9606, a first in the region. Nationally, the Institute is a registered and accredited by the Technical Vocational and Educational Training Authority (TVETA), National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) and The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council (TVET CDACC). “We are passionate about the youth as they are the future. Unfortunately many are unemployed, and many lack skills that are on demand in Industry. There is a global shortage of Specialized Coded Welders and we figured we do not need to import welders to the region with the rise of infrastructure projects like the Standard Gauge Railway, LAPSSET corridor project and oil pipelines. We sent our trainers to study in Johannesburg and be Certified Coded Welders and eventually Certified trainers of the same.” Ruto Lyoba – Founding Chairman of EA Institute of Welding
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Awards
Upstream Oil and Gas Awards - Outstanding Technical Training Institute 2019
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