Our Vision Mission and Core Values

Vision Statement
To be a model department in building linkages for great partnerships

Mission statement:
To nurture graduates with skills, knowledge and abilities to transform the world around them

Goal To increase trainee industry linkages through partnership and collaborations.

Core values
• We are Accountable
• We are Customer Centred
• We are Professionals
• We embrace Creativity and innovation
• We are Responsive
• We are a Team
• We are Partners
• We are Stewards

Motto
Programmed for Possibilities

For more information contact:

The Industrial Liaison Office
Taita Taveta National Polytechnic
P.O. Box 34-80300
Voi

Tel: 020 2169229
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Website: www.ttnp.ac.ke

Functions and Mandate of Industrial Liaisons Office
1. Graduate Traker Services
2. Student attachment, job training and internship programs
4. Linkage between Industries and student
5. Apprenticeship services
6. Establishing Alumni Network
7. Create an Entrepreneur Incubator
8. Students attachments / internships and assessments
9. Venture Capital Fairs
10. Work study Programmes
11. Innovations, initiatives and research work
12. Community engagements, outreaches and services
13. Incubation

Since its commencement the ICT Department, has undergone progressive stages that have seen it turn into a center of leading ICT innovations and development of homegrown solutions. To be in harmony with the college vision the department has boosted its infrastructure to satisfactorily carter for its growing users through creating hotspots at strategic locations. This has immensely improved access to ICT resources and further created an opportunity for creative and innovative use of ICT technology. The ICT department continues to be the heart of all the college activities.

Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Taita Taveta National Polytechnic. We started our journey in the year of 2012. Over the past seven years, we have grown our expertise and competence in the skill-based training in the areas of Mechanical production, automotive, mechanical plant and mechatronics.

We have strong Diploma programs in Mechanical engineering, including Automotive engineering, Mechanical Plant Engineering, Welding and Fabrication and CBET course in Mechatronics Engineering. At the certificate level, we offer Craft certificate in Automotive and Mechatronics level 5. Our courses are examined by KNEC, internal and CDACC. At present, the department has close to 200 trainees enrolled to our various programs.

Our department offers skills-based engineering curriculum. The primary focus of our curriculum is to impart technical know-how to trainees, promote their problem-solving skills and innovation of new technologies. The department offers large number of interdisciplinary courses for providing cross cutting knowledge to the students to pursue their interest. The course contents are periodically updated for introducing new scientific and technological developments. All our trainees are encouraged to undertake various research projects and encouraged to spend time in industries.

Our department maintains active research groups for carrying out collaborative and interdisciplinary research. We have state of the art training facilities to support our academic programs and research in the areas of Mechatronics, robotics, Automobile equipment and welding and fabrication equipment.

Our department has a distinguished record in both teaching and innovations. The departmental trainers have excellent academic credentials and are highly regarded.

Our department looks forward to contribute in solving the technological challenges of the society with active participation from all sections of the society. For instance, during the period of COVID-19 Pandemic, the department contributed immensely in the fight against COVID-19 through a collaboration with the County Government of Taita Taveta to fabricate 240 hospital care beds to raise the bed capacity in the county’s public hospitals. Our department also fabricated foot operated hand washing systems to contribute to the fight against COVID-19.

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Our Mission

To offer accessible quality training, research and innovation in order to produce leaders in automotive, manufacturing, maintenance, industrial system control and materials to suit the needs of a dynamic world for sustainable development.

Our Vision

A department of excellence in training, research and innovation in mechanical engineering field for development.

Departmental Quality Objectives.

Mechanical department strictly adheres to the stipulated training requirements in offering high quality Technical, industrial, vocational and Entrepreneurship training that is market driven. Below are our quality objectives:

To integrate teaching and research for preservation and effective application of knowledge and skills.
To improve, develop and establish teaching and research programs in line with Kenya’s industrialization needs.
To develop and promote quality and market driven academic and professional pursuits.
To strengthen and expand collaboration and partnerships with industry and other organization.
To establish culture of hard work, good governance in leadership and management of the department.
Attachments and Job Placements for Our Trainees

To equip our trainee with knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable him/her to perform duties in a real working environment our trainees get attached in different companies all over Kenya like Standard Railway Gauge (SGR), General Motors (GM), Kalu Works, Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM), H Young, Ace Auto Centre LTD, Rob Magic and many others. Currently, we are in the process of establishing MOU’s with companies to offer on the job training for our trainees.

Welcome to the Building and Civil Engineering department at Taita Taveta National Polytechnic. The department which started over 20 years ago with a small student population of less twenty and few trainers has over the years grown to its current student population of over two hundred and fifty trainees and eleven trainers.

The department offers the following Modular courses examined by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC);

Certificate in Building Construction Technology Module I and II
Diploma in Building Construction Technology Module I, II and III
Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology Module I, II and III
The other courses to be rolled out soon under the Competency-Based Curriculum to be examined by CDACC are; Building Technician Level 6 and Plumbing Level 3.

Building and civil engineering department strives to produce skilled workforce for the rapidly growing building and construction industry. Our trainees are taken through theoretical and practical lessons in their areas of training before proceeding for a mandatory industrial attachment at a busy building and construction site, civil construction works, survey works or a drawing office.

In the Institute our trainees are engaged in any college construction works or repairs so as to give them a gainful experience in their areas of training. Notable examples of what our trainees have managed to do is the construction of a masonry workshop, painting works, laying of paving slabs within the college amongst others.

The department was established in 2009 with a population of 3 trainees. Currently the population has grown to over 200 trainees and a staff establishment of 13 trainers.

The department offers Certificate and Diploma courses that aim at producing competent graduates who can work in analytical research institutions.

The department has fully equipped laboratories and a team of competent trainers who have a wealth of experience in scientific research and knowledge

VISION: To be a center of excellence in the provision of technical skills in pure and applied sciences.

 MISSION: To produce fully equipped 21st Century Research scientists, Technicians and Technologists.

The examination bodies are:

• Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC)
• National Industrial Training Authority (NITA)
• Curriculum Development Assessment and Certification Council (CDACC)

The projected focus of the department is to expand the training of diploma courses by offering Higher National Diploma certificate courses in the said fields in order to produce enough competent manpower to meet the requirements of vision 2030.

Applied science plays an instrumental role in providing assistance to students with all aspects to student development including career explorations and planning, linkage between the industry and the students, career guidance to students, graduate tracker services, building professional networks and connect employers and students through career fairs such as company information sessions, provides support with planning and execution of career related events and projects, mentorship programs and soft skills development programs while still on college

Message from the Head of Department

Welcome to the Electrical and Electronic Engineering department at Taita Taveta National Polytechnic.

Vision: To be a centre of excellence in the provision of competence technical skills and knowledge in Electrical, Electronic, Instrumentation and Telecommunication Engineering.

Mission: To produce competent engineers and technologist with relevant technological competences in the field of engineering and research.

We aim to offer skill-based curriculum to promote technical know-how and problem-solving skills to our trainees

The department offers relevant courses at the artisan, craft certificate and diploma levels in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The department specializes mostly in electrical power, electronics, telecommunication and Instrumentation Control Engineering options. We also offer short courses e.g. solar installation system and CBET course in Electrical Installation Level 5 among other courses.

The current population in the department is over 200 trainees.

The examination bodies for the module courses are KNEC, NITA and CDACC for the competency-based curriculum courses.

The determination of the department to respond to the market needs in the engineering industry has been reflected in venturing to offer part-time classes for those who are employed and wait to advocate in both electrical and telecommunication engineering option and other technological based courses.

We are proud to have very aggressive focused and competent trainers who are ready to efficiently and competently deliver the best to our trainees for self-reliance.

The projected focus of the department is to expand the training of diploma courses by offering Higher National Diploma certificate courses, and incorporate more research and innovation in the said fields in order to produce enough competent manpower to meet the requirements of vision 2030.

As a department we have produced many well skilled and employable personnel both males and females who are serving in different sectors of economy e.g. KPLC, KENGEN transmission stations just to mention but a few. 

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SECTION

Tourism department is one of the oldest in the Polytechnic. It was established in the year 1982. Over the years the department has been headed by several HODS.

The trainee population ranges between 200-300 per academic year. The department has well trained and competent trainers. The department offers core courses in tourism management that equip graduates with knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to meet both the market and societal demands.

Training is enhanced by practical sessions conducted through mandatory field trips and industry visits where trainees are exposed to current leisure, recreation, tourism and managerial issues. Additionally, trainees gain valuable work experiences through the compulsory three months industrial attachment.

The trainees can be attached in various sectors in the tourism and hospitality industry such as hotels, protected areas. airlines, tour firms, museums among others.

The Dean of Students office is one of the top management administrative offices in National Polytechnics. It has the mandate of dealing with students’ welfare in the Polytechnic. The office ensures that the trainees’ wellbeing is taken care of so as to ensure their comfort during the period of training. At Taita Taveta National Polytechnic (TTNP), the Dean’s office offers services such as orientation of new students, consultancy, advocacy, mentorship, resolution of conflicts and complaints among others. The Dean’s office provides support to the academic departments as well as domiciling co-curricular activities in the Polytechnic. The Polytechnic activities of games and sports, clubs and societies, music and drama are coordinated by the Dean’s office. These are crucial in complimenting the trainees’ academic life with the overall goal of producing an all round and well balanced graduate. In the same breadth the Dean’s office works closely with other offices and sections of the Polytechnic such as Guidance and Counseling, Office of Career Services, Catering and Accommodation, Industrial Liaison office in ensuring that matters concerning trainees are adequately addressed. The office of the Dean offers the interface between the college administration and the trainees’ fraternity in TTNP through the establishment of the Students Governing Council. This organ that is elected annually plays a crucial role in the affairs of the students in the institution. The activities of the Students Council are also coordinated under the auspices of the Dean’s office. In its daily operations, the office of the Dean of Students practices an open door policy.

Welcome to the Guidance and Counselling Department!

As an integral part of the Taita Taveta National Polytechnic (TTNP) community, the Guidance and Counselling Department (GCD) provides high quality guidance and counselling services that supports trainees’ and staff’s emotional, personal, social, developmental, and academic concerns.

Our Vision is to be a center of excellence in providing Guidance and Counselling services for effective teaching and learning.

The mission is to provide quality services of both guiding and counselling to meet the academic, psychological, physical and spiritual needs to the trainees and staff.

The core function of this department is to offer the following services to the TTNP community:

• Guidance services on Education and social services
• Individual and group Counselling
• Career/Vocational Counselling
• Welfare and outreach services