Guidance page · Kenya & East Africa
HVAC Technical Training — Kenya & East Africa
Written for Kenyan and East African RAC technicians working cold chain, retail refrigeration and commercial air conditioning, and for the companies employing them.
- Interactive decision labs
- Built by working technicians
- Path-based verifiable certificate
- Exam preparation only
- Worldwide online
Who the authority is here
- NITA (Kenya)
- Industrial training and trade testing for technical occupations.
- Issues: Government trade test certificates.
- EPRA (Kenya)
- Energy sector licensing and technician classes, principally on the electrical and solar side.
- Issues: Licences and technician class registration.
- National Ozone Unit / NEMA
- Refrigerant import control and good-servicing practice under the Montreal Protocol.
- Issues: Refrigerant handling authorisations and importer controls.
Preparation scope
What this training prepares you for
- Good servicing practice: recovery instead of venting, leak discipline and accurate charging.
- Cold-chain fault finding where product loss, not comfort, is the cost of being wrong.
- Electrical diagnosis on unstable supply: voltage dips, phase loss and generator changeover damage.
- Service documentation that supports a warranty or insurance claim.
What we do not issue
- We do not issue NITA trade test certificates or EPRA licences.
- We do not issue any refrigerant-handling authorisation recognised by the National Ozone Unit.
Where to start
- Path B — Commercial Refrigeration / RAC
- Path C — Commercial HVAC (RTU focus)
- Kenya training hub
Regional pricing and EPRA mapping
Free graded labs for this market
Practice notes for this market
- Mixed and unlabelled refrigerant is common in the used-equipment market — identify before you recover.
- Grid instability and generator changeover cause repeat electrical failures; record supply conditions with every call.
Always verify current requirements with the authority in your jurisdiction before applying.