Questions and answers

Begin with an Awareness or Foundation course in the school that interests you. The starting-point finder suggests a first course from your qualification and experience, and admissions confirm the level after reviewing your evidence.

No. Recognition of prior learning lets experienced people, including self-taught technicians, be assessed directly against the standard. Choose "Recognition of prior learning" as your route when you apply.

A written exam (80% overall, with 100% required on safety and ethics), an observed practical with critical items, and workplace evidence or a project. The result is recorded as Competent or Not Yet Competent.

Every course sits on one ladder: Awareness, then Levels 1 to 4 (Practitioner, Specialist, Expert, Leader). Credits stack across schools, so you can move from repair into quality, calibration or circularity without starting again. Browse them in the course finder.

Admissions reply within five working days with entry assessment details and the next intake dates.

Fees are confirmed for each intake by admissions. You can apply as self-funded, employer-sponsored or seeking a bursary; fees from ELCI's laboratory services help fund bursaries.

24 months. You renew it with 20 hours of continuing professional development a year, logged practice and a refresher assessment.

Every certificate is on the public register. Enter the certificate number on Verify a certificate to see the holder, level, specialisation and status.

No. ELCI certificates are competency certificates aligned to international standards such as IPC workmanship criteria and the ISO 9001, 14001, 19011 and 59000 families. They are not IPC certifications or accredited ISO auditor credentials, and holders are encouraged to pursue those alongside.

Professional designations earned by stacking courses and practice: Certified Lifecycle Care Technician, Specialist and Engineer, and Fellow of ELCI. The requirements are on the programmes page.

Yes. Employers sponsor cohorts through the partner programme, and higher partner tiers include free training seats.

Yes. Operators, utilities, hospitals and manufacturers can commission failure analysis, repair-process qualification, test-equipment calibration, competency audits, circularity baselining and data sanitisation. Request a service.

Use the E-Value calculator with your own unit numbers, prices and repair rate. It runs in your browser and nothing you enter is stored or sent.

A lifelong record for one piece of equipment, from first service to return: its maker and model, duty, every fault and repair with the certified carer who signed it, and how its data and materials were handled at end of life.

Send a request from the Device Passport page with your sector, approximate number of units and equipment types.

They are used only to handle your request, under Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019. The website loads no advertising or tracking scripts and no third-party fonts.

Your study plan is kept only in your own browser. It is not sent to ELCI unless you choose to include it in an application.