Conference on highway engineering in Africa Addis Ababa April 1974: Learning has no end

Abstract

The Ministry of Works is the largest employer of engineers of all disciplines in Kenya and the paper outlines the practical postgraduate training, which covers a period of three years, required by civil engineers intending to join the Roads Department of the Ministry. The training includes attachment to a civil engineering contractor and a consulting firm, with shorter periods spent in the Design and Materials Sections of the Road Department.To provide sufficient skilled technicians, the Ministry of Works sponsors courses in surveying,draughtsmanship and photogrammetry at the Kenya Polytechnic. The latter course includes periods at the Survey of Kenya and at the Swiss School of Photogrammetric Operators.