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Welcome to the Siaya National Polytechnic's Virtual Learning Center (VLC) – your gateway to a flexible, innovative, and enriching learning experience.
Here at Siaya National Polytechnic, we are dedicated to "Shaping Creativity and Innovation." Our Virtual Learning Center is a significant step in our commitment to enhancing access to quality tertiary education for everyone, no matter your location or schedule. Whether you are joining us for a full-time programme, seeking part-time studies, or looking to up skill through our diverse short courses, this platform is designed with you in mind.
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Trainining in Digital literacy
These are a variety of short courses for anyone willing to learn a specific skill.
The links shared are supposed to lead you to register for and attend the course as per the instructions.
These courses are for all persons and not restricted to ICT Students/Trainers only.
This unit describes competencies required to demonstrate digital literacy. It involves, identifying computer software and hardware, applying security measures to data, hardware, and software in automated environment, applying computer software in solving task, applying internet and email in communication at workplace, applying desktop publishing in official assignments and preparing presentation packages
UNIT CODE: AQ/CU/AM/CR/04/5/B
This unit specifies the competencies required to produce grow out fish. It involves ability
to Implement fish grow-out food safety plan, stock fish culture units with fingerlings, feed
and manage them until attainment of market size. It also involves the competencies
required to maintain the fish culture units, control predators and harvest fish.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
1. Apply food safety measures in producing grow out fish
2. Prepare grow out facility
3. Stock grow out facilities
4. Manage fish stock
5. Control fish predators
6. Harvest fish stock
7. Maintain grow out facilities
UNIT CODE: AQ/CU/AM/CR/06/5/B
This unit specifies the competencies required to set up small scale fish hatchery unit. It involves ability to implement fish hatchery site food safety plan, interpret simple fish hatchery designs, select ideal hatchery construction sites and prepare cost estimates for hatchery construction. It also involves supervision of hatchery construction and installation of bio-security measures.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
1. Apply food safety measures in setting up small scale fish hatchery
2. Prepare to set up a fish hatchery.
3. Supervise fish hatchery construction
4. Set up biosecurity measures
UNIT CODE: AQ/CU/AM/CR/01/5/B
This unit specifies the competencies required to set up a fish pond. It involves
implementing farm site food safety plan, site selection, pond design and construction and
repair of the fish pond.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
1. Apply food safety measures in setting up fish pond
2. Prepare to set up a fish pond.
3. Construct fish pond
4. Test run the pond
5. Exit pond construction site
UNIT CODE: AQ/CU/AM/CR/03/5/B
This unit specifies the competencies required to operate fish hatchery. It involves ability to
implement fish hatchery food safety plan, source, stock and manage brood stock, breed,
nurse and package fingerlings and maintain the hatchery facility.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
1. Manage Brood stock
2. Produce fingerlings
3. Maintain hatchery facility
UNIT CODE: AQ/CU/AM/CR/02/5/B
This unit specifies the competencies required to produce fish feeds. It involves ability to
implement fish feed production food safety plan, boost the growth of natural fish food,
formulate and prepare artificial fish feed and evaluate fish feed performance.
Summary of Learning Outcomes
1. Apply food safety measures in producing fish feeds
2. Produce natural fish foods
3. Produce on-farm formulated fish feeds
4. Package and store fish feeds
5. Evaluate fish feed performance
This unit specifies the competencies required to handle harvested fish. It involves ability
to implement fish harvesting food safety plan, clean, preserve and process harvested fish.
It involves marketing of the fish products and by-products as well as disposal of wastes
from fish processing.