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General
An industry-led training institute for Tanzania’s energy and industrial sectors, set up by Petrogas Field Services, which has worked in the country’s gas and power plants since 2013.About us
On our Mtwara campus as it opens, at approved partner colleges and venues, in Dar es Salaam, and at your own plant or office. Each course page shows where it runs.Where we train
76 short courses in six schools and 6 full-time certificate, diploma and apprenticeship programmes, all listed in the course finder.Find a course
Our courses lead to Petrogas or manufacturer (OEM) certificates today. We are working towards NACTVET and VETA registration and approval from international awarding bodies; each course page shows exactly which certificate it carries.Admissions
By funding scholarships or named cohorts, equipment and trainer development, or workplace placements. We report results for every sponsored learner.Partnerships
Use the enquiry form and choose what you need, so it reaches the right team, or chat with us on WhatsApp.Contact us
Learners
Foundation courses need only basic literacy and English. Intermediate and advanced courses ask for work experience, a technical certificate or a diploma; each course page shows its level.Entry requirements
Tuition, learning materials, lunch and two tea breaks each day, assessment and your certificate. Accommodation, travel and VAT are extra.Fees and discounts
Yes. Tanzanians paying their own fees get 20% off short courses and 10% off long programmes, which can be paid by term.Fees and discounts
Yes. TEA, the Skills Development Fund and employers fund places, mainly on long programmes, and at least 40% of places are reserved for women.Scholarships
A Petrogas certificate, a manufacturer (OEM) certificate or an international award, as shown on each course. National and international awards depend on the awarding body approving our centre.
You can resit once free of charge.
Most start in September. The welding programme also starts in March, and apprenticeships start when an employer sponsors a cohort.Long programmes
Every long programme includes time in our teaching factory or with an employer, and we work with employers who recruit from our cohorts. We cannot promise a job, but we follow up sponsored learners at 6 and 12 months to see where they land.
Employers
Yes. Any course can run as a closed cohort at your site, on your equipment and around your shifts. You pay for the seats less 15%, plus trainer travel at cost.For employers
Yes. We start from a standard course and tailor it to your plant, procedures and equipment, and confirm trainers, kit and approvals before you commit.
Three or more learners from one organisation pay 90% of the list fee, and so do all ministries, agencies and parastatals. Annual plans and three-year frameworks fix your rates.
Yes. Public bodies can book with an official order and pay within 30 days, and our three-year frameworks can be procured under the Public Procurement Act, 2023.
Yes. Every learner’s attendance, results and certificate is recorded and kept for seven years, ready for local content plans and reports to EWURA and PURA.
Full refund or free transfer 10 or more working days before the start, 50% refund at 5 to 9 days, and no refund later, though you can send a substitute free.
Yes. Our recognition of prior learning service (WFS202) assesses experienced staff and then trains only the gaps.See WFS202
Tell us the location and group size. We can run the course at your site or through an approved partner venue near you.
Guests
Both open with campus in 2029. Until then, we can recommend accommodation near our partner sites.Accommodation
Yes. 200 of the 500 beds are in a women-only wing, with live-in female and male wardens, 24/7 gate security and CCTV.Student hostel
Not in the room rate. Hostel guests buy meal plans from our catering partner, from TZS 2,500 a day for breakfast. Hotel guests choose room only, bed and breakfast, half board or full board.
Yes. Companies with 30 or more room-nights a year get 15% off the room, government and NGOs 10%, and stays of a week or more 20% to 30%.Campus hotel
No. Hotel rates exclude 18% VAT and the 1% Tourism Development Levy; hostel and course fees exclude VAT. All bills are in Tanzanian shillings.
Yes. The Grand Hall seats 200 and divides into two halls of 100, with two training rooms and a boardroom for 16. A full-day package costs TZS 60,000 a person.Conference and events
Ready when you are.
Whether it’s one learner or a whole plant, we’ll help you find the right course and the right place to train.