National Certificate in Motorcycle and Light Electric Vehicle Maintenance
The motorcycle is Uganda's transport backbone: the boda boda fleet runs to hundreds of thousands of machines carrying passengers, goods and the delivery economy, and every one of them needs service every few weeks.
Occupational profile
What you'll be paid to do
The motorcycle is Uganda's transport backbone: the boda boda fleet runs to hundreds of thousands of machines carrying passengers, goods and the delivery economy, and every one of them needs service every few weeks.
That petrol fleet is now electrifying, led by battery swap operators and delivery fleets, creating a technician role that barely existed three years ago and that no established certificate serves: the mechanic fluent in both petrol The graduate works as any of the following, employed or self employed, in every trading centre in the country: mechanic workshop monthly employed; per job technician swap networks, dealerships monthly; the market's technician cooperatives, corporate monthly on contracts technician charging networks monthly, shift based
| Occupation | Where the work is | Starting earnings, observed 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Motorcycle service mechanic | Garages, dealerships, own workshop | UGX 300,000 to 650,000 monthly employed; per job rates self employed |
| Electric two wheeler technician | Electric mobility operators, swap networks, dealerships | UGX 450,000 to 900,000 monthly; the market's premium |
| Fleet maintenance technician | Delivery fleets, boda cooperatives, corporate fleets | UGX 400,000 to 800,000 monthly on contracts |
| Swap and charging station | Battery swap operators, | UGX 400,000 to 750,000 |
The 90-Day Promise
From certification to income, stated concretely
Day Pathway Named employer categories with which the College holds or is concluding placement and hiring partnerships: electric mobility and battery swap operators; motorcycle dealerships and their service networks; delivery and logistics fleets; boda cooperatives and stage associations; and parts distributors.
Partnership target: fifteen active partners by the first cohort's The ninety day pathway from certification to income:
Day 0: graduation with the Capability Transcript, the mentor's reference, and an exit project that is a trading bay or a delivered fleet contract.
Days 1 to 30: employed route: three arranged interviews, with electric operators prioritised for graduates strong in MOT106.
Day 0: graduation with the Capability Transcript, the mentor's reference, and an exit project that is a trading bay or a delivered fleet contract.
Days 1 to 30: employed route: three arranged interviews, with electric operators prioritised for graduates strong in MOT106. Self employed route: the bay continues trading; the mentor reviews month one.
Days 31 to 90: employed route: probation support from the practice tutor. Self employed route: referral listing for partner overflow service work and stage association contracts, standing terms in the partnerships.
Measurement: employment or trading status recorded at day 90 and published in the annual outcomes report, per Part Two, section 2.9.
Programme structure
Every module, with its arithmetic
One credit unit equals ten notional learning hours. 120 credit units, 1200 notional hours: 320 contact, 705 practical and 130 industrial hours, so practical and industrial hours are 70 per cent of the programme.
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Semester 1
| Code | Module | CU | Contact h | Practical h | Industry h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOT101 | Workshop Safety and Service CultureGarages hurt people through fuel, fire, lifting and complacency, and lose customers through dirt and dishonesty. The learner starts safe and starts professional. | 6 | 20 | 30 | 0 |
| MOT102 | Two Wheeler Systems and Service ToolsBefore repair comes fluency: every system on the machines that move Uganda, named, located, and measured with the right tool. | 10 | 35 | 65 | 0 |
| MOT103 | Petrol Engine Service and RepairThe petrol fleet will earn livings for years yet. The learner services, diagnoses and rebuilds the small engines of the boda economy to running, economical health. | 14 | 30 | 110 | 0 |
| MOT104 | Chassis, Brakes, Wheels and DriveThe systems that keep riders alive: brakes, tyres, wheels, steering and drive, serviced to a standard the learner would put their own family behind. | 12 | 25 | 95 | 0 |
| COM101 | Communication and Workplace SkillsTechnicians rise or stall on how they speak, write, listen and behave on site. Taught through the trade's own situations, | 6 | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| SPN501AI spine | AI Tools and Data in the GarageThe spine applied to the garage: AI diagnostic assistants, parts identification by photo, fleet telematics, and the honesty a job card owes a customer. | 8 | 30 | 40 | 0 |
Semester 2
| Code | Module | CU | Contact h | Practical h | Industry h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOT105 | Electrical Systems and DiagnosticsThe wiring is where petrol and electric machines meet: charging, lighting, ignition, sensors and the multimeter logic that finds faults instead of swapping parts. | 12 | 35 | 85 | 0 |
| MOT106 | Electric Powertrains and Battery SystemsThe transition module: hub and mid motors, controllers, and the lithium packs of the electric boda fleet, serviced safely and diagnosed with respect for what a battery can do. | 14 | 40 | 100 | 0 |
| MOT107 | Battery Swap, Charging and Fleet WorkThe electric economy's new jobs: swap stations, charging points and the maintenance contracts of delivery and boda fleets. The learner works where the industry is hiring first. | 8 | 25 | 55 | 0 |
| ENT101 | Trade EntrepreneurshipHalf of Forward College graduates will employ themselves first. This module turns a trade into a business without romance: costs, customers, cash and compliance. | 6 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
| SPN102AI spine | Digital Work and Platform IncomeThe shortest module with the fastest payback: how a technician finds customers, prices work, invoices and gets paid through digital channels. | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 |
| ITR501 | Industrial TrainingTen assessed weeks in a garage, dealership or fleet operation, under the Part Two policy. | 12 | 0 | 10 | 130 |
| EXP501 | Exit Venture or Employment | 8 | 10 | 60 | 0 |
The AI and Digital Practice Spine
AI, taught inside this trade
Applied Here The spine of Part Two, section 2.13, applied to the garage: 12 credit units across SPN501 and SPN102, with the automation strand carried by MOT106's battery management and MOT107's station systems.
AI tools for my trade
Diagnostic assistants verified by measurement; photo parts identification with counterfeit spotting
Data in my trade
Telematics and fleet dashboards read into service decisions; battery analytics
Working with automation
Battery management systems, chargers and swap stations as the trade's automation, operated and maintained by the technician
Judgement, ethics and safety
Brake and battery sign offs stay human; the honest job card as professional law
Digital work and platform income
Garage profile, digital job cards and mobile money, from SPN102
Learning outcomes
What the graduate can do
- PLO 1
Service petrol two wheelers to schedule, specification and time
Level 3: broad skilled task performance to standard
- PLO 2
Diagnose and repair petrol engines, fuel and electrical systems by measurement
Level 3: solves routine problems by known methods
- PLO 3
Service brakes, wheels, steering and drive to rider safe standard
Level 3: quality and safety responsible performance
- PLO 4
Diagnose and service electric powertrains: motors, controllers and wiring
Level 3: operates workplace technology with responsibility
- PLO 5
Handle, test and service lithium battery systems within the safe service boundary
Level 3: works within defined limits with safety responsibility
- PLO 6
Operate and maintain charging and battery swap infrastructure
Level 3: skilled operation of workplace systems
- PLO 7
Deliver fleet maintenance to contract standard with complete records
Level 3: works to specification with responsibility
- PLO 8
Apply garage, fuel and battery safety without exception
Level 3: responsibility for safety of self and others
- PLO 9
Use the trade's AI, parts and telematics tools, verifying before acting
Level 3: uses workplace technology effectively
- PLO 10
Keep honest job cards and communicate with customers and operators professionally
Level 3: communicates across familiar contexts
- PLO 11
Operate as a compliant self employed mechanic or productive employee
Level 3: works independently within scope
Entry routes
Four ways in
- Academic route. Uganda Certificate of Education; the access assessment admits without it.
- Vocational route. A relevant lower TVET certificate or completed automotive course.
- Recognition of prior learning. Practising informal mechanics assess against the outcomes; the common result credits the petrol modules and the learner completes electric, electrical diagnosis and the spine.
- Mature age route. Applicants of twenty five and above enter through the access assessment of literacy, numeracy and trade aptitude; riders are expressly welcome.
Industrial training
Assessed weeks inside a working organisation
- Duration and placement
- Ten weeks in the second semester, minimum 130 attested hours (module ITR501, 12 credit units).
- Host organisation types
- Motorcycle dealerships and garages, electric mobility operators and swap networks, delivery and corporate fleets, and parts distributors with service arms.
- Learning objectives
- Perform service and repair under commercial time pressure; rotate through petrol and, where the host offers it, electric work; experience customer handling and parts logistics.
- Supervision
- A named host supervisor mechanic; the practice tutor visits at least twice; escalation within three days per the Part Two policy.
- Logbook
- Daily entries against the objectives, countersigned weekly by the host supervisor, reviewed by the practice tutor at each visit, kept on the platform.
- Assessment
- Final workplace assessment against the practice rubric by host and tutor jointly, plus the logbook.
Assessment and certification
Continuous practical, plus UVTAB
A human assessor confirms every AI-avatar oral examination result before it stands, and the trainer who taught a learner never marks that learner's summative assessment.
- Internal continuous assessment, 60 per cent: workshop task assessments, module projects, logbooks and oral checkpoints, marked under the separation rule of Part Two.
- UVTAB external assessment, 40 per cent: the Board's written and practical occupational assessments for this qualification, taken at the gazetted sittings.
- Practical competency assessment: every practical outcome is assessed by observed performance against published criteria; evidence is retained.
- Oral examination option: any module checkpoint and the exit project defence may be taken in the AI avatar oral examination room, with human confirmation of every result.
- Grading scale: Distinction 80 to 100; Credit 65 to 79; Pass 50 to 64; Not Yet Competent below 50, with the right to reassessment.
- Pass and progression: every core module at Pass or above, all practical competencies demonstrated, industrial training completed, exit project at Pass or above.
- Resit rules: two reassessment opportunities per module without repeating attendance; a third attempt repeats the module; reassessment covers only the outcomes not yet demonstrated.
Exit project
A real venture, or a real employer brief
Venture route: launch a service business: the ENT101 demand study, registration, a live profile, a bay equipped and at least ten real paying jobs completed and documented, and a twelve month cash plan.
Employment route: deliver a fleet maintenance contract for a real or College sourced fleet of at least six machines across one month: schedule, execution, records, downtime report and operator sign off, to employer standard.
Deliverables:
The project file: the demand study or contract, schedules and pricing The physical work: the jobs or fleet month, inspected and attested The commercial record: job cards, invoices, payments, sign offs The defence: presentation and oral examination, human confirmed Grading criterion Weight What excellent looks like Technical quality 35% Work passes inspection viability job cards truthful; the Safety 15% Zero violations, lithium and Defence 15% Every decision explained
- The project file: the demand study or contract, schedules and pricing
- The physical work: the jobs or fleet month, inspected and attested
- The commercial record: job cards, invoices, payments, sign offs
- The defence: presentation and oral examination, human confirmed Grading criterion Weight What excellent looks like Technical quality 35% Work passes inspection viability job cards truthful; the Safety 15% Zero violations, lithium and Defence 15% Every decision explained
Progression
Where this qualification leads next
No Forward College learner ever meets a dead end.
Within Forward College: graduates enter FC-D03, the Diploma in Electric Mobility Technology, with the certificate's 120 credit units recognised toward its cognate modules, the natural next step for the electric specialist.
Into Forward University: the staircase runs through FC-D03 and FC-H02 into the University's engineering degrees, with credit transfer of up to one third under the Part Two, section 2.12 equivalence tables.