Apply to be a DOSHS approved person (safety adviser, fire auditor, plant examiner, trainer)
State Department for Labour and Skills Development - Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services · sources read 3 Oct 2026
Apply when DOSHS advertises for approved persons in the newspapers: fill in the DOSH form for your role (for example DOSH 2A for safety advisers, DOSH 16 for fire auditors, DOSH 26 for plant examiners), pay the application fee and send it to DOSHS at Safety House, Nairobi. Shortlisted applicants sit oral and written interviews, then pay for and attend induction before being listed.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Where
- Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services (DOSHS), Safety House, Commercial Street, Industrial Area, Nairobi (forms at labour.go.ke/forms)
What you need
- The DOSH application form for your role: DOSH 2A (safety adviser), DOSH 16 (fire safety auditor), DOSH 26 (plant examiner), DOSH 15 (air quality monitor), DOSH 8 (designated health practitioner) or DOSH 3A (trainer)
- Copies of your professional qualifications
- Names and addresses of two personal referees
- Plant examiners: copies of examination reports and testimonials from your attachment
Steps
- Watch for the DOSHS advert in the local newspapers. It opens applications and sets a deadline.
- Download the form for your role from labour.go.ke/forms and fill it in, attaching copies of your qualifications.
- Pay the application fee and submit the form to DOSHS, Safety House, Commercial Street, Industrial Area, Nairobi.
- If shortlisted, sit the oral and written interviews on your technical knowledge and the OSH law.
- If you pass, pay for and attend induction and initial training. You are then added to the list of approved persons.
Watch out
- You can't apply any time: DOSHS recruits only when it decides there's a need and advertises.
- Approval has to be renewed. All approved persons use the DOSH 2B renewal form; trainers use DOSH 3B.
- Every role also requires proven basic computer skills.
Who can apply
- Roles: OSH advisers, fire safety auditors, air quality monitors, plant examiners, designated health practitioners and engineering control examiners. Training institutions can also be approved.
- OSH adviser: a science, engineering or medicine degree plus a postgraduate diploma in OSH or a NEBOSH diploma (or a first degree in OSH), and at least 5 years of practical OSH experience.
- Fire safety auditor: for example, a diploma in fire engineering and at least 5 years of fire safety experience (other routes are listed in the DOSHS minimum qualifications).
- Plant examiner: an engineering certificate with 10 years' experience on the plant, or a science degree with 5 years, plus at least 12 months attached to an approved examiner.
Official sources (5)
- Occupational Safety and Health Services labour.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- DOSHS Approved Persons & Training Institution labour.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Minimum Qualifications for Approval of Competent Persons and Institutions (May, 2023) labour.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Forms labour.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- DOSH Form 2A: Application of approval to serve as Safety and Health Adviser labour.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026