The Association provides a common forum for identifying common interests to the institutions and determining strategies for addressing such issues for the purpose of improvement of Technical Education and Training in Kenya.
Its membership includes; all institutions under the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya Railways, Ministry of Communication, Kenya Wildlife Service Training Institute National, Youth Service and Private TVET Colleges. Total membership currently is over two hundred (200) institutions following the upgrading of new institutions from youth polytechnics to Technical Training Institutions and construction of new institutions.