Technicians are trained through diploma programmes offered in Industrial Training Institutes(ITI’s), Vocational Training Institutes or Professional Institutes. Professional Trade workers and Diploma holders may upgrade their qualifications by acquiring membership of professional organisations such as the Institution of Engineers, Institution of Electronic & Telecommuni-cation Engineers, Aeronautical Society of India, or by pursuing a post diploma part time / full time degree course in the discipline of their specialisation.
Engineering craftsmen are trained after Class VIII and Class X. There are Model Training Institutes run by the government at Kolkata, Mumbai, Kanpur, Nainital, Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Chennai. There are several training options such as 1 year, 2 year or three year training options after Class X.
One year training can be undertaken in Welding, Forging and Heat treatment, Deisel mechanics, Sheet metal work, Carpentry.
Two year training can be taken for becoming a motor mechanic, fitter, turner, machinist, electrician, Radio/ TV mechanic, refrigeration/TV mechanic, draughtsman for mechanical and civil engineering, electronic repair mechanic, wireman and telecommunication lineman after Class X (minimum 60% is required).
Three years training is offered in Tool & die making, civil, electrical, electronics, automobile, mechanical, architectural assistantship, plastic technology, textile technology, power systems, paper technology, radio/video mechanics, transportation etc.
Various polytechnics offer three-year diploma in Architectural Assistant course. The diploma can be upgraded to the level of a degree (recognised by the Council of Architecture, the regulatory body which also awards the permission to practice) by passing the four-year course conducted by the Indian Institute of Architects (head office in Mumbai) annually. The requirements for this is a three year diploma with two year work experience.
Courses/ Institutions
Institute of Engineers
The Institution conducts the following examinations allowing entry at various levels :
* Studentship • Section A (Non-Diploma Stream) • Section A (Diploma
Stream) o Section B in the following branches of engineering:
* Architectural Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering • Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering • Metallurgy and Material Science • Mining Engineering • Textile Engineering
* Special Examination for attachment to Architectural Engineering Division
* Aerospace Engineering • Agricultural Engineering • Computer Engineering
* Environmental Engineering • Marine Engineering • Production Engineering
The examinations are notified in the Technicians’ Journal of the Institute. The Institution’s examinations are held twice a year, generally in May/June and in November/December termed as ‘Summer’ and ‘Winter’ Examinations.
Studentship examination
A candidate for Studentship Examination is permitted to appear in an examination in one or more subjects (including the subjects in which he appeared previously but failed to secure exemption marks). Studentship Examination subjects are as given in the Chart at the end of this chapter.
Eligibility - For Studentship Examination, candidates should be 16 years on the date of application for election.
Academic training - Should be engaged in engineering profession, as a pupil or apprentice or assistant under a corporate member or a person possessing the qualification required to be elected as a corporate member.
Educational qualifications - The following categories of candidates may apply for Studentship with the conditions as stated against each:
Part A - Candidates who have passed the Matriculation or the Secondary Sch-ool Leaving Certificate Examination or equivalent Examination with Mathe-matics. They will be required to pass the Studentship Examination in full.
Part B - (a) Candidates who have passed the Intermediate Science, Intermediate Arts, Higher Secondary or equivalent examination (10+2 or 12-year course) taking one or more but not all the subjects, viz., English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. They will be required to pass the Studentship Examination in the remaining subjects in which they have not passed the Intermediate or equivalent examination stated above.
(b) Candidates who have passed the three-year Bachelor Degree Examination
or the two-year course (10+2+3 system) with one or more of the subjects
English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics but have not passed the
Pre-University or Higher Secondary Examination with all the aforesaid subjects. They will be required to pass the Studentship Examination in the remaining subjects in which they have not passed the three year or two-year Bachelor Degree Examination.
Exemption - Students who have taken National Certificate exams of State Boards of Technical Education Diploma courses from University departments (AICTE approved), colleges, polytechnics, schools and engineering institutes (AICTE approved) are exempted from the studentship examination.
The following is the schedule of accepted educational qualifications for exemption from Studentship Examination :
* Intermediate Science examination with English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
* Bachelor of Science examination with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
* Passing of the first year examination or promotion to the second year of a three-year Bachelor’s Degree course with any one of the subjects : Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry, provided the candidate has passed the Pre-University or Higher Secondary Examination with English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.*
* Passing of the two-year course (10+2=3 system) with English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, conducted by any State Board of Higher Secondary Education or recognized Indian University after 10 years of school education.
* Pre-Professional Examination in Engineering or the Passing of the first year examination of a five-year integrated course in Engineering
* Pre-engineering Examination
* Board of Apprenticeship Training Admission Examination, West Bengal
* B. Arch. Preliminary Examination of Kolkata University
* Passing of the first year Examination of B.Sc. B.Ed. of Regional College of
Education, Ajmer
* Passing of the two-year course of Indian Military Academy/National
Defence Academy, Khadakvasla and Dehradun.
Section A (non-diploma stream) examination
Section A (Non-Diploma Stream) Examination are for those technician members who have been on the roll of the Institution for one year before they are eligible to appear in the examination. This Examination has 10 subjects each carrying 100 marks. The duration of examination in each subject is 3 hours.
Section A (Non-Diploma Stream) candidates are permitted to appear at the examination in one or more subjects, but not exceeding 5 subjects at a time.
The full marks for examination in each subject is 100. A candidate for Section A (Diploma Stream) is permitted to appear in an examination in one or more subjects.
Exemption - Students completing a B.Sc./B.Sc.(Tech) course from a university department (approved by AICTE) or Institutes of Technology/Engineering are exempted from Section A of the Institution's examinations.
Section B examination - The following are eligible to appear in Section B Examination.
* Senior technician members and technician members of the Institution who have passed Section A or any other examination recognised by the Council as exempting them from and who have further been certified eligible for appearing in Section B Examination.
* Members who have passed Sections A and B Examinations in one branch of engineering or secured exemption there from (for appearing in any other branch or subjects).
* Persons holding degrees in Architecture or such other qualifications as recognised by the Council and desiring to be attached to Architectural Engineering Division of the Institution. They should apply for election as a member and after approval of their applications they should pass the following subjects of Section B Examination before election: (i) Theory of Structures, (ii) Structural Design, and (iii) Prestressed and Precast Concrete Structures, or Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
* Civil Engineers/Environmental Engineers already elected as members of the Institution and attached to the respective Divisions, desiring to be transferred to the Architectural Engineering Division of the Institution are required to pass the following subjects of Section B Examination (i) History of Architecture, (ii) Architectural Design, and (iii) Town Planning and Landscape Architecture. Candidates willing to appear at Section B Examination must select any one branch of engineering. They are required to appear in 10 subjects - 7 compulsory and 3 optional. A candidate for Section B Examination is permitted to appear in one or more subjects but not exceeding 4 subjects at a time (including the subjects in which he appeared previously but failed to secure exemption marks). However, in addition to these subjects, a candidate may appear in Mathematics III as an additional subject. Candidates who wish to appear in additional branch of engineering are exempted, on request, from appearing in those subjects in which they have secured 50 or more marks in the Institution Examinations in the previous branch.
Technician members
Eligibility for a technician member or for transfer from student to technician membership is :-
(a) That he has attained the age of 18 years on the date of his application for election or transfer. (b) That he is engaged in the engineering profession as a pupil or apprentice or assistant under a corporate member or a person possessing the qualification required to be elected as a corporate member and that he, in the opinion of the Council, is making satisfactory progress in the acquisition of qualifications for corporate membership. (c) That he has passed the Studentship Examination as conducted by the Institution or should possess an educational qualification recognised by the Council as sufficient for exemption from passing the said Studentship Examination.
Senior technician members
Every candidate for election as a senior technician member or for transfer from technician member or student to senior technician member should satisfy the following requirements :
(a) That he has attained the age of 18 years on the date of his application for election or transfer. (b) That he is engaged in the engineering profession as a pupil or apprentice or assistant under a corporate member or a person possessing the qualification required to be elected as a corporate member and should in the opinion of the Council be making satisfactory progress in the acquisition of qualifications for corporate membership provided that temporary unemployment is no bar to his election. (c) That he has passed either (a) an Accredited Diploma Examination in Engineering or Technology or its equivalent as recognised by the Council or (b) such other Examination recognized by the Council as exempting from passing Section A of the Institution’s Examination in non-diploma stream.
Educational qualifications - Candidates, who have passed an Examination as listed, are eligible to apply for senior technician membership.
Address for contact -
Institute of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineers
The institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers is a national professional body (est 1953) with 41 centres and carries out scientific and industrial research as well as examinations of AMIETE and DIPIETE in the following streams - Elec. & Telecom, Comp. Sc. & Engg., Information Technology. AMIETE (Degree Level) Examination is recognised by Government of Indian and UPSC for Superior Posts & Services, and by a large number of Universities/Institutions for higher education. DIPIETE (Diploma Level) Examination is recognised by Government of India for Subordinate Posts & Services, and number of State Government and Union territories.
Professional examinations for technicians
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering may be acquired on passing membership examination of the Institute of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineers.
DIPIETE (Diploma Level Course)
Eligibility - (i) 16 years of age or above (ii) Passed 10th Std. examination with General Science or Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics conducted by a recognised Board of Education and student of 10+2 or apprentice/working in a recognised approved organisation engaged in Electronics or Telecommunication or allied activities.
AMIETE (Degree Level Course)
Eligibility - (i) 16 years of age or above (ii) Passed 10 + 2 Examination with Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics AND student of B.Sc./Diploma or apprentice/working in a recognised/approved organisation engaged in Electronics or Telecommunication or allied activities. OR Passed B.Sc. or Diploma from a recognised institution.
Career Routes through IETE
Examinations - Examinations for AMIETE and DIPIETE are conducted twice a year in the month of June and December at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Chennai, Pune, Vijayawada, Thiruvananthapuram, Jabalpur, Aligarh, Allahabad, Dehradun, Bhubaneswar, Mankapur, Pilani, Imphal, Abu Dhabi, Kathmandu, Kuwait, Riyadh.
Exemptions are listed in Annexure I
Adresses for contact
* The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
2, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003. website : www.lete.org.
* Ahmedabad : 206, Umiya Shopping Centre, Satellite Road, Ahmedabad 380015
* Bangalore : IETE Building, Ganganagar, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 032
* Bombay (Mumbai) : c/o IE (India) Building, 15, Haji Ali Part, K.Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Bombay 400 034
* Kolkata : 3A, Chowringhee Place, Raneegunge Coal House, 53 & 58, II Floor, Kolkata 700 013
* Chandigarh : C/o CSIO, Sector 30, Chandigarh 160 020
* Delhi : IETE Building, 2 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003
* Hyderabad : IETE Building, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad 500007
* Chennai : 37, Conran Smith Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai 600086
* Pune : “Raghuraj”, 62 Indira Nagar, Erandawana, Pune 411 004
* Thiruvananthapuram - C/o CGM Telecom (Kerala Circle), Thiruvanantha-puram 695033
Aeronautical Society of India
Associate Membership of the Aeronautical Society of India ( as detailed in the Commercial Aviation chapter Page 35)
Indian Institute of Architects
India Institute of Architects offers Associateship to diploma holders in Architecture.The 4 year course( 4 semesters) can be done through correspondence.There is an examination at the end of semester 2 and 3. A thesis has to be submitted and viva taken to get the associateship.The Associateship Membership is considered equivalent to a B.Arch in India as well as abroad. Diploma holders must have a year of experience before they can enrol for the course.The membership course can be pursued by Interior Designers, Assistant Architects and Architectural Draughtsmen.
Address for contact – Indian Institute of Architects, Mumbai. Northern India Chapter, 8-B Shanker Market, New Delhi –110003
Specialised Technicians Training
Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Foulke’s Compound, Thillai Nagar, Salem 636001 Tamilnadu
Course - Post Diploma Course in Textile Chemistry Duration - One & half years (3 Semesters)
Eligibility - 3 years Diploma course in Handloom Technology with 50% marks in Textile Chemistry. Textile Technology Diploma candidates can also apply.
Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Jodhpur.
Course - 3 year diploma in Handloom Technology
Eligibility - 10th standard or equivalent with 45% marks in aggregate and minimum 50% marks in Mathematics and Science put together with English as a subject of study. 5% weightage is allowed for candidates seeking admission after passing 12th standard with Science subjects and relaxation of 5% for SC/ST candidates.
Age Limit : 15 - 21 years for SC/ST 15 - 23 years.
Address for contact - Handlooms & Textiles section, Room 61, Department of Industries, Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi, CPO. Building, Kashmere Gate, Delhi- 110006
Visva-Bharati Shilpa Sadana, Sriniketan, Birbhum - 731 236
Course - Three year diploma courses (approved by AICTE) in (I) Textile Technology (Handloom), (ii) Furniture Technology and Interior Design, (iii) Pottery and Ceramic Technology.
Eligibility - Pass in Madhyamik examination or its equivalent from a recognised Board/Institution having at least 50% marks in aggregate with English, Mathematics and Physical Science. Age - 21 years 1st July of the year of applying.
Selection - Admission according to merit and on the basis of an aptitutde test to be conducted by the department.
Central Institute of Tool Design, Balanagar, Hyderabad 500037 www. citdindia.org.
Course - Diploma in Tool Engineering, Post diploma in Tool Design. Duration-2 years, one year respectively.
Eligibility - A pass in 2 yrs. ITI course with Fitter/Machine/Tool & Die Maker/Turner/Mechanical Draughtman Trade or a pass in 2 yrs. intermediate course with MPC group with min. 3 yrs. Practical experience in Mech. Engineering Workshops. For Course 2 a pass in LME/DME or equivalent.
Regular Courses :
* PG Course Tool, Die & Mould Design : (Recognized by GDI, MDE as an advanced PG Qualification) 16 seats open 14 sponsored
Duration - 1½ years.
Eligibility - B.E. (Mech.)/B.E. (prodn.) or recognized as equivalent Age : 30 years.
Selection - Entrance test. Relaxation upto 5 yrs. for SC/ST candidates.
* Post Dip course in Tool Design (App. by AICTE, New Delhi)
Duration - 1 yr. for general candidates and second division with a minimum of 60% marks for SC/ST candidates.
Eligibility - LME/DME, Ist division with minimum 60% marks-general candidates 50% marks for SC/ST. Age : 27 years.
Selection - Through entrance test relaxation up to 5 yrs. SC/ST.
* Diploma Course in Tool Making (Recognized by GOI, MOE & also approved by AICTE, New Delhi) Duration - 4 years. Eligibility - SCC/Metric with ITI in Trades of Tool & Die Maker/Fitter/Machinist. Age - 25 yrs. Relaxation upto 5 year - SC/ST.
No. of seats : 20 seats – entrance test.
Indo-Danish Tool Room, M-4 (Part), Phase VI, Tata Kandra Main Road, Jamshedpur - 832108 website : www.idtrjamshedpur.com
* Diploma in Tool & Diemaking Duration : 4 yrs.
Eligibility : X with Physics, Chemistry with Maths 50% (40% for SC/ST/OBC)
Age : 15-18 yrs. (21 yrs. - SC/ST/OBC), Selection : Test
* Post Diploma in Computer Aided Tool Design. sDuration : 6 months
Eligibility : BE/Dip. in Mech./Prod/Automobile or equivalent. Seats : 30
Indo German Tool Room, P-31, MIDC, Industrial Area, Chilkalthana, Aurangabad –431210. website : www.iftr_aur.org courses offered are -
* Advance Diploma in Tool & Die Making Duration - 4 years, Certificate course Machinist (Tool Room) 2 yrs.
Eligibility - X with Min 60 %. (50% for SC/ST) Age : 15-19 yrs.
Selection : Written test and interview.
* PG Dip. in Tool Design & Post Dip. in Tool Design & CAD CAM
Eligibility : Degree in Engg. (Mech./Prod/Automobile) for 2nd course Dip. holders in the same discipline may apply.
Tool Room and Training Centre, Wazirpur Indl. Area, Delhi - 110052
Course : PG Course in Tool Design & Manufacture Duration : 2 years.
Eligibility : Graduate in Mech. or Prod/60% in aggregate (Max. age 27)
National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology, (Min of Steel), PB 92, GT Road, Gobindgarh-147301/MHADA Complex, Nagpur-440010/ Nizam Place, Acharya JC Bose Road, Kolkata-700020.
Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, Guindy, Chennai-600032 (Refer to chapter Plastic Technologists)
Centre for Electronic Design & Technology of India ( CEDTI) University Campus, Aurrangabad-431004 offers diploma courses in Electronic production and Maintenance.
Vasantdata Sugar Institute, Manjari (BK)., 412 307 Tal, Haveli, Dist.Pune Maharahtra.
Courses -
* Certificate in Sugar Engineering of 1 year duration for diploma holders in Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Engg.
* Certificate in Sugar Boiling of 6 Months duration for S.S.S.C with min. 2 years experience in Sugar Factory.
* Certificate in Juice Supervision of 6 Months for S.S.C. with min. 2 years experience in Sugar Factory.
National Sugar Institute, Kalyanpur, Kanpur-208017 U.P.
Courses -
* Post Graduate Diploma course of associateship of National Sugar Institute (ANSI) in Sugar Technology (written entrance examination)
Eligibility - BSc with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics or Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering having secured minimum 45% marks in aggregate, provided that in the case of candidates belonging to scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes minimum marks will be 40%. Duraton - 21/2 years.
* Post Graduate Diploma course of associateship of National Sugar Institute (ANSI) in Sugar Engineering (written entrance examination)
Eligibility - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent Qualification in Mechanical or Electrical branch only. Duration - 11/2 years.
* Certificate course in Sugar Engineering ( 2 off seasons)
Eligibility : Diploma in Mech./Elect. Engg., experience as Asstt Engg./ 2 yrs. experience in Supervisory capacity in sugar factory.
* Cerfificate course in Sugar Boiling (1 off-seasons)
Eligibility : Matric with Sc./Agri. & one full seasons sugar boiling experience in a vaccum pan sugar factory.
* Preharvest Cane Maturity Survey certificate course (1½ month)
Eligibiligy : 10+2 with Sc./2 yrs. experience in a sugar factory/field work.
* Fellowship of National Sugar Instt. by Research (FNSI) in Tech, FNSI in. Eligibility : ANSI in Sugar Tech.
* ENSI in Sugar Engg. Eligibility : ANSI in Sugar Engg.
Women’s Vocational Training Programmes
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