🔩 Fitter / Welder Trade
ITI (Trades) · after SSLC (Class 10)
Duration
Fitter 2 Years · Welder 1 Year
Entrance Exam
SSLC or Class 8 pass (no entrance exam)
Qualification
ITI (NCVT) Fitter / Welder
Job Roles
4 mapped
Who can apply
Passed SSLC / Class 10 for Fitter; the Welder trade also admits Class 8 passes. Minimum age 14.
The journey, step by step
SSLC through to leadership.
Your route
- Class 10SSLC
- ITI (NCVT) Fitter / WelderFitter 2 Years · Welder 1 Year
- Fitterfirst job
- 1Foundation · 1 Year🎓 SSLC — Class 10Finish Class 10. Your marks decide which colleges and subject combinations are open to you next.
- 2Entrance Exam · Exam year📝 SSLC or Class 8 pass (no entrance exam)Entry to ITI (NCVT) Fitter / Welder is through SSLC or Class 8 pass (no entrance exam). Dates change every year — always confirm on the conducting authority's official portal.
- 3Qualification · Fitter 2 Years · Welder 1 Year📘 ITI (NCVT) Fitter / WelderFitter / Welder Trade: Fitter 2 Years · Welder 1 Year. You can specialise in Structural Welding, Pipe Fitter, Sheet Metal Worker and more.
- 4First Job · After graduating💼 FitterCommon starting roles include Fitter, Welder, Fabricator.
- 5Higher Studies · Optional🎯 Diploma Mechanical (Lateral)You can continue with Diploma Mechanical (Lateral), CITS (train to teach at an ITI), Advanced Welding Cert.
- 6Further study · Optional, later🔬 CoE advanced modulesCoE advanced modules · Diploma → BE progression · Welding technology certification
- 7Government Route · Exam-based🏛️ Railways fitter and technician postsRailways fitter and technician posts · PSU trade apprentice (BHEL / HAL) · Ordnance factory posts · State transport workshops
- 8Entrepreneurship · Any time🚀 Fabrication workshopFabrication workshop · Welding and job-work unit · Machine maintenance service
- 9Leadership · Long term⭐ Workshop SupervisorWorkshop Supervisor · Maintenance Foreman · Workshop owner
Entrance exams & admission
SSLC or Class 8 pass (no entrance exam)
Merit-cum-reservation online admission at cite.karnataka.gov.in, listing up to 20 trade preferences. Confirm the unit is DGT (NCVT) affiliated.
Check exam details and official portals →What it costs to get there
Indicative total tuition for the whole course in Karnataka
Government seat
₹3,000–20,000
about ₹5,750 a year
Private / management seat
₹30,000–1L
about ₹32,500 a year
Tuition for the full trade course. Government ITIs are heavily subsidised; private ITIs charge much more for the same NCVT certificate.
Fees change every year and differ by college — confirm with the college before paying. Scholarships can cover much of this.
Job roles and salary ranges
Salary figures are indicative annual ranges, not guarantees.
What you can do next
- Diploma Mechanical (Lateral)
- CITS (train to teach at an ITI)
- Advanced Welding Cert
Research routes
- ›CoE advanced modules
- ›Diploma → BE progression
- ›Welding technology certification
Government jobs
- ›Railways fitter and technician posts
- ›PSU trade apprentice (BHEL / HAL)
- ›Ordnance factory posts
- ›State transport workshops
Start your own
- ›Fabrication workshop
- ›Welding and job-work unit
- ›Machine maintenance service
Senior roles later
- ›Workshop Supervisor
- ›Maintenance Foreman
- ›Workshop owner
Specialisations
- ›Structural Welding
- ›Pipe Fitter
- ›Sheet Metal Worker
Where it is taught
- ›Govt ITI Hubballi
- ›MSME Tool Room
- ›NTTF (Nettur Technical Training Foundation)
Where these facts come from
NCVT-affiliated ITI trades — Fitter 2 years, Welder 1 year
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