A two-year NCVT trade covering diesel and petrol engines, transmission, brakes and vehicle electricals - the foundation for auto workshop work and, increasingly, EV servicing.
Career outcomes
EV upskilling now essential
Explore career → Common route EV service techniciannew-vehicle shortage skill
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Overview
Two years after Class 10, covering both diesel and petrol vehicles. It is the broadest of the mechanical trades and the one changing fastest.
Subjects
Engines, transmission, steering, brakes, suspension and vehicle electrical systems, with the diagnostic equipment modern vehicles require. Most institutes now include hybrid and electric drivetrain basics, and manufacturer training on top — Maruti, Tata, Hyundai all run their own — is what moves you from helper to technician quickly.
WhoShouldChoose
People who like diagnosis: working out why something fails rather than only replacing it. Work exists in every town, in authorised service centres, independent garages, fleet operators and heavy vehicle maintenance.
CareerReality
Vehicles are becoming computers with wheels, and a mechanic who cannot read a diagnostic tool is being left behind quickly. That is an opportunity if you keep learning and a cliff if you do not. Electric vehicles also remove much of what this trade traditionally taught — engines, gearboxes, exhausts — so treat battery and EV training as the next step rather than an optional extra.
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