A two-year NCVT trade in lathe, milling and precision machining - the trade behind every workshop that makes a part rather than fits one.
Career outcomes
₹2–5 LPA start
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Overview
Two years after Class 10. Machining makes a part rather than fits one, and it is the trade behind every workshop that produces components to a drawing.
Subjects
Lathe and milling operation, measurement to close tolerance, drawing interpretation, and increasingly CNC setting and operation alongside the conventional machines. Accuracy is the whole discipline — a part that is half a millimetre out is scrap.
WhoShouldChoose
Patient, precise people who would rather get it right than get it done. Work is in machine shops, auto component manufacturers, tool rooms and general engineering; tool room and CNC work pay noticeably better than general machining.
CareerReality
Conventional machining is shrinking as CNC spreads, so an institute teaching only manual lathes is teaching a narrowing skill — ask what machines the workshop actually has. The trade punishes carelessness immediately, in scrap and in injury. Progression means CNC programming or a diploma; the machine itself has a ceiling.
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