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ITI Welder
A one-year NCVT trade in arc, gas and increasingly MIG and TIG welding. One of the shortest routes from Class 10 to a wage, and the trade with the clearest overseas demand.
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Overview
What the trade is
One year, NCVT or SCVT, entered after Class 10. Welding joins metal permanently, and the trade teaches you to do it in the processes industry pays for rather than only the ones that are easiest to teach.
Subjects
What you learn
Arc and gas welding first, then MIG, TIG and pipe welding. Alongside the torch: reading a fabrication drawing, joint preparation, metallurgy basics, distortion control, and inspecting your own work. Safety practice is taught early and repeatedly, because this trade is unforgiving about it.
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Who it suits
People who want a wage quickly and do not mind physical work. It also has the clearest overseas market of any Class 10 trade — Gulf contractors recruit certified welders directly, and a 6G pipe welding certification changes what you can ask for. Steady hands and patience matter more than school marks.
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The honest part
Entry pay is modest and the work is hot, often at height or in a confined space. What separates earnings is certification, not years — an uncertified welder with a decade can earn less than a certified one with three. Protect your eyes and lungs from day one, and treat a shop that is casual about protective equipment as telling you what it thinks of you.