An Asst. Fitter: Levelling, Alignment & Balancing works mainly in Iron & Steel industry. Their work involves activities such as lifting of machines, inspection of tools and equipment. They are also involved with maintaining the levelling, alignment and balancing of equipment. They also carry out post-work operations such as cleaning and inspection of the machines. Maintaining timelines and safety practices is equally important in this line of work.
Personal Competencies
You like to work in a team
You like to put things together
You like to have clear instructions to follow
You enjoy repairing all kinds of mechanical objects
Entry Pathway
Minimum Qualification • After passing class 8 with 1 year of relevant experience you can enroll for a National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* Level 3 course for Astt. Fitter: Levelling, Alignment & Balancing
OR
• After passing class 10 you can enroll for a NSQF Level 3 course for Asst. Fitter: Levelling, Alignment & Balancing
*NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
• National Scholarship Portal - Please visit http://www.scholarships.gov.in. Under this portal there are Central Government schemes offered by different Departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes and State Schemes.*
• Please visit http://www.buddy4study.com for details on available scholarships. This is a gateway to scholarships starting from Class XI
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Where will you work?
Places of work: Auto industry, power and manufacturing industries.
Entrepreneurship: After gaining experience you can come up with your own company where you can take up project based work of cleaning, maintenance, servicing work.
Work Environment: Have to work where the machines are located. You may have to work in shifts. A normal working hours will be of 8/9 hours and generally 5/6 days a week.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
The approx. salary of an Asst. Fitter ranges between INR 19,000 - 20,000 per month*
Source - https://bit.ly/3iy41Op * The figures are taken from NCS and are indicative and subject to change
Experts from the field
Shri Kilaparthi Niranjan, the son of a maid servant from Vizianagaram, did not get a suitable job after completing ITI from Vizianagaram. In the meantime, he got to know about SDI-Visakhapatnam through his friend and joined the Fitter Fabrication course. Within 3 months of completing the training from SDI-Visakhapatnam, he secured an overseas assignment and is now working with Adyard, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (a leading engineering service provider company in Oil & Gas Sector), earning a salary of 1700 UAE Dirham per month.*
Asst. Fitter: Levelling, Alignment & Balancing
NCS Code: 7233.0101 | V003Minimum Qualification
• After passing class 8 with 1 year of relevant experience you can enroll for a National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF)* Level 3 course for Astt. Fitter: Levelling, Alignment & Balancing
OR
• After passing class 10 you can enroll for a NSQF Level 3 course for Asst. Fitter: Levelling, Alignment & Balancing
*NSQF is a nationally integrated education and competency-based framework that enables persons to acquire desired competency levels in a chosen field. NSQF includes vocational education, vocational training, general education and technical education which prepares an individual for the job market with competent skills. An individual may return at any time to upgrade skills after gaining experience
Government Institutes
Details of accredited training centres can be seen by clicking the links below:
• National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC): Visit https://www.nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre
• Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): Visit https://nsdcindia.org/find-nsdc-training-centre-jss
• NIOS training centres: Visit https://voc.nios.ac.in/registration/locate-study-centre
• List of NSQF centres: https://www.aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/Vocational%20institutions%20272%20recommended%20AY%202020-21.pdf
• A majority of government schemes are free
Scholarships
• National Scholarship Portal - Please visit http://www.scholarships.gov.in. Under this portal there are Central Government schemes offered by different Departments, UGC/AICTE Schemes and State Schemes.*
• Please visit http://www.buddy4study.com for details on available scholarships. This is a gateway to scholarships starting from Class XI
*(Availability of these scholarships can vary from time to time)
Places of work: Auto industry, power and manufacturing industries.
Entrepreneurship: After gaining experience you can come up with your own company where you can take up project based work of cleaning, maintenance, servicing work.
Work Environment: Have to work where the machines are located. You may have to work in shifts. A normal working hours will be of 8/9 hours and generally 5/6 days a week.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field
Asst. Maintenance Fitter → Maintenance Fitter → Supervisor Maintenance Fitter
The approx. salary of an Asst. Fitter ranges between INR 19,000 - 20,000 per month*
Source - https://bit.ly/3iy41Op
* The figures are taken from NCS and are indicative and subject to change
Experts from the field
Shri Kilaparthi Niranjan, the son of a maid servant from Vizianagaram, did not get a suitable job after completing ITI from Vizianagaram. In the meantime, he got to know about SDI-Visakhapatnam through his friend and joined the Fitter Fabrication course. Within 3 months of completing the training from SDI-Visakhapatnam, he secured an overseas assignment and is now working with Adyard, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (a leading engineering service provider company in Oil & Gas Sector), earning a salary of 1700 UAE Dirham per month.*
source: https://www.hsscindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Succes-Story-of-Trainees-from-SDIs.pdf
*The above information is for training purposes only and will not be used for any commercial gains
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