Deputy Apprenticeship Advisor office
Government of NCT of Delhi

A person undergoing apprenticeship training in any designated trade.

Regional Directorates of Apprenticeship Training (RDATs) are responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Act for trade apprentices in Central Government Undertakings/ Departments.

Central Apprenticeship Council is an apex statutory body that advises Government.

Regional Directorates of Apprenticeship Training (RDATs) are the implementing agencies in their region.

8th, 10th, 12th standard and ITI pass-outs are eligible to undergo apprenticeship in designated trades for trade apprentices. In certain trades, B.Sc. pass is also a prescribed qualification.

RDATs are located at Chennai (Tamilnadu), Faridabad (Haryana), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Kolkata (West Bengal), and Mumbai (Maharashtra).

The Apprentices Act, 1961 regulates the Apprenticeship Training.

For Delhi region RDAT is  located at Faridabad (Haryana), under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and looking after the monitoring the implementation of apprenticeship training for trade apprentices.

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 Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan.

The Apprentices Act was enacted in 1961 and implemented w.e.f. 01.03.1962. It extends to the whole of India.

 Role of implementing agencies are:

• Every RDAT will give quarterly advertisement in the leading newspapers of their region to inviting applications from interested employers
• Receipt and scrutiny of applications to identify eligible employer
• Issue sanction order to the eligible employer
• Making visits to the establishments once every six months for ensuring monitoring and implementation of the Scheme.

Period of apprenticeship training varies according to designated trade. It is 6 month to 3 years. It could last up to 4 years in few trades.

State Apprenticeship Advisers are responsible for monitoring of implementation of the Act in respect of trade apprentices in State Government Undertakings / Departments and Private Establishments in their respective State.

The Act was first amended in 1973 to include training of graduate and diploma engineers as “graduate” and “technician” apprentices

Two apprentices.

ITI pass-outs get rebate in the period of apprenticeship training.>

(For example the duration of training of apprentices in Fitter trade is 3 years ITI pass-outs in Fitter trade will undergo apprenticeship training for only one year. Because rebate for 2 years of training for Fitter trade is provided as the duration of Fitter trade in ITI is 2 years.

Seats are reserved for Schedule Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class candidates.

Five times (1973, 1986, 1997, 2007 and 2014)

Each RDAT will give advertisement in the leading newspapers of their region quarterly for inviting applications from interested employers.