Skill & Trade Careers
Hands-on careers you can often start after Class 8 or 10 through ITIs, polytechnics and vocational training.
125 careers
Animal Health Worker
Provides preventive health care, disease-control support and first aid to farm animals and poultry.
Dairy Farmer/Entrepreneur
Manages the day-to-day care of dairy cows and the production, quality and marketing of milk.
Farmer: Backyard Poultry/Small Poultry
Raises domestic birds and small animals for egg, milk and meat production, and may manage sericulture or bee colonies.
Fish and Sea Food Processor
Processes fish and seafood for preservation and human consumption.
Florist
Selects and arranges flowers for decoration, and packs and ships floral orders.
Hydroponics Technician
Grows plants without soil using water-based nutrient solutions on a hydroponic farm.
Shrimp Farmer
Runs an aquaculture business cultivating marine shrimp or prawns for consumption.
Vegetable Grower
Cultivates vegetables — from soil preparation and planting to harvesting and marketing the produce.
Photographer
A professional skilled at taking pictures or photographs with a camera.
Social Media Executive
Posts, campaigns and shares across the major social networks to build a brand and drive sales.
Tattoo Artist
Creates permanent or semi-permanent body art by embedding ink into the skin.
Distributor Sales Representative
Plans daily sales calls, pitches products to outlets and builds visibility at the point of sale.
Insurance Agent
Sells an insurance company's policies for commission, acting as the legal representative of the insurer.
Life Insurance Agent
Advises clients on life and health insurance products and helps them get claims settled.
Microfinance Executive
The face of a microfinance institution — builds financial literacy and sources customers for microloans.
Service Fulfilment Executive
Receives and stores goods, processes customer orders and delivers products in e-commerce retail.
Caregiver - Persons with Disabilities (Non-clinical)
Supports children, adolescents and adults with disabilities in the smooth functioning of daily life.
Dento Oral Hygienist
Dental allied professional specialising in oral hygiene, preventive care and dental x-rays.
Dialysis Technician
Operates dialysis machines and supports care for patients with end-stage kidney disease.
Elderly Caretaker (Non-clinical)
Assists elderly people with day-to-day activities, hygiene and a comfortable living environment.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Provides emergency care and life-saving support to critically ill or injured patients before hospital.
General Duty Assistant - Advanced Options: Maternal and Newborn Care/Critical Care/Dialysis/Parturition
Supports patient care and comfort in hospital or home settings, working alongside doctors and nurses.
Lifeguard (Pool Guard, Beach Lifeguard, Life Saver)
Supervises swimming areas to prevent accidents and carries out rescues in emergencies.
Massage Therapist
Licensed therapist who manipulates muscles and soft tissue to relieve pain and aid recovery.
Medical Technician
Runs medical equipment and procedures — MRI, X-ray, ECG, EEG — and keeps instruments working.
Paramedic
Highly trained emergency professional who examines, evaluates and treats patients on the spot.
Phlebotomist/Phlebotomy Technician
Draws blood for analysis and diagnosis, and takes care of the whole blood-collection process.
Sportsperson
Plays a game professionally and competes at state, national or international level.
Technician - Dental
Makes and repairs dental appliances, supporting dentists through dental technology and mechanics.
CAD Designer for Carpets
Uses Computer Aided Design software to develop patterns and colours for weaving into carpets.
Tool Engineer
Designs and manufactures electronic and technical tools, dies, fixtures, jigs and plastic moulds.
Agniveer
Four-year military service under the Agnipath scheme, open to those aged 17 to 23.
Gramin Dak Sevak
Assists the postmaster with stamps, stationery, mail transfers and Railway Mail Services.
Indian Home Guard
Auxiliary to the Indian Police, maintaining order in emergencies and performing Civil Defence duties.
Assistant Catering Manager
Manages a facility's supplies, finances and inventory so canteens and food outlets run without interruption.
Airline Cargo Assistant
Handles air cargo operations — documentation, acceptance, delivery, equipment and transport.
Airline Customer Service Executive
Meets the needs and safety requirements of passengers and airport staff before and after a flight.
Airline Ground Support Equipment Operator
Manoeuvres vehicles airside and operates airport equipment while keeping airside traffic safe.
Bulldozer Operator
Drives a tractor and blade to scoop soil, move rock and ore, and level ground on site.
Commercial Driver
Licensed professional who drives large and heavy commercial vehicles — trucks, buses and trailers.
Conveyor Operation and Maintenance Technician
Inspects, runs and maintains conveyor belt systems that move coal, limestone, ore and other materials.
Front Office Associate
Runs hotel reception — check-ins, room assignments, enquiries, check-outs and billing.
Nature Guide
Accompanies tourist groups on wildlife safaris and nature activities, sometimes assisting the naturalist.
Package Dyeing Machine Operator
Operates the machine that bleaches and dyes fibre and yarn, knowing each yarn type, process and timing.
Tour Guide
Certified, licensed professional who leads people on tours and trips to heritage sites, museums, outdoor adventures and safaris.
Unarmed Security Guard
Keeps buildings, facilities, events and properties safe without carrying weapons, preventing theft, vandalism and other illegal activity.
Appliqué Artisan
Creates patterns and designs by tracing, cutting and hand-stitching fabric shapes onto a base fabric.
Assistant Beauty Therapist
Provides basic beauty services — manicures, pedicures and facials — and helps keep the salon, its stock and treatment items in order.
Assistant Carpenter (Wooden Furniture)
Assists the carpenter in cutting, shaping and assembling furniture parts, and maintains the tools used.
Assistant False Ceiling and Drywall Installer
Prepares for false ceiling and drywall installation — measuring, marking, cutting and fixing the drywall boards.
Assistant Fitter (Levelling, Alignment and Balancing)
Works mainly in the iron and steel industry, lifting machines, inspecting tools and keeping equipment level, aligned and balanced.
Assistant Hair Stylist
Shampoos, conditions and blow-dries hair, gives basic haircuts and assists the hair stylist with advanced services.
Assistant Surveyor
Supports the surveyor in measuring land features, verifying on-site data, preparing maps and reports and presenting results to clients.
Auto Service Technician
Services, maintains and repairs motor vehicles, and keeps workshop supplies, tools and spare parts in order.
Auto/E-Rickshaw Driver and Technician
Drives three-wheeler autos — electric, loading and passenger — and carries out routine check-ups and repairs.
Automotive Electrician
Assesses, services and repairs the electrical and electronic parts of a vehicle, across all its electrical sub-systems.
Bamboo Mat Weaver
Makes mats from seasoned and coloured bamboo strips to a given pattern, from soaking and splitting the stakes to finishing the edges on a loom.
Bamboo Utility Product Tailor
Operates a sewing machine to stitch bamboo-based components into utility products of a given design and type.
Cake Artist
Baker who specialises in making and decorating cakes, using icing, flowers, sugar sculptures and pictures.
Camp Helper
Sets up and dismantles camp sites, looks after tourists' requirements and keeps the camp clean and hygienic.
CCTV Installation Technician
Installs CCTV systems to a client's requirement — selecting cameras, DVR and software — and repairs faults in them.
Chef
Trained professional in charge of the kitchen, expert in all aspects of food preparation and often focused on one cuisine.
Child Caretaker (Non-clinical)
Provides complete non-clinical care for children aged 2 to 6 — bathing, feeding, play and pre-school support — under the parents' supervision.
Chocolatier
Makes and sells chocolate confectionery, trained in the chemistry of chocolate and in turning cacao beans into chocolate.
CNC Operator (Turning)
Runs computer-numerically-controlled lathes for turning operations and carries out routine machine maintenance.
Coffee Taster/Barista/Q Grader
Tastes coffee samples to evaluate the features of the product or to prepare blending formulas.
Construction - Painter and Decorator
Decorates metallic and wooden surfaces — preparing them and applying paint to a uniform film thickness.
Crochet Lace Maker - Furnishings
Crochets lace components from different yarns to given specifications, for apparel, accessories and furnishing products.
Doors and Windows Fixer
Installs doors and windows to clients' instructions, and fixes frames and subframes before fitting them.
Draughtsman
Prepares, corrects and documents construction drawings, detailing the plans, processes, equipment needs and risks.
DTH Set Top Box Installation and Service Technician
Installs DTH set-top boxes at customers' premises, connects them to TVs or home theatres, and finds and repairs faults.
Electric Vehicle Assembly Technician
Assembles the components of an electric vehicle.
Electrician (General)
Installs, operates, maintains and repairs electrical devices and wiring so that appliances work properly.
E-waste Collector
Collects old electronic products from retailers and repair shops, packs, labels and transports them, and promotes safe e-waste disposal.
Field Technician - Other Home Appliances
Installs and services home appliances — refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, water purifiers and microwaves — at customers' homes.
Fitter (Electrical and Electronic Assembly)
Assembles the parts of electrical and electronic products — manually, with machines and by soldering — and repairs and maintains them.
Fitter (Fabrication)
Identifies metals and tools and carries out fitting and fabrication work — measuring, marking, sawing, grinding, drilling and inspecting components.
Fitter (Mechanical Assembly)
Assembles sub-components into mechanical products with hand and power tools, and checks quality against the drawings.
Fitter (Processing)
Maintains the machines in a textile processing department — singeing, CBR, drying range and so on — with regular preventive maintenance.
Food and Beverage Service Steward
Serves food and beverages to guests at hotels, restaurants, cafés and banquets, seats them, clears tables and settles accounts.
General Housekeeper
Cleans property and common areas — sweeping, mopping and wiping — and keeps the workplace clean and tidy.
Helper (Carpenter)
Handles and shifts materials, components and equipment for shuttering carpentry, working with timber and plywood and hand tools.
Helper - Fabrication
Assists with fabrication work — cutting, welding and fitting — in the construction sector, and learns the equipment used in the trade.
Home Delivery Boy
Delivers food and beverage packages from restaurants or catering centres to customers, collects payment and checks orders before delivery.
Home Cook
Prepares and cooks meals in private households, keeps the kitchen and utensils clean, serves meals and clears up afterwards.
Housekeeping Attendant (Manual Cleaning)
Manually cleans a property's floors, surfaces, furniture and fixtures — sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, wiping and disposing of waste.
Industrial Production Worker (Food Processing)
Prepares for and monitors production in a mechanised food processing unit, following instructions, specifications and food-safety guidelines.
Installer - Frameless Glass Doors/Windows
Fixes glass doors with their frames or installs new doors and windows using the required technical hardware.
Jute Handloom Weaver
Weaves jute fibre on a handloom, operating and maintaining the loom and producing good-quality woven products safely.
Kitchen Steward
Cleans kitchenware, dishware and equipment in hotel, restaurant and café kitchens, keeps them stocked and maintains hygiene.
Lapidarist
Expert on precious stones — cuts, shapes and engraves gems, and may also collect or deal in them.
Leather Technologist
Applies scientific and engineering principles to convert raw or artificial materials into leather, handling processing, chemistry and machinery.
Light Motor Vehicle Driver
Holds a Light Motor Vehicle licence and drives safely on assigned routes, ensuring the vehicle meets legal and compliance requirements.
Mason (General)
Performs routine masonry work — bricklaying, plastering and waterproofing — for buildings.
Mason (Stone)
Cuts, shapes, lays, fixes and finishes various stones on different surfaces to specified standards and patterns.
Mason (Tiling)
Identifies, cuts, grinds and finishes tiles on floors and walls to specified standards, following safety procedures.
Master Hand Embroiderer (Hand Crafted Textiles)
Creates embroidery designs on fabric by hand, using stitches such as cross stitch, French knot and appliqué work, plus decorative embellishments.
Mechanical Fitter
Maintains and repairs mechanical systems in heavy earth-moving machinery — crushers, pumps, forklifts, vehicles and compressors used in a mine.
Multi Skill Technician (Electrical)
Installs, diagnoses and repairs faults in household electrical fixtures and appliances — lights, fans, geysers, water purifiers and mixers.
Multi Skill Technician (Food Processing)
Sorts, grades, processes and cans fruits and vegetables into pickle, jam, jelly, squash, ketchup and juices, and bakes products like bread and cookies.
Oil Technologist
Evaluates and tests crude oil to understand its properties, and maintains quality control in a refinery or lubricant manufacturing plant.
Operator - Boring Machine
Carries out boring operations on sheets, plates, rolled sections or pipes using horizontal and/or vertical boring machines.
Pastry Chef
Makes cakes, pastries, cookies, cupcakes, pies, confectionery, desserts, bread and other baked goods, learning ingredients and a range of cooking methods.
Plumber
Maintains, services, repairs and installs sanitary fixtures and plumbing systems.
Refrigeration Technician
Installs, repairs and troubleshoots refrigeration systems and climate-control units — HVAC, refrigeration storage, ice machines and beverage equipment.
Retail Cashier
Handles customer payments at a retail store's payment point — cash, cards and vouchers — and resolves cash-point problems.
Retail Store Operations Assistant
Handles customers and day-to-day sales activities in a departmental store or hypermarket, and receives, processes and shelves goods.
Room Attendant
Monitors and maintains cleanliness in hotel and guest-house rooms, identifies housekeeping needs and completes assigned housekeeping tasks.
Rubber Technologist
Transforms rubber and other elastic materials into useful products such as automobile tyres, rubber mats and exercise bands.
Self-employed E-tailer
Sells products and services to customers through an online store, sourcing them from producers and earning through commission on sales.
Sewing Machine Operator
Operates stitching machines to make a wide range of designs and patterns, and learns their maintenance, tools, parts, repair and safety measures.
Showroom Hostess/Host
First point of contact for customers in a showroom, handling the front office, resolving queries and coordinating between the showroom and customer requests.
Smartphone Repair Technician
Diagnoses and repairs faults in customers' phones — front-end or hardware-level repair as well as software issues.
Solar and LED Technician
Installs and maintains solar photovoltaic panels and LED lighting — preparing the site, fixing panels and lights, and repairing faults.
Spa Therapist
Specialises in beauty treatments, skin care and spa procedures — muscle and soft-tissue manipulation for pain relief, stress relief and other health benefits.
Stone Cutter (Cutting Machine Operator) - Stone Craft
Cuts big hard stone slabs into sizes for further processing, and operates the lathe machine to produce stone components with different features.
Store Keeper (Construction)
Receives, stacks, stores and issues construction-site materials, and maintains the log book, entry/exit register and delivery/dispatch register.
Stringing/Beading Artisan (Fashion Jewellery)
Prepares raw materials, strings beads to designs, makes the clasp and finishes fashion-jewellery pieces to set quality standards.
Sugar Technologist
Deals with the production, refinement and packaging of sugar from sugarcane, and researches improved methods to make higher-quality sugar.
Tea Taster
Determines the quality of tea samples and highlights the differences between various types of tea.
Tour Operator
Designs holiday itineraries and packages and sells them directly to customers or through travel agents.
Tower Technician
Keeps a telecom tower site live around the clock, maintaining and repairing level-1 faults and reporting maintenance issues to a supervisor.
Trainee Chef/Assistant Cook
Prepares, cooks and maintains the kitchen under the direction of senior chefs — fuel, cleanliness, supply, stock and provisioning.
Waste Collector
Collects and segregates waste, garbage and rubbish from streets, bins and landfills — reusable waste for recycling and non-reusable waste for disposal.
Wood Polisher
Assesses furniture surface quality, prepares and cleans wooden furniture, and paints it with coatings and polishes to the desired finish.