AICET for CITS case studies

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CITS (Craft Instructor Training Scheme) is the instructor-training strand of the Indian vocational training system run under the Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The DGT describes itself as the apex organisation for developing and coordinating vocational training programmes at national level, including training of instructors, while day-to-day administration of Industrial Training Institutes rests with State Governments or Union Territory administrations. The AICET for CITS case studies are 5 cases and about 5,199 words.

The 60 mm Sliding Joint That Nineteen Trainees Got Wrong

You are the trade theory instructor for a batch of 28 Turner trainees in week 6 of a 12-week block. The topic is limits, fits and tolerances.

965 words, about 5 min 2

Root Defect on the Last Pair of Plates

You are supervising an eight-trainee shielded metal arc welding practical. The job is a single-V butt weld in 8 mm mild steel plate: 60° included angle, 1.5 mm root face, 2.0 mm root gap, E6013 electrodes of 3.15 mm diameter, recommended range 90–110 A, plates tacked at both ends.

1,032 words, about 5 min 3

The Answer Sheet That Was Wrong by Two

You are marking the Workshop Calculation and Science paper of 30 trainees. Question 3 reads: 'A mild steel job is 50 mm at the large end and 38 mm at the small end and is to be taper turned over its full 120 mm length.

998 words, about 5 min 4

The Drawing That Looked Complete

A CITS trainee submits an engineering drawing sheet for assessment: a bearing bracket with a base 120 × 80 × 15 mm, a Ø40 H7 bore whose axis is 45 mm above the base, two Ø11 through holes, and a 2 × 45° chamfer at the bore mouth. The sheet is drawn at 1:2.

1,160 words, about 6 min 5

Zero Error, Twenty Blocks and Twenty-Four Hours

Twenty Fitter trainees are finishing a file-and-measure job: a rectangular block hand-finished to 30.00 ± 0.05 mm thickness. The section owns two 25–50 mm micrometers with 0.01 mm graduations.

1,044 words, about 5 min