Maharashtra SSC Multi-Skill Assistant Technician Pre-Voc/NSQF case studies
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The Maharashtra SSC Multi-Skill Assistant Technician (Pre-Vocational / NSQF) credential is a state vocational certification for candidates who want to work as multi-skilled assistant technicians in workshops, maintenance departments, small manufacturing units and service facilities. It sits at the pre-vocational, entry NSQF level: it tests whether you can handle hand and power tools safely, support a qualified technician, read a simple drawing and record work accurately - not whether you can independently design or commission a system. The Maharashtra SSC Multi-Skill Assistant Technician Pre-Voc/NSQF case studies are 5 cases and about 4,267 words.
1Submersible pump tripping: one dead phase, one angry secretary
A multi-skill assistant at a housing society is called because the 5 HP, 415 V, 3-phase submersible pump that fills the overhead tank hums but delivers no water, and its thermal overload relay trips about 20 seconds after every start. The nameplate reads 5 HP, 415 V, 50 Hz, 7.0 A, power factor 0.85, efficiency 88%, star-delta starter.
878 words, about 4 min2Sixty pins in one shift: speeds, stock and a drifting diameter
A multi-skill assistant in a small workshop must turn 60 mild-steel pins from 25 mm bar to Ø20 mm over a machined length of 120 mm, with a 2 x 45° chamfer at one end. The lathe offers spindle speeds of 180, 280, 380, 560, 800 and 1,200 rpm and has a 2.2 kW motor.
869 words, about 4 min3Replacement bush: a fit calculation, a broken dimension chain and a filing instruction
A multi-skill assistant is given a hand-drawn detail print, at scale 1:2, for a replacement bearing bush and its mating conveyor-gearbox shaft. The bush bore is dimensioned Ø40 +0.039/0 and the shaft journal Ø40 −0.025/−0.050, with the note "Ra 1.6 bore, do not scale drawing".
817 words, about 4 min4Sump cleaning the day before a holiday: smell, a shared MCB and two untrained men
The 2.5 m deep underground sump of a residential society must be cleaned because the suction strainer is choked and the float switch is stuck. Access is a single 600 mm square opening with one fixed ladder and no forced ventilation; the sump shares a wall with a septic tank and a rotten-egg smell is noticeable at the opening.
835 words, about 4 min5The maintenance register that will not add up - and an email asking for an OTP
The multi-skill assistant keeps the pump-house maintenance register in a spreadsheet on the shared office PC, which four people use with a single login. The file shows a total service cost of ₹4,300 across twelve entries, but the handwritten diary adds up to ₹6,500.
868 words, about 4 min