NAPS registration

 National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme-2 (NAPS-2).

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme-2 (NAPS-2) aims to promote apprenticeship training in the country, by providing partial stipend support to the apprentices engaged under the Apprentice Act, 1961, undertaking capacity building of the apprenticeship ecosystem, and providing advocacy assistance to the stakeholders.

Designated Trades (DT): Designated Trade means any trade or occupation or any subject field in engineering or non-engineering or technology or any vocational course which the Central Government, after consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council (CAC), may, notify in the Gazette.

2.1.1 Duration of apprenticeship training in DT for Industrial Training InstitutesÔǃ (ITIs) pass-out candidates will ordinarily be one (1) year.

2.1.2 Duration of apprenticeship training in DT for fresher / non-ITI pass-out candidates will ordinarily be two (2) years.

2.3 Optional Trades (OT): Optional Trade means any trade or occupation or any subject field in engineering or non-engineering or technology or any vocational course as may be determined by the employer1.

2.3.1 Duration of apprenticeship training for OT will be six (6) months, nine (9) months, and twelve (12) months.

2.3.2 In certain cases, the duration can exceed one (1) year, subject to the approval from MSDE.

3. Eligibility to avail benefits

3.1 Minimum age for an apprentice is 14 years, and 18 years for designated trades related to hazardous industries, as per Section 3(a) of the Apprentices Act, 1961.

3.2 Apprenticeship training is primarily a transition from academia to workplace, and therefore, to avail partial stipend support by the Government, at the time of registration the upper age limit should be 35 years.

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