Introduction

Polytechnic courses offer good scope for the students to complete their education early after 10 th class and enter into job career. With less expenditure on polytechnic education, one can earn more than 2 lakhs per annum in any industry at the beginning of their career. Students have also the opportunity to go for higher education after completing polytechnic course. 

Benefits of studying polytechnic course

1. Those who completed polytechnic course can join in engineering courses and can complete them with less expenditure.

2. Students those who completed polytechnic course can join directly second year engineering course by writing ESET entrance exam.

3. Polytechnic courses will have more practicals and are more application oriented. This ability will help the students to shine well in industrial companies.

4. The subjects what students study in polytechnic will also will be there in engineering. Study of engineering will be easy after completing polytechnic. 

5. Companies are recruiting diploma completed polytechnic students rather than engineering students as they leave jobs more frequently.

Courses and career scope in Polytechnic

1. Diploma in Civil Engineering

Duration of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities: This course provide job opportunities in Public health department, Irrigation department, Roads and buildings, Railways, Water supply, Survey, Drawing, Contractors and draftsmen in private and Government sectors. Companies like DLF, Unitech, Jaypee associates, GMR Infra, Lanc Infra, Mitas like companies offering opportunities for students with polytechnic certificates.

Career with Diploma in Civil Engineering certificate

Students with Civil Engineering diploma can start their career with Site engineers and then can be promoted to engineers, senior engineers, Managers, Company General Managers with very attractive salaries.

2. Diploma in Electronics and Communication

Duration of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities:Communications, Electronic industries, Dooradarsan, TV servicing and Sales. Companies like Bharati Airtel, Reliance communications, Idea cellular, TATA communications, BSNL like companies providing job opportunities for students with Diploma in electronics and communication certificates.

Career with Diploma in Electronics and Communication

Students with this diploma can start as Trainee engineers and can be promoted to Service engineers, Test engineers, Product engineers, Senior product development engineer, Department managers with attractive salaries.

3. Diploma in Computer Engineering

Duration of the Course:Three years.
Job opportunities:This course provide job opportunities in Computer maintenance, Software development, Computer training, Computer sales and servicing. Companies like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, HCL Technologies, Polaris are providing jobs in their companies.

Career With Diploma in Computer Engineering

Students with this diploma can start their job career with Junior programmer and can reach Senior software programmer with experience.

4. Diploma in Automobile Engineering

Duration of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities:This course provide job opportunities in State Road Transport Corporations, Automobile Company showrooms, automobile servicing. Companies like Suziki, Toyota, TATA, Mahindra and Mahindra. Bajaj LML, Yamaha automobile manufacturing companies are providing job opportunities with this diploma certificates.

Career with Diploma with Automobile Engineering

Students with this diploma can start their career with service engineering trainee and can reach the position of service engineer, Deputy service engineer, Assistant General Manager and General Manager.

5. Diploma in Ceramic Technology

Duration of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities:This diploma course will provide job opportunities in Refractory, Brick kilns, Cement, Glass, Ceramic, Sanitary ware industries. Companies like ACC Limited, Gujarat Ambuja Cement, Ultra TECH, India Cements Ltd etc. are providing jobs for these diploma holders.

Career with Diploma in Ceramic Technology

Candidates with this diploma can choose fields like Ceramic technology or Ceramic designers. They can start their job career with Junior engineer and can reach Process engineer and then Senior ceramic engineer.

6. Diploma in Electrical and Electronics

Duration of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities:Candidates with this diploma can get jobs in AP Genco, AP Transco, DCL electrical contractors, Maintenance staff electrical technicians in industries, Wiring consultancy winders in industries. Companies like Siemens, L&T, NTPC, TATA Power, NHPC, Neyveli Lignite etc. are providing jobs for these diploma holders.

Career with Diploma in Electrical and Electronics

Candidates with this diploma can start their career with Junior engineer trainee and can reach the position of Supervisor, Engineer, Executive engineer, Chief engineer, Assistant engineer, General Manager.

7. Diploma in Mining Engineering

Duration Of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities:Candidates with this diploma can get job opportunities in mines (open cast and under ground), S.C.C.L, N.M.D.C. Companies like Singareni collaries, NMDC, Indian Petro chemicals corporation, ESSEL mining and industries Ltd.

8. Diploma in Textile Technology

Duration of the course:Three and half years.
Job opportunities:Textile Industries, Cloth export industries, will provide job for these diploma holders. Companies like Vimal, Raymonds, Aravind mills, Bombay Dyeing, Grasim industries will provide job opportunities for these diploma holders.

Career with Diploma in Textile Technology:

Candidates with this diploma can start their job career as a Process engineer and can reach the posts of Technical quality control engineer, Supervisor in production control etc.

9. Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Duration of the course:Three years.
Job opportunities:Candidates with this diploma get job opportunities in Government sector offices, Machinery, Transport, Production, Sales in workshops, Garages etc. Companies like Voltas, ACC Ltd., BOSCH, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Infotech, Maruti Suzuki etc.

Career with Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Candidates with this diploma can start their job career with Trainee and within 7 years experience can reach Assistant Manager and Manager.

How to study Polytechnic course in Andhra Pradesh?

Students with tenth class eligibility can join Polytechnic courses in Government and Private colleges through the entrance exam CEEP conducted by A.P. Government. Basing on the rank in entrance exam students can join for various Polytechnic courses. For details visit the web site, WWW. sbtetap.gov.in
Students can join in 25 different courses in 297 Government and Private colleges in A.P. In CEEP entrance exam questions are mostly asked from Mathematics and Physical Science subjects. A.P. Government made it compulsory for Polytechnic candidates to get trained in related industries during 5th semester to get practical experience. 

Various Polytechnic courses the students can choose

Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Automobile engineering, Packaging Technology, Electrical and Electronics engineering, Electronics and communication engineering, Applied electronics and instrumentation, Computer engineering, Information Technology, Mining engineering, Metallurgical engineering, Textile Technology, Chemical engineering, Chemical engineering sugar, Chemical engineering oil, Chemical engineering in Petrochemicals, Chemical engineering in plastic and polymers, Ceramic technology, Leather technology, Printing technology, Foot wear technology, Architectural courses etc.