BMET's flagship centre at Darussalam: 23 workshops, six-month NSDA-certified trades, and free courses under government skills projects.
The centre began in 1942, during the Second World War, retraining soldiers for civilian trades. It moved to Mirpur Road, Darussalam in 1963 with SEATO support, and in 2008 was rebuilt with Korean (KOICA) funding and given its present name. It is run by BMET under the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and trains workers for jobs at home and abroad.
The 14.5-acre campus has 23 workshops, five computer labs, 20 classrooms, hostels for men and women, a library and a job-placement cell, with room for about 10,500 trainees a year.
Most courses run six months and are certified to national (NSDA) levels: machine shop practice, welding, refrigeration and air conditioning, automotive, electrical installation, civil construction, garment machine operation, computing, consumer electronics, and plumbing and pipe fitting. Several are free under government skills projects — CAD/CAM and CNC, advanced welding and motor driving under SICIP, and driving with auto-mechanics under Desh-Bedesh. Most courses ask for SSC or JSC.
Chattogram's regional skills centre: 42 certified courses, driving, five languages and the compulsory briefing for workers going abroad.
Khulshi, Chattogram
Admissions: By notice — see the centre's website
Fees vary by course — ask at the centre.
DetailsA training centre on the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway: two-year SSC (Vocational) in nine trades, plus driving, computing and language courses.
Mashkanda, Mymensingh
SSC (Vocational) admission: December – January
The computer courses are self-funded; ask about fees for the others.
DetailsBMET's training centre at Alampur: automotive, catering, computing, driving, electrical and AC trades, plus Korean, Arabic and Japanese.
Alampur, Sylhet
Admissions: Online, by notice — see the centre's website
Fees vary by course — ask at the centre.
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