PG Diploma in Piping & Mechanical Engineering
If you’ve finished your engineering degree and you’re wondering how “shell thickness calculation” turns into an actual job, this Post Graduate Diploma in Piping and Mechanical Engineering is built for exactly that gap. It’s a four-month, intermediate-level piping and mechanical engineering course at ETI’s Thane centre, running morning, evening, and weekend batches.
It works whether you’re fresh out of college or already holding down a job. By the end, you’re not reciting formulas. You’re producing the drawings and datasheets an EPC office actually uses.
Course Details
Duration
4 months
Training Mode
Classroom + Software Labs
Location
ETI Thane & Pune Centres
What You will Get?
Certification & Placement Support
Skills You’ll Master
You’ll walk out knowing how to size a pressure vessel, specify a heat exchanger, and read a P&ID without someone explaining it to you first. You’ll build a pipe routing layout from an equipment GA drawing, prepare a proper isometric with a bill of materials, and raise a material query a vendor will actually take seriously.
Who Should Enroll
This PG Diploma in Piping and Mechanical Engineering suits BE/B.Tech graduates in Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering, plus diploma holders from a similar background. It also works for anyone with a couple of years in a non-design role who now wants into plant engineering. If you can read a basic drawing, you’re qualified to start.
Detailed Curriculum
Introduction
The programme follows the same order a real job actually moves through — understanding the process first, issuing finished drawings last.
Module 1 — Process Plant Fundamentals and PFD Interpretation
- Reading a process flow diagram and understanding the logic behind it
- How a PFD becomes a P&ID
- Where piping fits into the bigger picture of a plant
Module 2 — P&ID Interpretation and Piping Design Basics
- Reading P&IDs using ISA symbology
- Line numbering, flow direction, and basic system logic
- How this work actually gets documented on a real project
Module 3 — Piping Components and Material Specification
- Pipes, fittings, flanges, valves, gaskets, bolting
- Reading and applying Piping Material Specifications (PMS)
- Choosing materials for corrosive, high-temperature, and cryogenic services
Module 4 — Piping Layout and Pipe Routing
- Building a layout from a plot plan and equipment GA drawing
- Routing pipe through both congested and open areas of a plant
- Clearance, access, and drainage — the things that quietly shape every routing call
Module 5 — Piping Isometric Drawings and Documentation
- Preparing isometric drawings from a routing layout
- Weld mapping, spool numbering, bill of materials generation
- Checking your own drawing against a QC list
Module 6 — Codes, Standards, and Software Lab
- Applying ASME B31.3 to real design decisions, not just reading it as a reference
- AutoCAD Plant 3D lab sessions applied to an actual plant scenario
- Capstone project: a complete piping package for a small process unit
Learning Methodology
Each module opens with why a decision gets made before you’re asked to make it yourself, so a routing choice or a material selection makes sense before you’re drawing it. Software labs run alongside every module on ETI’s own machines in Thane and Pune. You’ll also review real, anonymised project drawings in class, mark up what’s wrong, and defend your fix, the same thing that happens in an actual design review.
Industries Hiring
Graduates move into piping design roles across oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical manufacturing, pharmaceutical plants, power generation, fertiliser units, and water treatment projects, plus EPC contractors and consultancies across Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Pune. Employers here look for people who understand the whole job, not someone who can only handle one stage of it. Typical employers include EPC contractors, engineering consultancies, process plant owners, fabrication companies, and industrial engineering firms.
Course Outcomes
By the end of the programme, you’ll be able to interpret PFDs and P&IDs, develop piping layouts, prepare piping isometric drawings, apply ASME B31.3 requirements, and produce engineering deliverables suitable for fabrication. That’s really the whole point of this diploma. Plenty of people who’ve done a shorter course can draft a layout. Fewer can be handed a whole package and trusted with it end to end. This is built to get you into that second group.
Software Covered
You’ll learn AutoCAD for 2D drawings and documentation, plus a solid introduction to Plant 3D for routing and generating piping isometric drawings from a 3D model. Every lab runs on ETI’s own licensed machines in Thane and Pune, so there’s nothing for you to install or pay for separately. If you’ve never opened either tool before, that’s fine. The labs start from zero and build up alongside the theory.
Hands-on Projects & Portfolio
Midway through, you’ll work a case study covering a full process section — a PFD, a P&ID, and equipment GA drawings — and turn it into a layout and two isometrics. Your capstone takes that further: a complete package with layout, isometrics, a bill of materials, and a line list, checked against the same standard a piping engineer’s work gets held to on a real job.
Industries Hiring Piping Designers
Graduates of this programme work across every sector that builds or operates process plant engineering facilities:
- Oil and gas – upstream wellhead facilities, midstream pipelines, downstream refineries
- Petrochemical and specialty chemical plants
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing and API production units
- Power generation – thermal, combined cycle, and captive power plants
- Water and wastewater treatment infrastructure projects
- Fertiliser and agrochemical process facilities
Career Oportunities with Piping Design Skills
Graduates of this program step directly into essential technical design, engineering, and execution roles within global engineering consultancies:
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Piping Layout Designer — Designing equipment layouts and 3D routing layouts.
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Piping Stress Analyst — Conducting flexibility and structural checks.
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Materials Engineer — Creating component and material specifications.
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Intelligent 3D Modeler — Building plant models using SP3D/E3D.
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Field Execution Engineer — Supervising installations and isometric checks.
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Piping Engineering Lead — Managing workflows and final delivery.
Certification Details
On completion, you get the ETI certificate for this diploma, listing the modules you’ve done, the codes you studied, and the software you trained on. More importantly, your capstone project demonstrates your ability to produce real piping engineering deliverables, giving employers practical evidence of your skills. It mirrors exactly what a real project deliverable looks like, and that’s what an employer actually wants to see.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this suitable for a fresh graduate with no piping background?
Yes, that’s exactly who this is for. No prior piping or software experience is assumed anywhere in the syllabus. Every module starts from first principles before moving into applied design work.
Does this diploma include placement support?
Yes, it’s built into the programme. ETI’s placement cell works with EPC contractors and consultancies across Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Pune, along with resume help and interview prep.
How is this different from a shorter piping course?
Shorter courses usually cover one or two stages. This one covers the whole sequence, process understanding through to isometrics, over four months, so you come out with a complete foundation instead of a partial one.
Do you run this in both Thane and Pune?
Yes, same curriculum, same lab setup, same licensed software at both centres. Pick whichever’s easier to get to.
Will I learn to read a Process Flow Diagram as well as a P&ID?
Yes, Module 1 covers PFD interpretation directly, including how it turns into a P&ID, before the programme moves into detailed P&ID work and piping design.
Ready to Start?
Seats for the next batch are open now at our Thane and Pune centres.
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