Industrial Training Department, Kerala functions with the major objectives of providing Vocational and Apprenticeship Training to the youths in Kerala State. To achieve these objectives the ITD runs a variety of long-term and short-term training programmes in Industrial Training Institutes/ Centers in the State. It also registers the youth for Apprenticeship training across various establishments in the state.The Directorate of IndustrialTraining functions under the Department of Labour , Government of Kerala.

In the beginning, Industrial Training Institutes were functioning under direct control and supervision of the Director General of Employment & Training (DGE&T), New Delhi, Ministry of Labour, Government of India. Subsequently the administration of Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) under the Craftsmen Training Schemes has been transferred to the State government.