CIPET Design & Development Dept - Amritsar

SHORT TERM SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Skill & Knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development. Countries with higher & better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of globalisation. The shortage of skilled labour across many industries is emerging as a significant and complex challenge to India's future growth. The demand for skilled individuals in both private as well as the public sector in India is growing exponentially in this era of economic growth and investment. There is a growing need to increase employability through skill development programmes as evidenced by strong market linkages, institute industry coordination, specialized skill development, continuous learning, etc., The National Policy on Skill Development formulated by the Government of India aims to create a workforce empowered with improved skills, knowledge and internationally recognized qualifications to gain access to decent employment and ensure India's competitiveness in the dynamic Global Labour market.

CIPET's mission is in line with the National Policy on Petrochemicals - to increase trained manpower for catering to the demand of the industry and thus in turn increasing employability while contributing towards the nation's growth. In order to cater to the needs of the ever-growing Plastics and allied industries nationally, CIPET has evolved a range of training programs.This has made us one of the only nationally recognized institute to provide workforce training which combines Vocational Training Programs with Industry Skills Updating Programs.

In this direction, we have various vocational training and skill development programs that we conduct for individuals as well as employees of Industries. These are in the areas of:

• Design / Tooling / CAD / CAM / CNC Program
• Product Development / Processing of Plastics / Machine Maintenance
• Testing and Quality Improvement
• Welding & Fabrication
• Electrical, Electronics, Hardware & Networking
• Industrial Automation & Maintenance
• Information & Communication Technology

These skill development programmes conducted at CIPET centres are National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) aligned and approved by National Skills Qualifications Committee (NSQC).

National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF): The National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) is a quality assurance framework that organizes all qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills and aptitude. These levels are graded from one to ten and facilitate mobility between vocational and general education by alignment of degrees. It standardizes nationally acceptable outcomes of training across the country through a national quality assurance framework.

National Skills Qualifications Committee (NSQC): The National Skills Qualifications Committee(NSQC)functions include approving NOSs/QPs, approving accreditation norms, prescribing guidelines to address the needs of disadvantages sections, reviewing inter-agency disputes and alignment of NSQF with international qualification frameworks.