Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has begun training of 200 ITI holders in association with Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala with a placement option for successful candidates. The students will undergo training in marine structural fitter trade.
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has begun training of 200 ITI holders in association with Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala with a placement option for successful candidates. The students will undergo training in marine structural fitter trade.
This is the first time CSL is implementing such a scheme to train and provide job opportunities to skilled professionals. “The students will be enrolled as apprentices, and they will undergo three months’ training. After this, they will get hands on experience at the shipbuilding facility for nine months to enhance their skills and competency. Post evaluation of the performance during the course successful candidates will be offered employment on a contract basis,” officials with the CSL said.
The initiative comes under the National Skill India Mission launched by the Government of India. Through the Mission, the government is actively implementing various training programmes for the youth to develop skilled manpower to ensure national growth in a planned manner. To support the skill India mission activities Cochin Shipyard joined hands with ASAP Kerala to train youngsters in the state.
An MoU was signed in this regard on April 29, 2022 to provide skill training to the youths of Kerala in the area of ship building and ship repair/marine engineering. Focusing on the exclusive skills and competency required to support the mainstream activity of the yard, CSL and ASAP Kerala formulated ‘Marine Structural Fitter’, a distinct trade.
Curriculum for the above trade has thus been planned as an add-on package to the students who have already completed their courses on trades like fitter, welder, sheet metal worker and marine fitter under the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT). Post deliberations between the academia (ASAP) and the industry experts (CSL), a curriculum for the course was formulated which predominantly anchored on the need of practical and on the job training in addition to the technical theory sessions included on the training modules.
Marine structural fitter thus planned is for a period of five months with the curriculum set to cover 600 plus hours, to be imparted in two phases jointly under the initiative of ASAP and CSL. For details of the course, contact: 0484-2501437.
