Project for Development, Demonstration & Dissemination of a Curriculum in Modern Appliances Maintenance

Sponsored by

United Notions Development Programme and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

The service industry has opened new vistas of employment opportunities for skilled manpower. The UNDP-DST Project on Employment Generation is a joint initiative of United Nations Development Programme & Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. The project shall develop, demonstrate & disseminate a skill training curriculum in emerging technologies in unconventional areas where a curriculum is not available as on date. The unconventional trades selected in this Project are Modern Appliances Maintenance, Bio - technology, Maintenance of Office Equipment and Multi-skilling in Rural and Semi-urban areas in four locations in Uttranchal, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. TREC - STEP shall coordinate the activities and monitor the achievement of project milestones.

The Implementing Centres are:

Vocation	Implementing Centres
Modern Appliances Maintenance	TREC-STEP REC, Tiruchirappalli
Computer Hardware & Office Equipment Maintenance	Electronics Service & Training Centre, Ramnagar, Uttranchal
Multi-skilling for rural & semi-urban areas	Centre for Research & Industrial Staff Performance, Bhopal
Tissue culture, Floriculture & vermi-composing	Vivekananda Institute of Bio-technology, Nimpith, West Bengal

A modular competency based training curriculum in Modern Appliances Maintenance has been generated and pilot tested on a batch of 200 trainees at TREC - STEP with a dedicated facility which includes three state-of-the-art laboratories, a Video training theatre and other modern amenities.

Partnerships with renowned Original Equipment Manufacturers - BPL, Whirlpool, Samsung and LG have provided valuable inputs in training of TREC - STEP trainers and structuring & designing other curriculum. OEMs are also involved in training, employment and promotion of model Service Centres. There is a special emphasis on the involvement of women in the project. The training programme is also provided specially to a batch of handicapped trainees and the lessons learnt are documented in a guide for training handicapped trainees in Modern Appliances Maintenance.

Documentation of experiences and dissemination of the model to other institutions in India and other developing countries shall be the final phase of the project in 2003.