MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF SECURITY SECTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

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“BOARD OF DIRECTORS” MEET, MARCH 2015

The quarterly meeting of Board of Directors was held on 18 March 2015, which witnessed a record

attendance of 17 Directors and 5 special invitees. It was indeed a historical occasion wherein Shri Rajiv

Pratap Rudy, Hon’ble Minister for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship also graced the occasion.

Various issues pertaining to PSS were brought to the notice of the Hon’ble Minister, the main focus being

on the following:-

a) Resolution of PSAR Act, 2005 anomalies.

b) Institution of Central Wage Board for Security Guards.

c) Categorisation of Security Guard (Level 4) as Skilled Worker, pan India.

d) Allocation of special grant to SSSDC for RPL and setting up “Centre of Excellence”.

e) Advisory by MSDE to corporates to accept only SSSDC certified guards, to ensure standardisation

and quality.

f) MSDE requested to approach concerned Ministries to insist on “SSSDC Certification” for PSS

manpower deployed within their respective domains.

g) Pan India recognition of SSSDC eco system.

The Hon’ble Minister was most gracious in appreciating the issues and providing all possible assistance in

addressing the same.

Before concluding the Hon’ble Minister released the following:-

a) LMIS on PSS, prepared by SSSDC; the first ever for the PSS.

b) Handbook of Supervisor and Trainer, aligned to the NOS.

MARCH 2015

During the month of March 2015, turned the focus was on NSQF

certifications in schools, wherein 4387 assessments were carried

out in the states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Enrollments / Certifications

Scheme Enrollments

March 2015 Till Date

STAR Scheme - 1,11,493

RSLDC 570 13,197

Assam - 2,799

West Bengal 609 3,458

RPL 75 1,298

NSQF 4387 10,731

Others 391 2,996

Total 6,032 1,45,972

For the month of March 2015, one T3 cum Assessor Course was

conducted at Bangalore. Two T3 cum Assessor Courses at

Hyderabad and Chennai are being planned for the month of April

2015.As of date, 1453 Trainers and 474 Assessors have been

trained pan India.

HOSUR VISIT.

On 5 March 2015, the CEO addressed the T3 Course being

conducted at Hosur (TN) at CISS Ltd premises. The quality of

trainers and their enthusiasm was found to be highly

satisfactory and encouraging.

On 5 March 2015, the CEO also carried out inspection of the

CISS Center at Hosur. He observed that the center needs to

spruce up further in sync with SSSDC protocols.

MARCH 2015

MEETING: NOS SUB

COMMITTEE.

On 4 March 2015, NOS Sub-

committee met at SSSDC to discuss

draft NOSs of cash-in-transit

operations. Besides sub-committee

members, Chairman and CEO SSSDC

and Shri Jasbir Wasu had attended the

meeting. Following draft NOSs were

discussed:-

a) CIT Ops Coordinator.

b) Cash Custodian.

c) Driver Cash Van.

d) Armed Guard Cash Van

MEETING: PITNEY BOWES.

On 4 March 2015, the CEO and Col

Balbir Singh held a meeting with Mr.

Shaibal Chowdhury (Zonal Head

North & East), Pitney Bowes (PB) and

his team. The PB team was appraised

of problem areas being faced by

SSSDC in generating certificates. The

PB team intimated that the same would

be suitably addressed.

MEETING: EMPOWERED

SKILLS. On 9 March 2015, meeting with

Empowered Skills took place at

SSSDC office. Agenda was to discuss

provisional report on LMIS prepared

by Empowered Skills. CEO, SSSDC,

Mr. Shivindra Singh, Col US Rathore

and Mr. Loknath attended the meeting.

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During the month of March 2015, the focus was on NSQF

certifications in schools, wherein 4387 assessments were carried

out in the states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Enrollments / Certifications

Scheme Enrollments

March 2015 Till Date

STAR Scheme - 1,11,493

RSLDC 570 13,197

Assam - 2,799

West Bengal 609 3,458

RPL 75 1,298

NSQF 4387 10,731

Others 391 2,996

Total 6,032 1,45,972

For the month of March 2015, one T3 cum Assessor Course was

conducted at Bangalore. Two T3 cum Assessor Courses at

Hyderabad and Chennai are being planned for the month of April

2015.As of date, 1453 Trainers and 474 Assessors have been

trained pan India.

HOSUR VISIT.

On 5 March 2015, the CEO addressed the T3 Course being

conducted at Hosur (TN) at CISS Ltd premises. The quality of

trainers and their enthusiasm was found to be highly

satisfactory and encouraging.

On 5 March 2015, the CEO also carried out inspection of the

CISS Center at Hosur. He observed that the center needs to

spruce up further in sync with SSSDC protocols.

SSSDC NEWS

OPENING/CLOSING

ADDRESS OF T3 (64)

COURSE.

The CEO addressed the T3 Course

(27 trainees) conducted at Olive

Heritage, Gurgaon on 19 Feb

2015. The CEO also went for the

closing address on 26 Feb 2015.

During these two addresses, he

emphasised on the following

aspects:-

a) Requirement of quality trainers

in Private Security Sector to

improve the overall standards.

b) Need to align

Training/Certification process

with the National Occupation

Standards (NOS) to ensure

“Quality and

Standardisation”.

c) Importance of certification of

the entire workforce (both fresh

recruits and existing workforce)

to strengthen our case for

classifying them into the Skilled

category to earn higher wages.

d) RPL method of

Assessment/Certification for the

existing workforce.

e) Requirement to encompass the

entire skilling programmes into

the NSQF.

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MARCH 2015

MEETING: UNIFIERS.

On 11 March 2015, the CEO and Col Rathore discussed finalisation of handbooks of Security Guard,

Supervisor and the Trainer with Mr. Vikrant Abrol, Unifiers at SSSDC. There were a number of observations

which were conveyed to Mr. Vikrant Abrol for rectification.

MEETING: SDMS.

On 11 March 2015, Col Balbir attended a meeting on SDMS held at NSDC office. Various issue pertaining to

Schemes, Affiliation of TPs and ABs and training on SDMS were discussed.

MEETING: HP & HARYANA NSQF.

Meeting was held between Haryana Board officials, NSDC and the SSCs at NSDC office on 9 March 15 and

with HP Board on 12 March. The following issues were discussed:-

a) Assessment schedule.

b) Assessment guidelines.

c) Modalities of the assessments.

d) Format of assessment sheet.

e) Performa invoice.

f) Attendance sheet.

g) Awards sheet.

h) Documentations required to be submitted.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE.

Col Sunil Kumar attended a Conference on Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities held at Vigyan

Bhawan, New Delhi on 21 March 15. Mr Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon’ble Minister of Social Justice and

Empowerment and Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon’ble Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

graced the occasion and a MOU was signed between the two Ministries.

MEETING: LMIS.

On 24 March 2015, Col US Rathore met with Ms. Kiran Thapar and Sh Ankur Malik at British Council and

discussed finalisation of LMIS project report.

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MEETING: EMPOWERED SKILLS.

On 25 March 2015, a discussion on finalising of project closure report was held between SSSDC and

Empowered Skills at SSSDC office. CEO, SSSDC, Mr. Shivindra Singh, Col US Rathore and Mr. Loknath

attended the meeting.

QRC MEETING.

On 26 March 2015, the CEO attended QRC meeting in Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship,

(Shivaji Stadium Annexe). QP/NOS of Life Sciences, Handicrafts, Infrastructure Equipment, Tourism &

Hospitality and Leather Goods were deliberated.

MEETING: MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP (MSDE).

On 26 March 215, a meeting of all leaders of Skill Councils and NSDC was held under Chairmanship of Mr

Rajesh Aggarwal, IAS, Joint Secretary and MSDE. The CEO represented SSSDC. Issues related to

establishment of Multi Skill Institutes in PPP Mode and industry driven training institutes/ centres of

excellence in the vicinity of “industrial clusters” in the country, by leaning-on to the existing infrastructure of

ITIs (under disuse), with ownership rights of the concerned industry/ Skill Council were discussed. It was also

deliberated that where required, the Govt would consider funding the CAPEX. The concept is focused on ‘Hub

& Spokes’.

INDUS EDUTRAIN PVT LTD, KOLKATTA.

On 28 March 31, 2015, by Master Trainer & Regional Head carried out an inspection visit for affiliation as TP.

The institution was found overall satisfactory. Certain observations have seen is communicated to the TP to be

followed by another inspection visit.

AUDIT OF TRAINING PROVIDERS.

Mr. G S Sherawat and Mr. Vijay Kapoor visited 28 Training Providers which are listed with SSSDC in

Delhi/NCR region to carry out the Audit.