F&F A FURNITURE & FITTINGS SKILL COUNCIL INITIATIVE Issue 10 F&F AN EYE TO FURNITURE: JOURNAL OF FFSC ISSUE: 10 SEP-OCT 2018 From the Chairman’s Desk Dear Readers, My warmest greetings to you all. Furniture and Fiitings Skill Council(FFSC) is making all its efforts to connect youths to employers. The Rozgar Mela is an opportunity for the job seekers to learn more about potential employers and various employment opportunities aviailable, including entrepreneurship. Last month, FFSC has participated in the Rozgar Melas of Udaipur, Indore and Bikaner to give platform to employers to meet the potential employees. More than hundred candidates registered for Apprenticeship shceme and two hundred candidates were offered job. IndiaSkills Competition 2018, organised by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) was orgnaised from 2nd to 6th October 2018. 9 candidates in Joinery trade and 6 candidates in Cabinet Making competed in IndiaSkils 2018. I congratulate all the winners of IndiaSkills 2018. Two candidates from Joinery and Cabinet Making trade will undergo vigorous training for nine months by industry members of FFSC. At least three mock tests will be conducted and the winner of the test will represent India at WorldSkills- Kazan 2019. I am optimistic that the finalists will raise the bar and will bring laurels to country at the WorldSkills next year. Apart from organising regular Governing Council Meetings, FFSC has conducted Steering Meeting of Industry members. The Steering Committee is a small group of members to facilitate the actvities of FFSC. RPL-Best in Class Employer (Type-4) under PKMVY 2016-20 is being envisaged to ensure skills available in the organised sector with best in class employers. This will help achieve certification at scale while ensuring quality of certification at lower operational cost. I am glad our industry members have shown interest for the RPL certification of their employees. FFSC has also started orientention of the candidates for the assessment and certification. I am hopeful that efforts of FFSC will help and contribute to the Skill India Mission in a positive way. I hope you will find our this edition useful. Please write to us for your comments, suggestions and success stories. I thank you all once for being a part of our journey. With Regards, Anil Mathur
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F&F A FURNITURE & FITTINGS SKILL COUNCIL INITIATIVE Issue 10 1094
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AN EYE TO FURNITURE: JOURNAL OF FFSC ISSUE: 10 SEP-OCT 2018
From the Chairman’s Desk
Dear Readers, My warmest greetings to you all.
Furniture and Fiitings Skill Council(FFSC) is making all its efforts to connect youths to employers. The Rozgar Mela is an opportunity for the job seekers to learn more about potential employers and various employment opportunities aviailable, including entrepreneurship. Last month, FFSC has participated in the Rozgar Melas of Udaipur, Indore and Bikaner to give platform to employers to meet the potential employees. More than hundred candidates registered for Apprenticeship shceme and two hundred candidates were offered job.
IndiaSkills Competition 2018, organised by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) was orgnaised from 2nd to 6th October 2018. 9 candidates in Joinery trade and 6 candidates in Cabinet Making competed in IndiaSkils 2018. I congratulate all the winners of IndiaSkills 2018. Two candidates from Joinery and Cabinet Making trade will undergo vigorous training for nine months by industry members of FFSC. At least three mock tests will be conducted and the winner of the test will represent India at WorldSkills- Kazan 2019. I am optimistic that the finalists will raise the bar and will bring laurels to country at the WorldSkills next year. Apart from organising regular Governing Council Meetings, FFSC has conducted Steering Meeting of Industry members. The Steering Committee is a small group of members to facilitate the actvities of FFSC.
RPL-Best in Class Employer (Type-4) under PKMVY 2016-20 is being envisaged to ensure skills available in the organised sector with best in class employers. This will help achieve certification at scale while ensuring quality of certification at lower operational cost. I am glad our industry members have shown interest for the RPL certification of their employees. FFSC has also started orientention of the candidates for the assessment and certification. I am hopeful that efforts of FFSC will help and contribute to the Skill India Mission in a positive way. I hope you will find our this edition useful. Please write to us for your comments, suggestions and success stories. I thank you all once for being a part of our journey. With Regards, Anil Mathur
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Tool Kit Distribution at Nishatpur, Madhya Pradesh
Skill Exhibitions Jodhpur Rozgar Mela
Toolkit Distribution by Shri K U Thankachen (MD, CRWC) and Shri Suresh K Sharma (AGM, NBCFDC) to the ongoing trainees under CSR project of Central Railside Warehouse Company (CRWC) sponsored
through National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation(NBCFDC) and implemented by affiliated Training Partner of Wadhwani Education Society at Nishatpur, Madhya Pradesh
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Indore Rozgar Mela
Bikaner Rozgar Mela
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuve-nation, Parliamentary Affairs visited the stall of Furniture & Fittings Skill Council
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EuroSkills Budapest EuroSkills Competition is the regional version of WorldSkills Competition, formerly known as “Skills Olympics”. It is the European Championship of young professionals, held every two years in one of the WorldSkills Europe members states. Team India participated in EuroSkills Budapest 2018 in Hungary to compete as guest competitiors in 8 skills from 26th to 28th September 2018. Mr Sushit from Furniture & Fittings Skill Council represented India in Joinery Skills.
Dr Narendra Kumar Gupta, District Collector of Bikaner at the Rozgar Mela and Skill Exhibitions
Orientation on the assessment process for the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Type 4 Best in Class Employers at the Hettich Poddar Woodworking Institute.
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Woodex Asia 2018 Exhibition
Furniture & Fittings Skill Council participated in Woodex Asia-2018 held at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India from 28th to 30th September 2018. It is one of the finest trade show for woodworking machinery, furniture hardware, power tools, plywood, panel, laminates, wood flooring, doors, windows and wood related products etc.
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Bootcamp at BSDU
Steering Committee Meeting
Steering Council Meeting was held on 10th October 2018 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
Pre-National Training Boot Camp for the Regional Champions in preparation for India Skills 2018 National Selections
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IndiaSkills 2018 Competition IndiaSkills National Competition 2018 was inagurated on October 2nd, followed by the skill competition from 3rd October to 5th October 2018 at Aerocity Grounds in New Delhi. More than 400 participants across 27 states showcased their talent across 46 skills, 10 traditional skills and 4 demo skills. The winners across different skills were felicitated during closing ceremony on 6th October 2018, New Delhi. Apart from skill competitions, the event hosted several engaging intiaitves such as career counselling, skill exhibition etc.
Joinery Trade 9 candidates in Joinery trade competed in IndiaSkills Competition.
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Glimpses of Joinery Trade Competition
Shri Anantkumar Hegde, Honourable Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India visited the competition area of Joinery and Cabinet Making trade
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Glimpses of Cabinet Making Trade Competition
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News from the Web Godrej Interio launches space-saving furniture range Godrej Interio hopes to meet the demands of shrinking living spaces with the launch of its space-saving furniture range. Branded ‘Transpose’, it marks the company’s foray into the category of space-saving or mutli-purpose furniture, priced at about 20 per cent of the market rates, said Anil Mathur, Chief Operating Officer, Godrej Interio. Hettich’s closers raise style quotient Hettich is practically synonymous with aesthetic, door closer technology. Its new generation door-closers have a well conceptualised design consisting of a stainless steel cover and aluminum body, and stands out with its concealed mounting plates, adjusting elements protected against vandalism, colour-matched materials and the variable combinations of all slide rail door closers with closing systems regulated systems. Union Cabinet approved establishment of 4 Indian Institute of Skills under PPP mode The Government approved a scheme for setting up of Indian Institute of Skills (IISs) at different locations across the country in public private partnership (PPP). Global Vocational Training Market expected to reach 58885.2 million USD: Report Global Vocational Training market report is first of its kind research report that covers the overview, summary, market dynamics, competitive analysis, and leading players various strategies to sustain in the global market. This report covers five top regions of the globe and countries within, which shows the status of regional development, consisting of market alue, volume size, and price data. Cabinet approves merger of National Council for Vocational Training, NCVT and National Skill Development Agency, NSDA to establish National Council for Vocational Education and Training, NCVET The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the merger of the existing regulatory institutions in the skills space - National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) and the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) into the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET). Reforms in Apprenticeship Act, a path-breaking step towards skilling youth- RDAT National Skill Development Council (NSDC), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) organised 17th Skill Connect Road Show Workshop in Mumbai to gather industry and sector skill councils, training partners and others to create awareness on implementing the Apprenticeship Training in the industry. Delhi Government and British Coucnil collaborated for skill development and cooperation in art and culture The Delhi government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bristish Council to create more learning opportunites for students and teachers of its schools, officials said. Website: www.ffsc.in Twitter: https://twitter.com/ffsc.in Facebook: www.facebook.com/ffscin/ We invite you to mail us news, updates, stories, feedback and articles at [email protected] The news of the Newsletter are only for quick reference of readers and the detailed article can be referred at different magazines/ websites.The content of the Newsletter is provided for information purpose only. No claim is to be made as to the accuracy or authenticity of the content of the Newsletter.
