Skills for Employability

2012

£150,000

Punjab Skill Development Fund (funded by UK Department for International Development)

Project management; financial management; vocational training; public awareness campaign

The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) is funding training proposals for four districts of South Punjab, namely Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargah and Lodhran. The purpose of the vocational training is to promote income generation opportunities for the poor and vulnerable. Selected training organisations will be contracted for individual assignments.

HTSPE has been awarded the contract for the Skills for Employability programme, launched by the Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF). HTSPE will be conducting the technical training with the assistance of the National Training Bureau (NTB).

Detailed responsibilities include:

• Mobilising rural communities; generate demand and select candidates for skills training;
• Designing curricula based on skills/knowledge required by potential employers;
• Organising training premises, logistics, teaching materials and learning aids;
• Engaging qualified instructors and support staff;
• Arranging provision of vocational training in skills/trades approved by the PSDF;
• Arranging on-the-job training as necessary;
• Establishing linkages between trained personnel and identified employers or business clients;
• Financial management;
• Publicising the training provided through the PSDF;
• Assistance to the PSDF team; facilitating M&E, evaluation of graduates, testing and certification and graduation ceremonies.

HTSPE will be facilitating training to 360 trainees in eight different trades. Targetted training courses will be followed by a period of on-the-job training.  Training will be undertaken in the following trades:

• CNC machinist;
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning;
• Radio and TV repair;
• Architectural drafting;
• Industrial electrician and control technology;
• Electronics;
• Mechanical drafting and AutoCAD;
• Welding/Arc & Tig Mig.

The HTSPE team is divided into a project management and a training delivery component and will be responsible for publicising the training at each location. Reports on the training process will be supplied to the PSDF for monitoring and evaluation purposes.