Construction & Engineering Skills
Construction sector in India is the second largest economic activity after agriculture and provides employment to about 33 million people. India's Construction industry has grown at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of about 11.1% over the last eight years on the back of massive infrastructure investment and rapid rise in housing demand. FDI inflow into the sector during 2007-08 is estimated to be around Rs. 240 billion. Spending on infrastructure sectors such as ports, power plants and roads is projected at more than Rs. 2.5 trillion annually for the next six years, and will require 92 million man years of labour. Construction investment accounts for around 52.4% of the Gross Fixed Capital Formation in India. Investments in Construction have a positive domino effect on supplier industries, thereby contributing immensely to economic development. Construction sector has strong linkages with various industries such as cement, steel, chemicals, paints, tiles, fixtures and fittings. While in the short term it serves as a demand booster, in the long run it contributes towards boosting the infrastructure capacity.
Some Skill Gaps as Identified by Industry:
• Inadequate knowledge of construction specific areas
• Lack of knowledge of basic machine operations
• Lack of communication and team building skills
• Insufficient ability to manage multiple contractors
• Insufficient ability to develop and comply to a Preventive Maintenance schedule
• Inadequate orientation to develop and adhere to safety norms at construction site
• Inadequate practical industry exposure
• Very little safety orientation
• Inadequate workplace skills – discipline, cleanliness, etc.
InSkills offers programs in skill areas like:
• Manual Material Arc Welding
• Gas Tungent Arc Welding
• Gas Metal Arc Welding
• Plumbing
• Electrician and House Wiring Technician
• Mason
• Fitter
• Scaffolder + Carpentry
• Maintenance Mechanic
IT & ITES Enabled Services
The global technology spending on hardware, software and Information Technology (IT) related services is estimated to be about US $ 1.7 trillion and growing at a CAGR of about 7% in the last two years. Over and above this, the engineering and R&D spend accounts for about US $ 800 billion. IT Services recording a growth of 6.3% and BPO Services recording a growth of 12% globally. Despite the current economic slowdown, technology spending is expected to sustain in the long term and pick up in the next 4 to 6 quarters. Given this background and the context of India's 'IT story', it has to be put in perspective that India still accounts for only about 4.5% of this market. This indicates that there is ample room for India to tap the potential for growth in this market in the years to come.
Some Skill Gaps as Identified by Industry:
• Inadequate specialization
• Poor domain exposure
• Lack in industry specific experience
• Inadequate communication skill and people skill
• Inadequate domain & business process knowledge
InSkills offers programs in skill areas like:
• ITES Training - voice
• ITES Training - non-voice
• ITES Training - domain skills
Healthcare Services
As per the UNDP Global Human Development Report (HDR), inspite of the absolute value of the Human Development Index (HDI) for India improving marginally, the relative ranking of India has not changed much. India still languishes at 128th rank among the countries. For the users of healthcare services, the choice is increasing and the ability to afford the best is rising. Consumers are migrating from the single doctor nursing homes to a more organized hospital delivery format, analogous to the retail sector. There are benchmarks and brands of multi-locational providers across industry. Owing to information explosion, the Indian healthcare consumer is engaging in 'comparison shopping' - looking at quality healthcare not only in urban but also the rural areas and tier II cities.
Some Skill Gaps as Identified by Industry:
• Inadequate skills to work in teams
• Inadequate ability to use of computers and hospital information system
• Inadequate orientation towards emergency management and disaster management
• Inadequate communications skill
• Inadequate hands-on experience of operating machines & technology
• Inadequate ability to administer medicines
• Inadequate knowledge for bio-medical waste
InSkills offers programs in skill areas like:
• Nursing Assistant
• Operation and Maintenance of ECG, ICCU Equipment and X-ray Machines
• Lab Technician
• Multipurpose Health Worker
Travel & Tourism
UN Tourism 2020 Vision forecasts that international tourist arrivals are expected to reach nearly 11.6 billion by the year 2020. Of these worldwide arrivals in 2020, 1.2 billion will be intra-regional and 378 million will be long-haul travelers. The T&T industry in India accounted for approximately 6% of GDP and 30.5 million jobs (including direct and indirect). Tourism is one of the largest net earners of foreign exchange for the country recording earnings of US $11,747 million in last financial year, annual growth rate of 9.5% as per data from Ministry of Tourism. ravel & Tourism, being employment intensive, provides employment to approximately 31 million (both direct & indirect) people throughout the country and is one of the largest employers in the country; this number is expected to rise to over 40 million by 2019 and over 43 million by 2022.
Some Skill Gaps as Identified by Industry:
• Inadequate presentation skills, time and people management skills
• Insufficient knowledge of ticketing
• Lack of adequate geographical knowledge
• Lack of adequate procedural knowledge on Passports and Visas
• Inadequate technical know-how
InSkills offers programs in skill areas like:
• Travel Guide
• Travel Counselor
• Travel Business Development
• Service Staff