In line with the National Skill Mission of India, Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC) for the Oil & Gas sector has been set up under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) with its primary objective to execute skill development activities in Indian Hydrocarbon Sector and meeting the entire value chain’s requirement of appropriately trained manpower in quantity and quality on a sustained and evolving basis.
Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC) has been setup as per the guidelines of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), with the main objective of skill development and training need of the manpower in Oil & Gas sector.
Vision:
Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC), a world class skill council meeting diverse skill requirement of the Hydrocarbon Industry and enhancing employability and opportunities, locally and globally.
Mission
a. Creating a pool of skilled manpower for Hydrocarbon Industry
b. Benchmarking new skills and up-skilling National Occupational Standards (NOS)
c. Promoting Inclusive growth through economic and social equity
d. Reaping ‘Demographic Dividend’
e. Improve Productivity and sector competitiveness
Key Objectives of the HSSC
The primary objective of HSSC is to execute skill development activities in Indian Hydrocarbon Sector and meeting the entire value chain’s requirement of appropriately trained manpower in quantity and quality on a sustained and evolving basis. The key objectives are:
➢ To initiate, carry out, execute, implement, aid and assist activities towards skill development in the Indian Hydrocarbon Sector and meeting the entire value chain’s requirement of appropriately trained manpower in quantity and quality on a sustained and evolving basis.
➢ Develop a skill development plan for the sector
➢ Identify skill development need of the sector, review international trends and identify sector Skill Gap and technology
➢ Develop National Occupational Standard (NOS’s) for the job roles of covering the entire
sector/sub-sector
➢ Identification and enlistment of Training Providers as outlined by NSDC
➢ Affiliation and accreditation process for assessment agencies
➢ Create a pool of skill manpower and creating benchmark for new skills and up-skilling
➢ Setting up a robust and stringent certification and accreditation process
➢ Plan and execute Training of Trainer’s (ToT)
Establish a well-structured sector specific Labour Market Information System (LMIS) to assist planning and delivery of training
Assessment Agency (AA) should be:
a. A legal entity, registered in India (company or society but not firms, proprietorship or individuals; limited liability partnerships (LLPs) can be allowed)
b. Shall have financial resources necessary for the operation of skills assessment system and to cover associated liabilities. Please furnish details of last three years Balance Sheet
c. Shall have appropriate methods to monitor and measure the performance of its assessment framework implementation across all its branches and subsidiaries
Conflict of Interest
a. Training Provider cannot ordinarily be appointed as an Assessment Agency
b. No sub-contracting or franchising would be permissible for AAs
Qualification Criteria:
Assessing Agency(AA) For the purpose of qualifying the assessing agencies for affiliation with HSSC, they should satisfy the following:
1. Experience in conducting assessment of trainees in Skill ecosystem (minimum 3 years) or ( as on date of application )
2. Average annual turn-over of at least 5 Crore.
3. Accredited/ empanelled with DGET for assessment of MES Programs and must be empanelled with at least 3 Sector Skill Councils
4. Need to declare their other income sources as well as organizational structure along with the background & other engagements of management/ partners/ Governing members.
5. Should have offices in the State/Region where it is applying to be the SSC Accredited Assessment Agency.
6. In case SSC accreditation on pan-India basis, it should have offices in all the zones (North, East, West and South)
7. Should have at least 10 assessors (for each Zone), with requisite qualification and experience as set by the SSC. The Assessment Agency must submit the list of such Assessors within 30 days of getting provisional approval letter.
8. Should be able to carryout the entire assessment process independently along with their empanelled assessors and are not in any circumstances allowed to outsource it to any third party.
9. In addition to having Assessors, the agency should have at least 10 employees for independent handling of assessment.
10. Should have stringent quality assurance & operating strategy in place for empanelment of assessors; development of assessment tools; handling of assessment process at all assessment phases (pre, during and post assessment). These need to be documented and submitted to SSC along with application form.
11. Should not have been blacklisted by any funding agency/SSC/NSDC/DGET.
For complete details, affiliation protocol and application forms, click here
Last date for submission: 21 January 2019.
