Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

ESTABLISHMENT OF A CADRE OF CERTIFIED
OPERATORS FOR DECENTRALISED TREATMENT
Target:
‣ To form a proper cadre of operators who can take up this job of running decentralized
plants sustainably.
Lead Agency: A Non-profit organization, University and educational institutions and Pune
Municipal Corporation
Support Agency: PMC can make use of the services of a consultant along with a Nonprofit
organization can take up this charge. It can be supported by industries around Pune,
NGOs and Recycling units and operators along with the Universities and educational
institutions in Pune.
Location (Suggested): Training may be provided at the Environmental Awareness Centre,
the community sorting centres or at the individual decentralized treatment plants
Description: In case of decentralized wet waste, there needs to be a common information
and knowledge pool developed for formulating the guidelines for assessing the quality and
quantity of waste. These guidelines then need to trickle down to actual operators of
treatment plants. The efficiency of treatment plants is based on the skill and competency of
the operator. The increase in functional efficiency can be increased with this cadre of
operators. PMC can collaborate with Universities and educational institutions in Pune to
provide for certifications of such courses. Such training programme should be offered at
different times in a year. After successful implementation of such training programmes,
PMC can introduce a policy for decentralized treatment plants to hire certified operators
only.
In order to form a cadre of operators for decentralized treatment plants, training needs to
be imparted to all those stakeholders involved in decentralized treatments.
The stakeholders who can be involved to form the cadre of operators include, informal
sector such as rag pickers etc., Operators from the decentralized treatment service providers
and Workers working at restaurants, societies etc.
Budget (Estimated): 0.5 million
Timeframe (Estimated): 1 year
CAPACITY
BUILDING &
PARTNERSHIPS
Benefits:
SCHEME 2
PROJECT
G 3- O1
Links to other ISWM
Pune Schemes:
‣ Establishment of CSC
‣ Improving Health and
Safety of PMC
workers, Rag pickers
and citizens in
proximity of the
landfill.
‣ Strengthening of PMC
Rag picker Cooperatives
‣ Private Partnerships in
waste collection and
management system
‣ Establishment of EAC
‣ Establishment of a
CCMC
‣ Demonstration
Projects for Hotel
Waste Management
• Such a cadre of
operator will benefit
the informal sector to
get skilled training and
employment
• This training will also
benefit
the
decentralized service
providers as they will
have better trained
operators and they can
improve on their
output
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