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etc. No of employees covered under
these trainings during last
three years are 6861 employees.
• Specialised Technical
Train-ing through MoUs with
Technology Leaders: HRD has
taken initiative to enter into
MoUs with M/s SKF India Ltd,
M/s Bosch Rexroth Ltd, M/s
Siemens Ltd and M/s ABB Ltd for
engineering skills training in various
technical areas like Advanced
Bearing Technology, Hydraulics,
Pneumatics, PLC, Drives and
Automation etc. Training through
these MoU Partners has been organized
in all Major Plants. 2864
employees have been trained
through these MoUs in different
programmes in these areas in the
last three years period.
• Multi skill Training: Multiskill
Training is regularly organized
at plants and units to ensure
re-orientation of attitudes and
improved work culture among
the available manpower through
mobility and flexibility. Multiskill
Training is usually imparted
using Unit Training (UT), Basic
Engineering Skills (BES) and
Training Laboratory/Workshop
based training modules on
PLCs, Hydraulics & Pneumatics,
Electronics & Electrical,
Automation etc. During the last
three years the numbers of employees
trained are 7961.
• Formalisation of Unit Training:
Unit Training (UT) is a system
for On-the-Job Training,
which aims at achieving standard
performance with respect to quality,
quantity, safety and efficiency.
Unit Training is imparted by experienced,
knowledgeable and
skilled workmen called “Unit
Trainers” with the help of Unit
Training Manual.Unit Training
deals with training priorities in
each Unit of a Company. A Unit
being a clearly defined area of a
Plant in which employees are concerned
with one part of the production
or maintenance process.
No of employees trained during
last three years are 831.
• Enhancing Engineering
Skills (EES): EES Modules refers
to in house training modules for
capacity building and enhancing
skills in maintenance areas. There
are over 46 Training Modules under
EES (Mechanical), 32 Training
Modules under EES (Electrical)
and 41 Training Modules under
EES (Hi-Tech) areas to impart
training in a systematic way to
cover all key critical areas of an
integrated steel plant. Special attention
is being given to EES Hi-
Tech areas, such as Thyristors,
Applied Industrial Electronics,
Advanced PLCs, Proportional
and servo-valves, Electrical control
of hydraulic power, AC/DC
Digital Drives etc.During the last
three years the number of employees
trained in ESS is 9569.
• Preparing People for modernization:
The HRD strategy
for preparing people for modernisation
is based on following
objectives:
‣ To bring about attitudinal
readiness for working in
a new/modernised work
environment.
‣ To augment computers and
basic web skill for the entire
target group.
‣ To develop identified critical
skills required in the changing
technological environment.
‣ To develop knowledge/understanding
of operation/
maintenance in the similar
equipments and processes
through familiarization
training.
‣ To provide hands on experience
of working in supplier
premises.
In order to prepare SAIL employees
for modernization and new
technology, training is imparted
through following methods:
‣ Identified Specialized Training
Agencies
‣ Technology Suppliers (Foreign
and Indian)
‣ Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEM) / Suppliers
(Foreign and Indian)
More than 11,500 employees have
been covered during last three
Years.
• Learning through Competitions:
Competitions are being
used as triggers for self-learning
through exploration by providing
a context and goal for learning.
Some of the competitions are:
• Chairman’s Trophy for
Young managers: The objective
of this intervention is not only
for action research at the workplace
on issues critical for the organization
but also as a means of
enabling them to articulate their
ideas to the top management of
the company. The best papers of
this competition have been circulated
across the company for
knowledge dissemination.
• Udaan: Corporate Quiz
Co-mpetition: Has provided a
trigger and platform for knowledge
seeking by institutionalising
Management Quiz- Udaan,
which inspires a lot of managers
to develop their knowledge
base. The quiz has been opened
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