Annual report 2010

JSC IDGC Holding. Annual Report 2010Personnel TrainingThe Programs of Maintaining and Developing theWorkforce Capacity of the distribution grid sectorcompanies specify the following key areas targetedtoward personnel training:— strengthening of cooperation with Russia’sleading institutions of higher and secondaryprofessional education, specifically withregard to proper training of young employeesfor the distribution grid sector companies;— development of the system of professionaltraining, education and retraining of personnelin respect of broad use of the potential ofregional training centers and the implementationof flexible training technologies;For the purposes of strengthening cooperationwith Russia’s leading institutions of higher andsecondary professional education, the backbonehigher educational institutions offering trainingin the key disciplines for the distribution grid sectorwere identified in each region in which IDGCsoperate.Cooperation agreements were executed withRussia’s leading higher educational institutionstraining professionals sought after in the distributiongrid sector. These include Moscow StateInstitute of International Relations (University)of the MFA of Russia, Bauman Moscow StateTechnical University, Moscow State OpenUniversity, Kazan State Power EngineeringUniversity, Izhevsk State Technical University,Moscow Technical University of Communicationsand Informatics.The main directions of cooperation with highereducational institutions and the institutions ofsecondary and further vocational education are asfollows:— target training of young professionals, shapingand implementation of joint training programsfor young professionals adjusted forthe distribution grid sector peculiarities;— support for dynasties, i.e. sending the childrenof IDGCs’ employees to the institutionsof higher and secondary professional educationin the electric power engineering disciplinesas part of target filling of budget-paidvacancies at the request of federal and localmanagement bodies;— career guidance and competitive selectionamong trainees, sending the students ofsponsored institutions of secondary and secondaryprofessional education to specializedhigher educational institutions;— developing new and supplementing theexisting educational programs, training, professionalretraining and further vocationaltraining courses adjusted for the distributiongrid sector peculiarities;— involvement of the properly qualifiedemployees of companies in the trainingprocess;— development of proposals for fine-tuningprofessional standards concerning workers’and engineering professions;— organization of on-the-job training andtraineeships in the company’s functions.2010 saw the establishment of a specialized chairof JSC IDGC Holding for Economics andManagement in the Electricity Industry at the MIEP(International Institute of Energy Policy andDiplomacy) of the Moscow State Institute ofInternational Relations (University) of the MFA ofRussia. The chair is the basis for implementing apilot project under MVA program for theManagement and Regulation of Economic Activi -ties in the International Electricity Industry, underwhich the employees of IDGCs and young professionalsfrom among the future employees of thedistribution grid sector enterprises are trained.Work is underway to organize master’s program atthe MGIMO MIEP (U) of the MFA of Russia adaptedfor the distribution grid sector peculiarities.Similar work is being performed in collaborationwith the Moscow Power Engineering Institute(Technical University), Ivanovo State PowerEngineering University, Kazan State PowerEngineering University and South Russian StateTechnical University (Novocherkassk PolitechnicalInstitute).96