India’s Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) has launched a training campaign to “upskill and certify” tyre mechanics in Kerala, a state on the country’s southwestern coast. The project by RSDC and the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) will see specially-developed mobile skill vans – each with tyre-fitting equipment and manned by skilled trainers – move across Kerala, driving awareness about the maintenance of a tyre.The first phase includes a target of training and certifying 3000 tyre mechanics in the state, from now till March 2020.
At the launch, Indian Rubber Board Executive Director, Dr. K. N. Raghavan, said the fitting of tyres required formal training, to ensure proper installation and subsequent care; and added that the drive by RSDC will improve road transport in the long run.
“Tyres are the wheels of a nation and tyre services and maintenance needs a timely skill boost. Currently this segment, which has a major role to play in making road transport efficient and ensuring road safety, is largely unorganised. Hence skilling/reskilling in tyre services has been taken by RSDC as a priority area,” claimed Vinod Simon, Chairman RSDC.
The “reskilling” of tyre mechanics in the rubber sector is being managed under project SAAMARTH of RSDC, as mandated by the Indian Government’s Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
India’s Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) has launched a training campaign to “upskill and certify” tyre mechanics in Kerala, a state on the country’s southwestern coast. The project by RSDC and the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) will see specially-developed mobile skill vans – each with tyre-fitting equipment and manned by skilled trainers – move across Kerala, driving awareness about the maintenance of a tyre.The first phase includes a target of training and certifying 3000 tyre mechanics in the state, from now till March 2020.
At the launch, Indian Rubber Board Executive Director, Dr. K. N. Raghavan, said the fitting of tyres required formal training, to ensure proper installation and subsequent care; and added that the drive by RSDC will improve road transport in the long run.
“Tyres are the wheels of a nation and tyre services and maintenance needs a timely skill boost. Currently this segment, which has a major role to play in making road transport efficient and ensuring road safety, is largely unorganised. Hence skilling/reskilling in tyre services has been taken by RSDC as a priority area,” claimed Vinod Simon, Chairman RSDC.
The “reskilling” of tyre mechanics in the rubber sector is being managed under project SAAMARTH of RSDC, as mandated by the Indian Government’s Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.