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| Activities |
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| SSNP
facilitates and empowers the affected
sections to reintegrate into changing
labour market by equipping them with new
or improved skills that are in demand.
The Department For International Development
(DFID) U.K. is funding this programme,
and Implementation Secretariat, a special
wing of the Department of Public Enterprises
implement the programme. |
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| Components
of the Social Safety Net Programme are
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Survey
of the employees availing VRS/SCP
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Counselling
of the employees
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Retraining/Re-
skilling programmes
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Limited
follow-up services for redeployment
or alternative livelihoods
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Integration
of SSNP with other safety nets
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Labour
Market Survey
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| Survey and Counselling |
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Survey and Counselling
are essential inputs in the Safety Net
Programme for the displaced workers. Sometimes,
Survey and Counselling go on simultaneously.
However, counselling is not a one shot
job. It is carried out in several phases.
Survey helps to understand
the status of job displaced employees
and workers and build exhaustive database
about the enterprises covered under the
reform programme. Survey covers the employee's
details pertaining to their education,
family background, social status, assets,
and nature of job, skills; and the amount
received/receivable under VRS/SCP, the
way the money was spent or proposed to
be utilized.
Based on the age, education,
aptitude, interest, the employees are
counseled to opt for retraining programmes.
Retraining is essential as their skills
have become obsolete and need upgradation.
Counselling also helps the job displaced
workers to overcome difficulties encountered
with regard to Utilisation of VRS amounts,
meaningful choices for retraining in relevant
skills and related aspects. Counselling
is a process and identification of relevant
skill area for retraining is one important
element.
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| Retraining/Re-skilling programmes
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Advanced age, outdated
job skill, lack of awareness of opportunities
and lack of education are some of the
characteristics of the displaced workers
in Andhra Pradesh. They are re-trained/re-skilled
In order to upgrade their skills or trained
in new areas according to their aptitude
and requirements of the prevailing labour
market. An appropriate training institute
is identified and the employers are enrolled
in the programmes.
Regular monitoring
of the training programme helps to motivate
the trainees and to sort out any difficulties
faced in the retraining programme. Skill
upgradation through vocational training
in new or existing skills is customized.
There are a variety of training programmes
of varying duration and of varying size
of the batches from one to forty. Training
course syllabus is specially designed
to suit the requirements of trainees and
conducted on timings of convenience to
the learners.
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| Follow-up services for redeployment |
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Limited follow-up services
are provided for self-employment and wage
employment. Displaced workers are assisted
through follow up services like tracking
vacancies advertised in the media and
other sources. Follow-up services include
identifying suitable organisation, preparing
the employee's bio-data and arranging
interviews etc. Liaison with placement
agencies facilitates retrained persons
to get timely information about vacancies
in the areas they are trained and to explore
employment opportunities. SSNP keeps displaced
employees informed of the employment opportunities.
It also assists those interested in self-employment
through entrepreneurship development.
Accessing the resources from experts and
financial institutions helps displaced
employees interested in self-employment.
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| Integration of SSNP with other safety nets
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Displaced
workers are assisted in availing the safety
nets implemented by various departments
of the government. It also includes networking
with livelihoods promotion activities
of NGOs and the government and building
linkages with the financial institutions,
employment generation programmes (CMEY/
PMRY etc), DRDA and several departments.
Facilitating displaced workers to avail
the benefits of DRDA and DWCRA to mobilise
sewing machines and a stall in the DWCRA
bazaar for a group of displaced women
workers formed into a self help group
is one example. Accessing vocational educational
programmes of a community polytechnic
for providing retraining in agro-based
vocations in rural areas is another example
of networking with government and NGOs.
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| Labour
Market Survey |
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Keeping in view the broad parameters
of the Social Safety Net Programme, and
to give a practical dimension to the implementation
process, a Labour Market Survey is undertaken
to assess the employment opportunities
with reference to the profile of the job
displaced workforce. The Labour market
is basically a concept where current availability
of skills and requirements of skills in
the near future are determined in respect
of a given geographical area depending
on the location of the unit, which is
likely to be restructured or privatised.
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| Some of the retraining programmes implemented
under SSNP are in the following broad
fields
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COMPUTER RELATED TRAINING
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TECHNICAL VOCATIONS
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DRIVING
& AUTOMOBILES
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AGRO
BASED TRAINING
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORIENTATION
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OTHER
AREAS OF TRAINING COMPUTER RELATED
TRAINING
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TECHNICAL VOCATIONS
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CAD/CAM
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Pro-Engineering and Ideas
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CNC-Milling& Turning0 Unigraphics
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Surface Grinding
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Welding
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Electrical
House Wiring
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Motor Rewinding
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Radio &
TV Mechanism
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Air Conditioning
& Refrigeration
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Plastic Technology
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Surveyor/
Civil Draughtsman
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Photography
& Videography
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Lab-Technician Course
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Book Binding
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Printing
(offset)
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Multi Purpose
Village Mechanic
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