Training centres for metro rail workers

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Gadgil, Chief Executive & Managing Director, L&T Metro Rail (Hy d e r a

b a d ) Limi t e d (LTMRHL), on Friday inaugurated the Hyderabad Metro Rail

Project – Construction Skills Development Centres (training facilities) at the

Uppal Depot and the precast yard.The

new training centres have been established to provide short-term training to workmen

in trades like formwork, bar-bending, pre-casting, erection, welding,

scaffolding etc.“The

objective of these training centres is to evaluate and identify skill deficiency/shortfall

with the workmen during their induction and provide hands-on training in the

respective tasks and make them deployable onsite.L&T

as a part of the skill development initiative and corporate social

responsibility is imparting skills training, which will contribute to nation

building as well,” said Gadgil. He added that LTMRHL is committed to facilitate

employment generation and that this activity is the starting step for that.The

new centres have been built specifically to train workers on the maintenance

and usage of right tools, orientation and awareness on the vulnerability of

working laces, adoption of safe work methodology and discipline, and proper

utilisation of suitable safety gears.Approximately

80 workmen will be trained per month from each training centre. Training period

will vary from 3 to 7 days for each

task, based on respective tasks. 90 percent of the duration will be on job

training.

The new training centres are equipped with hands-on

training yards with mock ups in a plot of 20 m X 60 m, a display hall of 3 m X 15 m with different tools, charts and scale models,

including sufficient number of tool sets and training materials like formwork systems,

re-bar etc.