Monthly Report

(September 2016)

Furniture & Fittings Skill Council 407-408, 4th Floor

DLF City Court, M.G Road Sikanderpur, Gurgaon

Haryana – 122002

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Progress of Furniture & Fittings Skill Council

1. DFID Project – Development of pro poor Qualification Packs (QPs)

Under the pro poor Qualification Packs project of DFIF; FFSC is developing 20 new QPs. Following 12 QPs were submitted to NSDC for the approval of Qualification Review Committee (QRC) Meeting.

S.NO. Architectural Hardware

1 Installer - Frameless glass door

2 Installer - Framed door

3 Assistant Installer - Frameless glass door

4 Assistant Installer - Framed door

5 Assembler - Modular Kitchen

Bamboo furniture

6 Slivering machine operator

7 Cane seat weaver

Wooden Furniture

8 Polisher - wooden furniture

9 Assistant polisher

10 Sofa Maker

11 Machine Operator - wood cutting (Non CNC)

12 Furniture Packer FFSC is in the process of submitting rest 8 QPs to NSDC by October 2016.

2. Skill Gap Assessment and Development of New QPs

EY has submitted the skill gap report to FFSC. As per the report the requirement of manpower of our industry is:

Sub Sectors Current Manpower

Estimated manpower

Gap Assumptions for CAGR growth rate of manpower in FY 22 2016

(in Mn) 2022 (in Mn)

2022 (in Mn)

Wooden Furniture 2.08 4.10 2.02 12% till FY 22

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Metal Furniture 0.71 1.41 0.69 12% till FY 22

Plastic Furniture 0.03 0.06 0.03 12% till FY 22

Bamboo & Cane Furniture

0.01 0.02 0.01 16% till FY22

Architectural Fittings- Doors /Windows

0.24 0.42 0.18 10% till FY 22

Modular Furniture 0.50 2.35 1.85 40% till 2019 and 20% till 2022

Hardware Fittings/Locks

0.21 0.41 0.20 12% till FY 22

Sub total 3.77 8.77 5.00

Ecommerce - Delivery and Installation Assistant

0.004 0.09 0.09 75%till FY 20 and 50% till FY 22

Interior Designer 0.01 0.21 0.20 45% till FY22

TOTAL 3.79 9.07 5.29

* basis estimated current manpower 2016

The list of 20 new QPs shared with EY after taking the inputs of industry is

Sector Name NSQF Level Job Role Name

Wooden Furniture level 3 Assistant Carpenter-Wooden Furniture

level4 Lead - Carpenter--Wooden Furniture

level 3 Painter -Wooden Furniture

level 3 Wood Carving-Wooden Furniture

level4 Design Assistant-Wooden Furniture

level 4 Lead Sofa Maker-Wooden Furniture

level 5 Design Supervisor -Wooden Furniture

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level4 Lead Wood Quality Examiner /test Technician-Wooden Furniture

Architectural Fittings- Doors/Windows

level 3

Fitter/Assembler- Architectural Fittings

level 3 Fitter Assembler Wooden/Aluminium- Architectural Fittings

Modular level 3 Assembler-Modular–Modular Furniture

level 3 Cabinet Maker–Modular Furniture-KITCHEN

level4 Lead Assembler-Modular–Modular Furniture

level4 Design Assistant–Modular Furniture

Hardware Fittings/Locks

Level 3 Delivery and Installation Operator-Fittings/Locks (to combine this with customer support)

Online furniture market

Level 3 Delivery and Installation Assistant - Ecommerce

Interior Designer

Level 4 Interior Designer- Lead

Level 5 Interior Designer – Supervisor

Level 6 Level 7

Interior Designer

3. Status of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY)- 2

Under PMKVY-2, one of our Training Partner Gram Tarang Employability Training

Services Pvt. Ltd has been allocated 191 numbers at one of its center.

4. Training of Trainers (TOT)

TOTs conducted during the financial year 2016 for PMKVY-2:

Training Partner Place Number of Trainers attended

MSE Solution Vidisha 15

KRN Institute Kurushetra, Haryana

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Balasore Chamber’s of Commerce (BCCI)

Balasore, Odisha 12

5

Karjee Eduventures

Samstipur, Odisha 22

Brainware Consultancy Pvt Ltd

Barasat, Kolkata 13

Damini Infotech

Kurushetra, Haryana 34

Lala Kundan Lal Memorial Society Fatehabad, Haryana 19

Possit Ranchi, Jharkhand 16

Meyur

Chennai,Tamil Nadu 48

Total

203

5. Skill Development Training Under the CSR project of ITPO through NBCFDC

Furniture & Fittings Skill Council (FFSC)

is skilling 64 candidates in the job role of

Carpenter- Wooden Furniture with the

financial support from Indian Trade Promotion

Organisation (ITPO) and National Backward

Classes Finance & Development Corporation

(NBCFDC).

Furniture & Fittings Skill Council (FFSC) is

implementing the project through its two affiliated

training partners (Lala Kundan Lal Memorial Society & T

S Skill & Tech Pvt Ltd). At Loni, Uttar Pradesh 32

candidates are undergoing training by T S Skill & Tech

Pvt Ltd and at Fatehabad, Haryana rest 32 candidates

are being skilled by Lala Kundan Lal Memorial Society.

The trainings were started on 25th July 2016 and 1st

August 2016 at Loni and Fatehabad respectively. By 31st

October 2016 the trainings will be completed and then

the assessments and certification will be done by FFSC.

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The candidates will take 308 hours of training in three months. The total practical and

theory duration are 172 and 136 hours respectively. The candidates were given books

developed by FFSC of Carpenter- Wooden Furniture for reference. One tool kit comprising

Saw, Hammer, Chisel, Measuring Tape, Jack Plane, Spirit Level, Oil Stone, Screw Driver, Pencil

etc will be distributed to the candidates after completion of the training.

6. Skill Development Training Through NBCFDC

FFSC has been allotted numbers by NBCFDC for the skill development training of Other

Backward Classes in the job roles of Carpenter- wooden furniture and Fitter- Modular

Furniture. FFSC is doing the both fresh training and RPL in these two job roles. The training

will be imparted to the OBC candidates who belong to the double the poverty line of income.

Bihar, Tripura, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Following is the

location wise training details:

Training Partner

No. of Trainees

Location Training Status

Fresh Training Carpenter- Wooden Furniture

Cradle 90 Bihar Ongoing

Karjee 70 Bihar Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Bhola 90 Bihar Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Lala Kundanlal 63 Haryana Ongoing

SB Square 60 Himachal Pradesh

Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Maa Saraswati 65 Himachal Pradesh

Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Focal Skill Development

70 Punjab Ongoing

Vishaad 90 Punjab Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Paras 60 Punjab Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

MSE Solutions 50 Tripura Ongoing

TS Skills 63 UP Ongoing

Unifiers 62 UP Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Sub Total 863

Fresh Training Fitter- Modular Furniture

Arcwood 62 Haryana Ongoing

GS Techno 60 UP Ongoing

Smart One 30 UP Ongoing

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Ascent Academy

35 UP Will be started in mid-October- Waiting for SCA Visit

Sub Total 187

Total 1050

RPL Carpenter- Wooden Furniture

Karjee 100 Bihar After document verification the RPL will be started in end of October. GS Techno 50 UP

MSE Solutions 50 Tripura

Vishaad 25 Punjab

Arcwood 50 Haryana

TS Skills 50 Jammu

GS Techno 100 UP

Sub Total 425

RPL Fitter- Modular Furniture

Arcwood 50 Haryana After document verification the RPL will be started in end of October Focal Skill

Development 25 Punjab

Sub Total

75

7. Stand Alone Centres:

FFSC is establishing 43 new Stand Alone Centres with the help of its affiliated Training

Partners. The Centres will enhance youth aspirations and livelihood in the surrounding areas.

It will help in reducing the gap between demand and supply of skilled manpower in India in

this segment. The space requirement for a skill excellence centre will be minimum 3000 sq.

Ft. The Skill Lab will have the standard machine tools of Festool, Bessey, Jai Modula and SCM

for training purposes. These machines will provide the top quality output in the shortest

possible time and will be ideal for the trainees to gain exposure in modern technology of the

International standards. The trainees will be skilled about Zero Defect for getting best results,

Safety of Manpower, Machines, Raw Material & Healthy Environment. The focus will be

mainly on The modular furniture assembling and standardization of the content. The

proposed Skill centre will also be used as a venue for Training of the Trainers. Following is the

list of Training Partners who will open the skill centres.

S.No. Name of Training Partners State Model Skill Center Location

1 Aaruthal Foundation Tamil Nadu Coimbatore

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2 Aaruthal Foundation Puducherry Puducherry

3 Aaruthal Foundation Tamil Nadu Chennai

4 Ace Skill Development Pvt. Ltd. Tamil Nadu Chennai

5 Arcwood Interiors Haryana Hisar

6 Ashtvinayak Institute of Technology Haryana Kurukshetra

7 Balasore Chamber of Commerce Odisha Balasore

8 Bhola Institutional Trust Jharkahand Ranchi

9 Brainware Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. West Bengal Barasat

10 Capital Coaching Center Pondicherry Thattanchavady

11 Caple industrial Solutions Delhi New Delhi

12 Caple industrial Solutions Maharashtra Mumbai

13 Caple industrial Solutions Karnataka Bengaluru

14 CPIT Edutech Pvt. Ltd. Haryana Tohana

15 CPIT Edutech Pvt. Ltd. Rajasthan Sriganganagar

16 Cradle Life Sciences Bihar West Champaran

17 Damini Infotech Haryana Yamunanagar

18 G S Techno Innovations Uttar Pradesh Hardoi

19 G S Techno Innovations Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh

20 Hettich Poddar Wood Working Institute Haryana Faridabad

21 ITRC Madhya Pradesh Indore

22 ITRC Uttar Pradesh Mathura/Allahabad

23 ITRC Karnataka Mysore

24 Karjee Eduventures Pvt. Ltd. Bihar Samastipur

25 KRN Institute of Technology Haryana Kurukshetra

26 Labournet Services India Pvt. Ltd. Karnataka Bengaluru

27 Lala Kundanlal Memorial Society Haryana Bhuna

28 Maa Saraswati Educational Trust Himachal Pradesh Sirmour

29 M.S. E Solutions Madhya Pradesh Vidisha

30 Meiyur Education & Skill Development Pvt. Ltd.

Tamil Nadu Chennai

31 Mores Multipurpose Foundation Maharashtra Jalgaon

32 Paras Sports and Educational Society Punjab Amristar

33 Possit Skill Organization Delhi Palam

34 Pragya Jyoti Jan Kalyan Samiti Madhya Pradesh Indore

35 Sardar Sohan Singh Educational and Social Welfare Society

Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur

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8. Iconic Centre- Hettich Poddar Woodworking Institute

Hettich India Pvt. Ltd. a Joint Venture between Hettich Group, Germany and the Saroj Poddar Group, has set up an Iconic Center for furniture & fittings domain. The centre is going to be inaugurated in November 2016 by Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy Honorable Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The centre has built in area of 10,000 sq ft. It will be the first of its kind of center where all the modern tools & equipment required for the training is available. The centre will also be used for Training of Trainers and training of fresh candidates.

9. New Governing Council Members

Following are the companies who have become our Governing Council Member in last three months:

- Skipper Furnishing Pvt Ltd, Kolkata - Caple Industrial Solutions, Mumbai - Deco Fur, Kolkata - Anant Tools Pvt Ltd, Jalandhar, Punjab - Sarada Plywood Industries Ltd, Kolkata - Greenply Industries Limited, Kolkata - Hevea Furniture & Interiors Pvt Ltd, Chennai - Uttukars Wood Culture, Pune - Total Tools & Equipment Pvt Ltd, Mumbai - Renam Retail Pvt Ltd, Mumbai

10. Skill India Competition

FFSC has organised South Zone and North Zone regional competition on 14th to 16th October at Calicut and New Delhi respectively. In South India 20 students from different ITIs participated, out of which 7 candidates were shortlisted for doing the test project of Cabinet Making. In North India 15 students participated out of which 7 were selected for making the test project. From each zone four students were finally selected to contest in November 2016 - India Skill Competition. Out of these eight candidates one or two best candidate will be finalised to compete in World Skill Competition, Abu Dhabi, 2017.

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