These are the popular skills taught at Maruti Suzuki skill development centres

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According to the United Nations, young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, greater labour market inequalities, and longer and more insecure school-to-work transitions.
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Skills and jobs for youth feature prominently in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and SDG target 4.4 calls for a substantial increase in the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills.

In a bid to address the issue, the Indian government came out with a National Skill Development Mission, under which it committed to establish skilling centres and agencies.

Many private companies joined the vision and opened skill development centres in India to provide training to the youth. One of the sectors where India employs maximum number of youth is automobile.

Maruti Suzuki said the passenger vehicle industry alone will create 1.25 lakh new jobs, for maintenance and repair, across automobile workshops in India.

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“Our aim is to offer job oriented industry relevant training, teach the right attitude and discipline, and make them ready for employment. These students with their skills will be able to find decent jobs and make the most of this growing sector,” said Ranjit Singh, CSR Head, Maruti Suzuki.

The company aims to train 30,000 youth for workshop jobs in next five years and set up 15 new Automobile Skill Enhancement Centers (ASECs) across the country by end of August this year.

Here are the popular skills that are taught at the Maruti Suzuki skill development centres

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1. Exposure to Japanese work practices:

1. Exposure to Japanese work practices:

Maruti Suzuki offers support in infrastructure improvement and facilitates faculty training, provides industry exposure and training in acclaimed Japanese work practices like 5S, Kaizen and 3G. These are relevant for gaining employment in the growing automobile sector.

2. Specialised courses:

2. Specialised courses:

In 2015-16, Maruti Suzuki started specialized courses for denting and painting under car service and repair; for this special Auto Body Repair (ABR) and Auto Body Paint (ABP) labs were set up at ITIs in PUSA (Delhi), Dhoraji, Rajkot and Tollygunge, Kolkata.

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3. Upskilling:

3. Upskilling:

Maruti Suzuki provides training on modern technologies such as Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) and Motor Mechanic Vehicle.

4. ​State-of-the-art facilities:

4. ​State-of-the-art facilities:

The company also sets up ASECs at the tie-up ITIs. ASECs are Automobile Skill Enhancement centers that are equipped with state-of-the-art workshops and modern-day service tools to provide practical training in automobile service and repair to students. We have successfully set up 52 ASECs across the country

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5. Partners:

5. Partners:

Maruti Suzuki has currently partnered with 141 Government ITIs to improve governance, upgrade infrastructure and equipment, and impart soft skills to students and teachers, besides offering specialized training in automobile trade.

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