Development of National Occupational Standards for Job Roles in the Infrastructure Equipment Sector Occupational Analysis March, 2015 0 | P a g e Contents 1. Background .................................................................................................................................2 1.1. IESC ............................................................................................................................................ 2 1.2. Project Objective ........................................................................................................................ 3 2. Approach and Methodology ........................................................................................................3 2.1. Occupational Map: ...................................................................................................................... 4 3. Infrastructure Equipment Sector – Brief Overview ........................................................................7 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2. Infrastructure Equipment Sector: Sub Sectors and Size ............................................................... 7 The segmentation within the infrastructure equipment sector is as below: .......................................... 7 3.3. Infrastructure Equipment Sector: Links to other sectors .............................................................. 9 3.4. Key Trends ................................................................................................................................ 10 3.5. Ecosystem of the infrastructure equipment sector .................................................................... 11 4. Occupational Analysis of the Sector ........................................................................................... 12 4.1. Selected Job Roles – 80% workforce roles ................................................................................. 18 5. Career Progression .................................................................................................................... 21 5.1. Career path: Operators and Mechanics ..................................................................................... 21 6. Training Ecosystem .................................................................................................................... 23 6.1. Existing Training Ecosystem and future skill trends.................................................................... 23 6.2. Representative Training Centers – OEM Initiatives .................................................................... 23 6.3. Representative Training Centers – Other Initiatives ................................................................... 25 6.4. Job Role Skill Gaps .................................................................................................................... 26 Annexure A: Original Equipment Manufactures ................................................................................ 29 Annexure B: Representative List of participating organizations ......................................................... 30 1 | P a g e 1. Background 1.1. IESC The Infrastructure Equipment Sector Skill Council (IESC) is a not-for-profit organization, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Council has been promoted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and leading Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (ICEMA) across India, with financial support from National Skills Development Council (NSDC). The key objective of the IESC is to create a robust and vibrant ecosystem for quality training/ education and skill development in infrastructure equipment within the country. IESC has commissioned the development of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for selected job roles/occupations in theinfrastructure equipment sector. LabourNet and Deloitte as a consortium in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) for Development of National Occupational Standards for following select Job Roles in Infrastructure Equipment, were selected by IESC to undertake this exercise. Operation Supervisor Senior Operator Junior Operator Senior Mechanic (Engine) (Backhoe Loader) (Backhoe Loader) (Backhoe Loader) Senior Mechanic Operation Supervisor Senior Operator Junior Operator (Hydraulics) (Excavator) (Excavator) (Excavator) Senior Mechanic (Electrical/Electronics/instru Operation Supervisor Senior Operator Junior Operator mentation) (Mobile Crane) (Mobile Crane) (Mobile Crane) Operation Supervisor Senior Operator Junior Operator Junior Mechanic (Engine) (Concrete Pump) (Concrete Pump) (Concrete Pump) Junior Mechanic Operation Supervisor Senior Operator Junior Operator (Hydraulics) (Compacter) (Compacter) (Compacter) Junior Mechanic (Electrical/Electronics/instru Operation Supervisor Senior Operator Junior Operator mentation) (wheel Loader) (wheel Loader) (wheel Loader) Maintenance Foreman A work order for the same was issued by IESC for the same in the latter half of Dec 2014. The contract was signed in Jan 2015. Following issuance of the work order a planning meeting was held with IESC. 2 | P a g e 1.2. Project Objective The detailed objectives behind the development of NOS for the infrastructure equipment sector is detailed below in two phases: Phase I - Research & Occupational Mapping . Research, analysis and sector profiling of manufacturers, Leasers, Financers of Infrastructure and Civil construction equipment . Research Analysis of occupational pathways in Infrastructure Equipment segments . Analysis of occupational streams like product design, assembly and manufacturing, sales, after sales service, machine operatives and maintenance etc. Mapping of available and future occupations across the value chain in the identified verticals . Mapping existing training providers including in-house institutes and external training providers Phase 2 – NOS Development . Functional analysis of identified job roles . Developing NOS and QP for identified job roles 2. Approach and Methodology The approach for the assignment is based on key elements namely - analysis of macro environment of infrastructure equipment industry, identification of key stakeholders and employers and subsequent consultation in different geographies. This was followed by undertaking occupational analysis and development of occupational maps. Subsequently, functional analysis and development of functional maps for job roles was undertaken, which led to the development of National Occupation Standards and Qualification Pack (NOS-QP). 3 | P a g e Thekey elements of the approach and methodology for the assignment are outlined below: Element 1:Sector Profiling aimed to analyze the macro environment of infrastructure equipment industry covering global trends, size and profile, geographical distribution, growth trends, existing workforce composition and career paths, existing manpower channels and future skill requirements. Representative sampling was undertaken for capturing industry insights and generating the occupational mapping and functional analysis. The sample covered large, medium and small industry players covering organizations operating in manufacturing, leasing, trading, operating and financing of infrastructure equipment in different geographies. Element 2:This involved identifying existing unique job roles, career pathways and current employment pattern in infrastructure equipment sector. This was carried out through detailed interactions with the industry partners. Element 3: This included analysis of area of work and identification of function that a workman performs and have a clear purpose and outcome valuable to employer Element 4: This comprised of writing and assigning Unique Reference ID to NOS and QP as per NSDC NOS/QP protocol and format. Element 5: This would encompass industry validations of the QPs developed and creation of a sustainability plan for the same. 2.1. Occupational Map: Occupational mapping is the first step towards the development of NOS and is done in order to identify the various Occupations within the Industry and distinct job roles that exist within each occupation. For the current scope of the project, the key outcome of this exercise is the 4 | P a g e identification of 19 unique Job Roles for which Functional Analysis and NOS are currently being developed. Activities undertaken so far to find the job roles within the sector include the following: Secondary Reseach SME input Questionnaires Site Visits (Observations and Interactions) Identification of the participating organization was done with the support of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Indian construction equipment manufacturers association (iCEMA). OEMs (Listed in annexure) has shared a representative list of their customers with the service provider. Consortium team has reached out OEMs and their customers for occupational map and functional analysis inputs through email, telephonic interview and in-person interviews. The list of the representative survey participants is given in Annexures Data has been collected using Primary and desk research. In-person interviews were organized by LabourNet-Deloitte team across the country in the month of Jan and Feb 2015. SME inputs were taken for the industry structure, job roles and functions. 5 | P a g e Geographical representation Based on responses from operations stream customers across the country, the geographical