Mr. Sunil Arora, Secretary Skills, Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India visited the JCB Jaipur factory recently.
JCB India Limited recently inaugurated its new facility at Jaipur which is built on 115 acres of land. The site is home to JCB’s single largest manufacturing footprint in India. Component manufacturing is already underway at this new plant and production of telescopic handlers and skid steer loaders for the Indian market shall begin towards the end of 2015. This facility will also provide additional backhoe loader capacity in times to come.
During his visit, he met and interacted with the JCB management and its staff who have benefitted from the skill development and training initiatives of the company and are now working in JCB’s world class facility in Jaipur. The company has committed to invest in training programs to make candidates employable by imparting them with right skill sets. JCB Jaipur also runs a world class welding training school which implements a detailed 16 week induction program to train the fresh graduates.
“JCB India Limited has been pioneering the concept of imparting skills and has proved that with the correct Industry – Academia interface we can provide the necessary employability to today’s youth. They also focus on the requirement for up scaling the current initiatives with utmost attention on ensuring quality outcome” said Mr. Arora on the occasion. He also emphasized on the importance of the collaborative role that corporates can play in skill development and thereby contribute to the society.
When operating at full capacity, this factory shall employ around 1000 people and a large part of this manpower will be mostly recruited locally, from nearby Govt. Polytechnics, ITIs and other Pvt. Polytechnics.
Another dimension to JCB’s skill development initiatives are the Operator Training Centres which provide training to youth on how to operate JCB machines safely and productively, these 14 centres across India have successfully trained over 22,000 youth till date.
Today, there are many successful examples within JCB of how the company has been able to change people’s lives for the better, one such story being that of Ms. Jasu Devi, from the nearby village of Borawar, whose perfection in her work has earned her the name ‘Lady Robot’. In spite of Ms. Devi’s modest background, her quest for excellence and hard work together with the training and opportunities given by JCB has made her dreams come true.