To train youth in air conditioning repair and maintenance two model skill development centres (MSDCs) have been set up in Vijayawada and Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh.
The Industrial Training Centre of APSSDC and Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India Limited (JCH-IN) have come together. Courses have been launched at both Centres.
The courses in AC Repair and Maintenance for four batches of 20-30 candidates in a year will be offered. The duration of the courses will be 3 months. While the syllabus will be provided by Hitachi, the certification will be done jointly by Hitachi and APSSDC.
They will focus on skill training of youths and make them employable.
This is an outcome of a meeting held in June in Vijaywada between Chief Minister of AP, N Chandrababu Naidu and Gurmeet Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, JCH-IN, according to a press release.
In the next phase centres will be started in Nellore, Anantpur and Vishakhapatnam by end of next year. K Sambasiva Rao, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, APSSDC and Gurmeet Singh visited the Vijaywada Center and addressed the students.
JCH-IN, is a joint venture between Johnson Controls, US and Hitachi Appliances, Japan. Hitachi will bear the entire cost of running the MSDCs.
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