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Turning Aspirations into Achievement with Swiss Vocational School

If lack of employment generation is one of the major challenges for the country, employability is a major challenge for the youth. Majority of what we call demographic dividends in India face unemployment as much for lacking employability skills as much as it is for actual dearth of employment opportunities.

Generally, after 10th or 12th standards a student stands at a crossroads of choosing the right career path, however, lacking awareness of what it takes to be employable from myriads of the likes of him or her.

Vocational schooling which is a successful method followed in developed countries can come to aid this problem in the country. Vocational schooling in India is yet to make its position parallel to mainstream education because as a society or industry or government, we never took it seriously.

But we can see now why we are struggling with quality and efficiency whereas countries like Switzerland and Germany have progressed by leaps and bounds, leaving us way behind. We aspire for "SWISS" Chocolate, watches, "GERMAN" Machines and Products when it comes to best quality and precision....the key is the quality from the bottom.

The pioneering Swiss Vocational School is the brainchild of Mr. Manish Kothari, Managing Director Rhino Machines and ACE Foundation, and is a timely initiative in the country to address the issue of unemployment and help the aspiring youth reach their goals.

Why Swiss Education System

In Swiss System there are 240+ vocations where the young 16 year olds (70% of them opt for this) take vocational education before transiting to higher education. At the age of 16, normally a student in India would have cleared Class 10 (or appeared for it).Those who do not have a very clear vision of their roadmap in higher education such as being a research scientist in technical, medical, commercial areas; those who are still trying to figure out what’s best for them; those who are from low income group who need to earn and learn &still have a growth path; those who do not wish to study much but acquire some basic life skills – which probably is 70% of the children.

How Swiss Vocational Makes a Difference in Indian Context

The Start of Career

Admission of a Swiss Vocational School     (where Industry is already a partner) at age of 16

In 2 years acquire basic skills to     start working in the industry as a mechanical, electrical or any such     single skill – be assured of job of the skill acquired, and be capable of     fulfilling the employer expectations from day one.

Finding the right future – earn, learn and progress

 Take a job and continue

 Take a job and continue

 Go for higher studies – Bachelors or       specialized courses

  acquire min 1-year experience, take      NCVT or equivalent certification

 progress to higher education to the      level of choice or need while working or full time education – options      are open.

The graphical representation shows all the paths – and the most important factor is EMPLOYMENT for the youth and ASSURANCE to the EMPLOYER of the Quality of new workforce.

The objective of starting the Swiss Vocational School was to leverage the human capital into highly productive and efficient quality assets. The Swiss Vocational Education has structured quality training for more than 100 years and had a strong industry and training partnership model. On the other hand, the Indian industry was in need of an appropriately skilled workforce and had a great demographic dividend needing quality training. Rhino and ACE aimed to create professionals with improved soft skills, enhanced professional competencies, having multi-skills and increased productivity and who are self-confident and self-responsible.

The other stakeholders in the Swiss Vocational School were SkillSonics and the Swiss Government and training institutes. SkillSonics has been aligned with SwissMEM (industry associations), SFIVET (Swiss Government), NSDC (Government of India) and CII and FICCI (industry associations). During these long-term associations, SkillSonics has been striving to transfer the Swiss 127+ years’ old solutions to the Indian vocational ecosystem. The Swiss Government and training institutes provide exposure to international training. They offer access to more than 100 years of Quality Training modules. There is a facility of dual certification.

In case of this Swiss Vocational School, in 2015, the training centre setup and marketing had begun. Training was provided to the Rhino trainers and instructors. The first batch of 22 students of a 6-month ITI course was completed. In 2016, training was provided under the SVETII QAP. The first batch of 12 electrical and 10 mechanical 6-month ITS course cleared the NSDC course. In the next year, the SERI-sponsored and SkillSonics-supported TOT in welding and automation had begun. Training was provided to engineers in industrial automation and electro-pneumatics. A partnership was established between Rhino and the Government of Gujarat to bring Swiss training to ITI Santrampur, which is now being kick started on 12th July 2018. In the beginning of 2018, the empanelment in the Government of Gujarat for the Skill Upgradation Centre was completed. Industrial automation training for existing employees of industries, students, and faculties was started. Interaction took place with the Government of Gujarat for Swiss TOT.

The Swiss Vocational Centre has recognized that the need of vocational training in India is very strong, and it has found the correct solution. The center understands that it cannot change the situation overnight, but can work around the system and deliver what it aims at. For this, it has re-tuned and adjusted the curriculum, delivery methodology, and industry participation with government certification. The Swiss Style Apprenticeship training is the fulcrum of reaching the safety, quality and productivity standards that are acceptable at the international level.

The Rhino-ACE vocational school adheres to the Swiss system that is brought by SkillSonics and followed in Switzerland. The courses are aligned to the NSDC SSC courses, and they follow the NAPS route to enlist the students. Students are provided a step-by-step path to enable them for higher education such as degree, masters, diploma and MSPT. The highlight of these courses is that students are assured of employment right from the date they join the program if they clear the levels defined by the Swiss system. At each level, the students can learn more and move up the career path.

Mr. Kothari has through the Swiss Vocational School charted out the following path for 2 of the most common and generic vocations required in the manufacturing industry. The students who are approximately 16years old are given admission, are equipped with basic mechanical, engineering etc. skills to begin work in the industry.

Mr. Kothari has now announced the third batch of production technicians. The intake is of 20 students for Mechanical and 20 students for Electrical. The next batch commences on July 16, 2018.

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Making the Country a Master mind for Industries-Manish Kothari, Rhino Machines Pvt. Ltd.

Success does not come to you unless you thrive on it. Wait, ideate and execute is what he believes in. Our country is full of resources and what it needs is a spark to ignite the passion of utilizing it. We can create a hierarchy of extraordinarily productive assets. Try and see upside down and one can find the positives of GST as well. It’s all about the perspective of how one sees.

There are very few people who can perform brainstorming ideation and execution of too many projects together and one of them is Mr. Manish Kothari, the owner of Rhino Machines Pvt. Ltd. The depth he possesses is incredible and the principle he follows shows how much a positive thinker can succeed. 

Since 1991 to 2017, the journey which covers almost 3 decades reveals a lot of ups and downs when searched at the core. The passion of possessing a world-class manufacturing industry remains a dream no more. The man has achieved it all but yet strives to cover more, see more, learn more and expand the vicinity of services. From manufacturing to providing education and training, he caters to it all.

Like all other young engineers, he could have pursued a career with working in an industry but he had dreams far beyond it. He saw things differently. And today he is one of the leading Manufacturing sectors and also specializes in consultancy, Education and training, Garments, CSR and Green Sand Reclamation.

He loves the way this country has reached the peak of development in terms of business. He strongly refutes that India does not have potential to reach the target market they want to. He has always helped in the module of modification of the education system in India.  Because he believes that students should have adequate industrial knowledge before they join a manufacturing company. Being the torch bearer of the upcoming generation, they should have the zeal to know much more than they actually have to do in the industry. The acquired knowledge must precede the knowledge required in the industry.

In our country, the public needs to invest in human capital which is very much important and is the reason why European countries meet their objectives easily. In Countries like Switzerland, the industries decide what is to be taught, the government delivers it. He thinks if the person at the shop floor is sufficiently educated, he does not need a supervisor. This country does not have the shortage of money or business or infrastructure, but the culture of education should be modified.

He has stretched an arm of help towards the needy sections of the society to remove the vicious circle of poverty from the society. He provides education to the poor children and also trains them in Industrial Training Institutes for the up gradation of the standard of living.

His opinion on the imposition of GST is exceptionally target oriented. He thinks GST might not increase the production but it will shift the production from an unorganized sector to the organized sectors.  He formed it like this, just the way we wear a seat belt after seeing the policeman, same way GST acts like the policeman we should be aware of and have to maintain a system.

Rhino Machines Pvt. Ltd is producing in India since 1991 and they are strictly against importing.  And Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” has ignited the spark of manufacturing in India within the public. It’s not that the concept of ‘no importing from outside’ did not exist but we needed the spark to maintain it. The biggest quality in a man like him is he knows to appreciate people. He does not feel bad where he goes low. He set examples of other industries that have flourished and made their ways towards the success without Importing and thus applauds the initiation.

He believes in the decentralization of work in various forms and he thinks to reach the market, get absorbed by the mass and creating a strong grip over the market can only be done through correct research and development, proper strategy, world-class content, data analyzing and following a disciplined streamline.

Rhino machines in India have created a barrier for MNCs who has to follow a line of discount they are bound to put on the goods they sell. He strongly believes in the concept of competitive market and ensures that this is an ongoing process. If one stagnates in this sector, he shall have to face difficulty coming up on the market again.

Their latest technology implemented the first machine with a robot with offline molding services, and the next initiative being Green Sand Reclamation system where they are partnering Ministry of MSMEs as technical advisors which shall be inaugurated on September 15th, 2017. He also partners Govt. of Gujarat and is going to set up a center of excellence which shall provide industrial training to the students.

Being a man of simplicity and courage, he has always boosted up the young manufacturers and has appealed not to get demoralized as the manufacturing sector is such a sector which has a strong scope of rising and thus making the roots strong for the industrialists. Thus, highlighting that ‘Make in India’ is only possible if human capital is available.

Taking a company to the zenith is the most difficult task in today’s market scenario where many other industries are there to give a cut-throat competition in the current market.  But he is steadfast and confident on his point where he says, He does not have to import things to become better. But make himself so strong that shall set the benchmark for other countries.

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