The Tata Power Skill Development Institute (TPSDI), a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, announced the successful completion of its first training workshop on ’Safety and Grounding/Earthing’ and Train-the-Trainer program for select employees of Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) from at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The training workshop, held during July 9-13, 2018, was the first among the four to be conducted during the current financial year. The training programme is a a joint initiative of US Energy Association and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The training aims to impart advanced in-depth skills along with a module on Train-the-Trainer to enable the participants to become internal training resources for EEU.
TPSDI will also be conducting the following three workshops during the current fiscal year:
- Safety and Isolating Equipment (circuit breakers)
- Safety and Transformer Maintenance
- Safety and Switching
In October 2017, TPSDI had successfully trained 48 employees of EEU on ‘Substation Maintenance’ which was well received by its sponsors and the trainees.
More about Tata Power Skill Development Institute
TPSDI provides modular training and certification across a wide range of employable skills to address the skill gap challenge faced by the power sector. The institute operates five world class training hubs in India and, since its inception in 2015, has trained over 29,000 people.
TPSDI caters to all types of learners in the power sector – from experienced technocrats to unemployed youth look for employable skills. The Institute also imparts training to students of ITI’s, polytechnics and graduate engineering colleges to bridge the gap between what the industry demands and what the academia pursues, a Tata Power release said.
Featured photograph is illustrative, and shows earthing of an electric substation
