Importance of Beforehand Trained Qualified Engineers of different Branches

In our country a large no. of qualified engineers are being produced every year.

These, just graduated Engineers are not Engineering Professionals.Industry needs to employ Engineering Professionals, may be budding,but should be professionals.

Just graduated Engineers have to be trained by dedicated experienced engineering professionals such that they are able to transform themselves to Engineering Professionals.

During this process of transformation the Just graduated Engineers are exposed to the attitude, environment,working on different trades, HR dealing skills, communication skills, engineering  aptitude is enhanced, industries are looking for all these traits in the incoming Engineers.

Colleges are providing academics. Academics is just data-bank, like in a computer.Different Software’s are required to use the computer effectively. 

Similarly, just fresh engineers need Beforehand training  with multi trades enabling them to work in Industries effectively with optimum productivity.

Industries look for such Beforehand Trained Engineers.These Engineers strengthen the sustainability of their Industry.

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Training

For a long time our countrymen are agriculture based with the assistance of animals and natural rains.Generations after generations have been learning agricultural process from observations and lessons from their senior generations and interactions with their neighbors and known farmers.

This passing on the process of doing or performing a particular job with more accuracy is known as Training.

Major population of our country is in transition phase from agricultural base to Industrial base. Even agriculture industry is now shifting its base to mechanisation.

Mechanisation is a result of using scientific observations and framing, formation of rules and laws of natural happenings and occurrences  and then using these rules and laws of nature to overcome natural obstacles and hindrance being faced by human beings in performing jobs.

Mechanisation helps human being in reducing the use of muscle power/ human efforts in performing various jobs with the help of machines.

These machines, give best results if operated and maintained as per the prescribed methods by their designers and manufacturers, otherwise these machines prove to be white elephants.Before using the different machines, man has to learn many other traits, which enable the man to utilise the machines to optimum level.

This learning is known as Training.

 In general it is observed that men are trainable if they possess basic education of the field.

Training is a type of recognition to the concerned trainee that s/he is capable of performing the job satisfactorily.therfore Training should be considered as essential for all for each and every profession including agriculture.

Before-hand Training helps in adapting the required Culture to perform the specific Job.

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A Myth - Industry is ok without Engineers

This is about a common talk in Industrial Environment that these days Industry Ready Engineers are not available.I accept this fact, but I try to view this from a different angle also and want to share the same to a larger cross section of Industry on PAN India basis.

There are certain myths about Industry and Engineers.

Let us understand the different points which I term as myths one by one and put efforts to remove these myth and attack on many other issues.

1 Colleges are not producing Industry Ready Engineers.

Here, please ask yourself, did any Medical college produce any patient ready doctor even after internship during college studies; did any Education Professional college produce a Student Ready Teacher; Did any Law college produce a court ready advocate.

Answer to all these is Big No!

In all the above professions, the new graduate is put in to practice through training and  tried and treated rigorously by their seniors.

Similarly a new engineer has to be trained , tried and treated.

2 Engineers don't work only Mistry/technicians really work.

If an Engineer doesn't work, he is not a Engineer, he is a munshi or admin. supervisor.

But a trained and treated engineer available on the Shop floor, he can not avoid working. He will have to come on the scene ready to work with work force.In such case Mistry loves to work in his supervision , guidance and leadership.A trained engineer works to lead the team at different works or jobs.He does the precision works. 

3 a Mistry or Technicians are more capable of working.

Apparently this is so. A Mistry is a Mistry and Engineer is an Engineer. While a Mistry knows only how, the Engineer is supposed to know why and how both! 

Mistry are skilled in doing the task, but without regards to costs, quality and delivery commitment.

4 a Employing Engineers is a costly affair.

Again this is apparent only at first instance, The so called Jugads by experienced Mistry or Technician prove to be more costly in long run, spoils the branding and hence dents the Competitiveness and sustainability of the industry.Jugads have to be done as stop gap arrangements. I have experienced personally a number of times in my career. (सौ सुनार की एक लोहार की) 100 blows of a gold smith are equal to 1 blow of black smith.

I consider some time Jugad is unavoidable but is a step out of Box and can not be made a regular practice.

Employing a trained and Industry Ready Engineer is always economical and useful in branding and making the Industry sustainable.

5. Training Cost on Engineers go unproductive.

Yes, if engineer does not stay with the Industry for 2/3/4 years. Because Industry takes risk of training new Engineer. If he escapes the industry prematurely, industry gets upset.

Solution to all the above issues are: 

College should focus on Academic enrichment of their students,

Students should be motivated to take Vocational Trades Training with Employability orientation from 3rd agency.

This will enhance Employability of fresh graduate engineers,

This will increase no of Qualified Engineers in industry in turn productivity of Industry.

This will dilute the risk from recruitment of raw Engineers.

Overall this will strengthen the sustainability of Industries.

Writer is an experienced engineering management professional and a mentor and trainer to engineers.