SKILL SOLUTIONS FOR OFF-GRID CLEAN ENERGY

1. SKILL SOLUTIONS FOR
OFF-GRID CLEAN
ENERGY
Study Report
March, 2015

2. Contents
• Objectives and Scope
• Research methodology
• Landscape Analysis
• Enterprises and Job Roles
• Job Growth Numbers
• Critical Gaps
• Solution Approach and Recommendations
• Competency Model

3. Objectives
• Landscape Analysis
• What and where are the jobs?
• Who are the employers and employees?
• What are the key issues with a manpower or skill dimension?
• How best to close manpower and skill gaps?

4. Research
Method Details
1 Field Visits • Small Hydro Plants
• Mini-grids
• Household biogas
2 Interviews • MNRE North East Regional Office
• Assam state nodal agency
• Simpa, Prakruti, Greenway, Gram Oorja, Husk
Power, SKG Sangha, Boond, Envirofit
3 Secondary Sources • India Energy Statistics, Central Statistics Office
• Climate Group Report
• IFC
• IRENA
• MNRE
• Company Web sites

5. LandscapeAnalysis – Technologies and Employment

6. Enterprises and Job Roles – Consumer Products

7. Enterprises and Job Roles – SHS

8. Enterprises and Job Roles – Biogas

9. Medium Scale Installations – Enterprises and Job Roles

10. Community Scale Installations – Enterprises and Job Roles

11. Consumer Products – Job Growth

12. SHS – Job Growth

13. Medium Scale Installations – Job Growth

14. Community Scale Installations – Job Growth

15. Community Scale Installations – Job Growth

16. Journey Map – Workforce Journey Map

17. Gaps and Remedies AcrossAll Sectors

18. Gaps and Remedies – Community Scale Systems

19. Gaps and Remedies – Solar Home Systems

20. Gaps and Remedies – Community Scale Systems

21. Salaries

22. Solution Landscape
Talent
Solutions
Formal
Training
1.
Educational
Programs
2.
Certification
Programs
3.
Apprentice
Schemes
Informal
Training
4. On-the-
Job Support
5.
Workshops
6. Staffing
Support
Most remedies needed are informal or semi-formal

23. Recommendation #1
Talent
Ecosystem
2. Content
Developers
3.
Accredited
Trainers
4.Training
and
Certification
Providers
1. Staffing
Agencies
Create an on-demand ecosystem for informal talent development
• NSDC
• NVQEF
• NOS
• TISS
• Private agencies
• Private agencies
• Pool of experts

24. Recommendation #2
Develop model content in local language
• Sales Training
• Customer Awareness
• Quality – product and installation

25. Recommendation #3
Create Information Services
Digital Identities for Field Staff
Service Agencies
Sub-contractors
Labor Contractors
Trainers
Competency Model
Open Source
Content
Projects
Pipeline
Commercial Content

26. Recommendation #4
Institutional Partnerships for Developing Career
Pathways
• TISS
• DGET
• MHRD
• NSDC

27. Recommendation #5
Develop and Maintain a Competency Model

28. Sample

29. Solution Map