With Globalization, Indian Construction Industry is now open to the world, resulting in a growing demand for world-class quality workmanship and deployment of latest technologies in both the materials used and the methods of construction. This is mainly due to the need to complete projects at reduced cost, coupled with speed and safety. This turn demands a drastic increase in productivity of men and machines, which can be achieved only by imparting intensive training to workmen and equipping them with the required knowledge and skill in construction.
Realising all this, Director of Employment and Training, Gandhinagar take steps to provide construction vocational training in Gujarat started Construction Skills Training Centre (CSTC). CSTC will develop a trained workforce through structured training.
To prepare the construction workforce to meet the imminent explosion in the demand for world class construction in terms of quality of workmanship and productivity
To classify training requirement and to set standards to monitor occupational levels of competency of the technicians to be deployed in construction
To disseminate knowledge and appropriate skill practices through recognized systems of training, testing and certification to validate levels of competency
To facilitate training by setting up modular training schools with well defined infrastructure and curricula
To serve the social objective of harnessing to raw power of multitude of Indian youth into a trained and focused construction workforce of world class standards
