The Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company limited (CSPDCl) has invited experts from New Delhi for training ‘contract line attendants’ to ensure quick rectification of electrical faults.
Experts from the Power Sector Skill Council (PSSC), New Delhi will provide training to contractual line attendants so that they could speedily repair faults in electric line and ensure smooth power supply, officials informed.
The training session of the contractual linemen was inaugurated by Managing Director of CSPDCl Ankit Anand.
“For increasing the quality of training programs CSPDCl is taking the help of Central Government’s undertakings. This will help the field workers to complete their work efficiently while ensuring better safety,” Anand said.
According to him, the line attendants will undergo the special course of 350 hours which includes theory as well as practical. At the completion, of course, they will have to appear in an exam and those passing the exam would be only sent to field and those failing will undergo the course again. CEO PSSC, Vinod Bihari informed Council was formed in 2015 by the Centre for upgrading the skills of power companies’ employees. So far the Council has successfully conducted courses in 10 states. “last year 5,000 employees were provided skill training and this year PSSC has decided to train 30,000 employees,” Bihari said.