Dharmendra Pradhan introduces SCALE app to advance leather industry skills

Dharmendra Pradhan introduces SCALE app: The SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app was unveiled on September 20th by Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) in Chennai. This app provides a one-stop solution for the education, testing, and employment requirements of the leather sector.

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Dharmendra Pradhan introduces SCALE app: Key Points

• The Union Minister claimed during his speech at the event that the leather industry, which already employs over 44 lakh people, is crucial to the development of widespread employment in the country.
• He commended the CSIR-CLRI for its critical role in the expansion of this sector and for achieving the perfect balance between academics and skill development.

SCALE app: Created to change skill development programmes

• The Leather Skill Sector Council built the SCALE android app to revolutionise how skill development programmes are planned and delivered to trainees in the leather industry.
• All ages of leather craft enthusiasts have access to online live streaming classes from the state-of-the-art studio at Leather SSC’s headquarters.
• In the Leather Sector, 2.39 million new jobs are anticipated to be created between 2017 and 2022.
• Included in this are 0.88 million full-time employees in the leather industry, 0.77 million workers for small firms, and 0.74 million independent contractors or daily pay employees like cobblers.
• With 55% of the workforce being under the age of 25, the Indian leather industry has one of the youngest and most productive workforces of 35.

A fresh emphasis on skilling, re-skilling, and up-skilling as well as promoting capacity building is required, according to the Union Minister, who also discussed the changes in the industry brought on by the development of digital technology and environmentally friendly practises. He suggested that CSIR-CLRI start a national capacity development initiative to improve the skills of experts working in this field. He continued by saying that the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), CLRI, and Leather Sector Skill Council will work together to build Common Facilities and Skilling Centers throughout India, including Chennai.

SCALE app: India second-largest footwear producer in the world

The second-largest manufacturer and consumer of shoes worldwide is India. In India, where the leather industry also maintains a substantial annual production of around 3 billion square feet of leather, about 13% of the world’s leather hides and skins are produced. This country produces 9% of the footwear made worldwide. Numerous leather and footwear clusters can be found all over India, from coast to coast.

A nonprofit organisation called the Leather Sector Skill Council (LSSC) was established to assist India’s leather industry in meeting the demand for skilled labourers. The LSSC was founded in 2012 and is one of the significant sector skill councils recognised by the National Skill Development Corporation. (NSDC). It meets the demands of the completed leather, footwear, apparel, leather goods, and accessories sub sectors for employment and training.

Leather Sector Skill Council’s (LSSC) primary goals:

• To promote the development of the skilled labour force required for the long-term expansion of the leather and leather goods industry.
• Promote sector capacity growth to guarantee the availability of trained and skilled labour across industrial segments and organisational levels.

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