Industrial Coordination

In the Dual Training System, it is vital for both the school and the company to communicate their needs, activities and interests in order to maintain the close relationship between these two venues of learning and ensure smooth implementation of training programs. The Industrial Coordinator is tasked to facilitate all interaction and communication between the school and company. He coordinates training policies of the school with the business firm and responds to the needs, suggestions, and complaints of the company.

The procedure for industrial co-ordination activities include:

• Sourcing for potential companies, writing proposals and follow-up.
• Draw up in-plant training plan with the companies.
• Send the students with a letter to companies that have approved our proposals.
• Routine visit to the plants to monitor in-plant training progress.
• Final assessment of student's in-plant training.

About three to four months before a new set of trainees are due to go to the plant, IIT through the industrial coordinator starts sourcing for potential companies where the students can be posted. The major criteria for selection of companies for the in-plant training are the availability of diverse engineering production facilities, commitment to training, safety practices, and opportunities for students' employment on graduation.
The in-plant training plan is drawn in collaboration with technical departments of these companies. Since the students undergo multi-skill training in the school, the in-plant training plan is drawn to cover all areas of engineering that the students are being trained. This is to achieve the objective of making them multi-skilled personnel at the end of their training program.

Routine visits are carried out whenever the students are in the plant. This is to make sure that the companies are implementing the training plan. It's also to assess the performance of the boys; this we do by interacting with their supervisors or managers. We also interact with the boys to see how they are faring and see areas where they could need help. The students during the in-plant training have a logbook where they record all daily activities carried out in the plant. Their supervisors go through their logbooks to either certify what they have done or make corrections. This helps us also to monitor the extent of their technical training in the plant.

During the period of the in-plant training program, the students alternate between the school and the plants spending two months on either side at every given time. They spend a total of twelve months in the plant at the end of the training program. The companies pay them stipend whenever they are in the plant to take care of their transport.

At the end of the in-plant training program, the report of each student is compiled. This covers both his technical ability and attitude.