Vinay Nigam, Executive Director (BHEL Bhopal & Jhansi) on Monday inaugurated the Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) for skilling in welding technologies at BHEL, Bhopal. The Welding School will play a seminal role in skilling the youth in and around Bhopal to meet the requirements of domestic Industries in India as per vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for achieving the goal of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

MHI under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector- Phase 2 is setting up skill centres in welding technologies through multiple centres of WRI, BHEL Trichy, BHEL-Varanasi, BHEL-Haridwar, BHEL-Bhopal and BHEL-Ranipet. The Centres shall facilitate 5000 welders annually in basic & advanced welding technologies of different National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) levels ranging from Level 3 to Level 6. This CEFC will impart skill training in advanced welding technologies along with conventional welding technologies catering to all the welding needs of the industries across all sectors.

The first batch of over 50 trainees will be trained by experts of BHEL Trichy including trainers from Fabrication dep’t. In order to train the trainees, BHEL Bhopal has also engaged retired employees who are experts in the welding trade.

All the GMs and senior officials were also present in the inaugural ceremony. The ceremony took place at the welding school at HRDC workshop which has been renovated to meet the objective. It was organized by HRDC Bhopal led by Swagata S Saxena Sr DGM & HOD (HRDC).