Employability Skill - NSQF

Overview

                Hard skills are a person’s skill set and ability to perform a certain type of activity or task. Soft skills are a person’s ability to interact effectively with co-workers and customers. Hard skills are mainly applicable at the work place. Soft skills are broadly applicable both at and outside the work place. Soft skills complement the hard skills which are occupational requirement of a job. It also complements many other activities even outside the work place. Presently soft skills are increasingly sought out by employers in addition to standard qualification. There are instances of professions where soft skills proved to be more important, on a long term basis than occupational skills. Soft skills refer to a number of features viz. behavior, personal finance management, communication, etc. those make persons excellent workers and suitable to work in a team. Studies suggest that soft skills are equally important indication of job performance as hard skills.

            The National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI), Chennai, has now come up with instructional material to suit the revised curriculum for Employability Skills 1st Semester NSQF Common for all trades will help the trainees to get an international equivalency standard where their skill proficiency and competency will be duly recognized across the globe and this will also increase the scope of recognition of prior learning. NSQF trainees will also get the opportunities to promote life long learning and skill development. I have no doubt that with NSQF the trainers and trainees of ITIs, and all stakeholders will derive maximum benefits from these IMPs and that NIMI's effort will go a long way in improving the quality of Vocational training in the country.