Skill Training

The Narsapur Lace Cluster has a large base of lace artisans. However, these skills are mostly traditional and are not geared towards commercial production. There is a need for re-skilling the artisans and imparting new skills in addition to pure lace making. the international and domestic markets for lace have evolved with time and are witnessing greater demand for hybrid lace products, made-ups and new product categories. At present, all such additional value added work such as stitching and embroidery is carried out outside of the Cluster. As a result, the Cluster becomes a job worker providing an input of lace to a final product that is being produced elsewhere.

It is crucial for the lace manufacturing industry in Narsapur to realign with the emerging trends in market demand and diversify products and thus skills sets. There is a need to build skills in terms of high end crocheting, garmenting, embroidery, other related areas as well as soft skills. This will enable the additional value to be captured within the Cluster.

Keeping this in view, training of artisans and other Cluster stakeholders by way of structured short duration programs plays an important role. This will enable the Cluster to move up the value chain in terms of more diversified product portfolio and achieve holistic growth of the Cluster and its stakeholders.

OBJECTIVE

To address the current limitations of cluster in terms of lack of skilled manpower for the
production of high value added and diversified products ranging from fashion garments, accessories, made-ups and novelties.
Standardized training will be imparted in the areas of crochet lace making, garmenting and production, and various soft skills and enterprise development aimed at the overall capacity building of the women artisans.

PROPOSED TRAINING PROGRAMS

The proposed skill development program will address the immediate as well as long term skill needs of the artisans. It will help them in attaining a diversified and higher quality of skill set, thereby improving their earning potential. The skill development programme will aim at training about 5500 persons during the first phase. Four primary categories of skill development have been identified under these programmes which are as follows:

• Training on Value added Skill – Crochet
• Training on Stitching and Garmenting
• Training on Dyeing Facilities
• Training on EDP/Capacity Building/Exposure Visit

 
Training on Value added Skill – Crochet
It is proposed that the lace artisans shall be provided with training on value addition and basic product development on home textiles and fashion accessories using lace craft. Training shall be imparted to in various aspects of Crochet/Lace Craft, mix-media application and surface ornamentation. 4000 artisans will be covered under this course curriculum.
Training on Stitching & Garmenting
It is proposed that the lace artisans shall be provided with training on value addition (Training on Stitching & Garmenting) and basic product development on home textiles and fashion accessories using lace craft. This training course will improve the knowledge & understanding of artisans regarding handling of stitching machine and product development. 500 artisans will be covered under this course curriculum.
Training on Dyeing
A cadre of dyers amongst the lace artisans shall be developed who would be trained on standardized dyeing of lace products using higher-quality dyestuff and improvised processes in line with the industry requirements. These dyers shall run and operate the dyeing facilities installed in the CPCs. 200 artisans will be covered under this course curriculum.

Training on EDP/Capacity Building/Exposure Visit:

To provide artisans with knowledge pertaining to self-employment opportunities and develop alternative avenues of income generation, Entrepreneurship Orientation Programs will be conducted. These programs shall focus on capacity building, entrepreneurship development and imparting other related soft skills of the artisans.

PROPOSED COURSE-WISE COVERAGE