Trainer Instructor Aptitude Test Information Gathering & Synthesis Domain Throughput

19 Pages·2017·1.97 MB·English

by  Rakesh Hans

Introduction
Vocational trainers play a pivotal role in reducing the skill gap that exists in
vocational sectors by imparting training and development to new recruits.
Therefore, it becomes imperative for them to be highly proficient in the
requisite domain skills, along with possessing the adequate teaching acumen.
In this report, we provide an in-depth analysis of the proficiency of vocational
skill trainers in teaching skills and in their respective domain. The report
evaluates skill levels of trainers in eight vocational skill sectors – Apparel,
Construction, Healthcare, Retail, Automobiles and components,
Electronics/IT/ITeS/Hardware, Logistics and Tourism & Hospitality.
This report is based on the evaluation of over 500 vocational trainers who
participated in the Skill India Fellowship conducted by Aspiring Minds. These
trainers were assessed by conducting an online test, followed by an interview
with a highly qualified jury. The trainers were evaluated on three areas –
teaching aptitude and pedagogy, information gathering and synthesis skills and
domain knowledge in their respective sector.
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Executive Summary
The key findings of the present study are as follows:
 The study unveils that only 27.73% trainers have the required professional
skillset in their choice of industry. Construction sector has as low as 7.14%
trainers with requisite professional skill level, while Tourism/Hospitality
sector has the highest percentage of 71.43%.
 Lowest percent trainers with requisite skill proficiency observed in
construction sector can be ascribed to their low performance in AMCAT
modules – Instructor Aptitude Test, Information Gathering & Synthesis and
Domain module.
 Upon application of individual benchmarks on AMCAT modules, we find
that only 48% trainers clear the cut-off for cognitive skill, 51% for instructor
aptitude and 59% for domain knowledge.
 Gender demographic analysis uncovers that females have higher skill
competence and AMCAT scores. Similar analysis for the type of current city
shows that, as expected, metro cities are likely to produce more skilled
trainers than the non-metro cities.
 City zones form pairs in terms of performance, where one pair is of North
& South and the other is East & West having similar quality of trainers
within the respective pair with the former being more prowess than the
latter.
 Age and experience of trainers do not act as a strong differentiating criteria
of performance. However, highest educational degree is a good predictor
of industry readiness, hence higher the qualification, the better is the skill
level.
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Skill India Fellowship
a. Vision
Aspiring Minds Skill India Fellowship aims to recognize and award vocational skills
trainers across India. The vision of this fellowship is to celebrate excellence in skills
training to ensure increased aspirations, achievements, and pride.
b. Methodology
Online applications invited on:
http://skillindiafellowship.org/
Screening of applications basis eligibility
criteria
Online test at 28 centres across India
Interviews at 5 regional centres. Highly
qualified Jury members from each sector
interviewed candidates on domain skills
and teaching Pedagogy.
Selected top trainers from each sector to
be awarded today
c. Sectors
Apparels Logistics Construction Electronics/IT/Hardware
Healthcare Automobile/Components Retails Tourism/Hospitality
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d. Assessment
ONLINE TEST
All the candidates were assessed on the following modules:
 Information Gathering and Synthesis
 Instructor Aptitude
 Personality
 Respective Domain Module
INTERVIEWS
All the candidates shortlisted after online test were
interviewed by Jury on:
 Domain Knowledge
 Teaching Pedagogy
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Participation
1300+ 500+ 120+ 30
Applicants Online Tests Interviews Winners
Sector-wise distribution
Electronics/IT/ITeS/Hardware 24%
Healthcare 18%
Construction 18%
Retail 12%
Tourism/Hospitality 11%
Automobiles/Components 11%
Apparel 5%
Logistics 2%
State-wise distribution
Maharashtra 17%
Delhi 13%
Rajasthan 10%
Telangana 7%
Orissa 6%
Punjab 5%
Uttar Pradesh 5%
TamilNadu 5%
Chhattisgarh 5%
Himachal Pradesh 4%
Gujarat 4%
Others 19%
Gender-wise distribution
Male 72%
Female 28%
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1. Sector-wise Analysis
a. Skill comparison
SECTORS
OVERALL 27.43%
CONSTRUCTION 7.14%
AUTOMOBILES/AUTO COMPONENTS 20.41%
ELECTRONICS/IT/ITES/HARDWARE 20.91%
HEALTHCARE 27.38%
OTHERS* 31.03%
RETAIL 48.21%
TOURISM/HOSPITALITY 56.86%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
• Benchmarking studies done by Aspiring Minds quantifies minimum professional
threshold for different sectors by a theoretical understanding and empirical
validation of the knowledge, cognitive skills and domain expertise required.
• On applying the minimum required threshold, we find that percentage of trainers
who have the requisite skill level varies from 7.14% in Construction sector to
56.86% in Tourism/Hospitality sector.
• As low as 27 out of 100 trainers show professional competence in their choice of
role. It is crucial to take proper measures to improve these figures.
*Sectors like Apparels and Logistics are categorized as Others due to insufficient
sample size
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b. Mean scores
900 838
800
698
700 637 648628 660
598 591605 610580606
552 553 558
600 529 519
S 486 491
ER 500 451 464
O
C 400
S
300
200
100
Instructor Aptitude Test Information Gathering and Domain
Synthesis
Construction Others
Automobiles/Auto Components Electronics/IT/ITES/Hardware
Healthcare Retail
Tourism/Hospitality
• The reason for lowest proficiency of trainers in Construction sector can be
attributed to their performance on all three AMCAT modules.
• For Instructor Aptitude Test and Domain module, Tourism/Hospitality sector
scores highest while Construction sector scores lowest with a difference of 186
and 347 points respectively.
• Trainers from Tourism/Hospitality sector have scored highest, and followed by
those from Retail and Healthcare.
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