This document discusses skills needed for jobs and careers. It separates skills into categories such as technical skills, soft skills, cognitive skills, and process skills. It provides examples for each category of skills such as critical thinking, systems analysis, and active listening. The document also discusses challenges facing education and training systems such as demand-supply mismatches, lack of practical training, and negative perceptions of vocational education.

1. Dr. Akshay N Ganbote
Manager HR
MAHAGENCO-State PSU

2.  Raw Material to Finished Products.
 Value Creation
 Premium to Value

3. 1870-Electrification
1970- Automation
1980- Globalisation
Today-
Digitalisation
Future-
Personalisation
Source: www.raconteur.net
https://www.digitalpulse.pwc.com.au

4. Source: Roland Berger

5. Student1
• Graduate
Engineer
Trainee
• Manageme
nt Trainee
2
• Engineer
Temporary
• Engineer
Permanent
3

8. What To Do?

9. Expertise
or Talent
needed in
order to do
a job or
task.
Ability to
carry out a
task with
determined
results.

10. Hard
skills
Soft
skills
Skills
Technical Skills
Interpersonal, people skills,
social skills, communication
skills, character traits,
attitudes, career attributes
and emotional intelligence
quotient

11. • Cognitive Flexibility . Mathematical Reasoning
• Creativity . Logical Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity . Visualization
Cognitive
Analytics
• Active learning . Oral expression
• Reading comprehension .Written expression
• ICT literacy
Content
Skills
• Active listening
• Critical thinking
• Monitoring self and others
Process
Skills

12. • Judgment and decision making
• Systems analysisSystems Skills
• Equipment maintenance, repair, operation & control
• Programming > Quality control
• Troubleshooting
Technical Skills
• Research
• Analysis
Complex
Problem
Solving Skills

13. Resource
Management
Skills
Physical
Abilities Social Skills

14. Passion
Perception
Perseverance

15. • College
• Student
• Students
• Teachers
• College
• College
• Student
• Teachers
• College/
Educational
Institute
Curriculum &
Infrastructure
Standards and
Operations
Quality
Trainers
Practical
Training

16. Demand supply mismatch
Access to Typical education
Lack of industrial training
Quality
National Qualification
Framework (NQF)
Lack of resources
Negative image at secondary
level

18. Questions?