Can you be myprospective employer ?

a partnership project of

Missiontowards eradicating

unemployment and poverty –

International Labour Organisation-

United Nations team for Tsunami Recovery Support-

Quilon Social Service Society-

American Indian Foundation-

United Nations Development Programme–

Specialties of training

To build better livelihood restoration is a crucial factor for sustainable recovery and building

resilience to future disasters. Hence, we have scaled up viable and market oriented alternative

livelihood training trades to reduce vulnerabilities that may lead to poverty in affected areas.

Our recovery framework is nearing its crucial phase of sustaining the work, which we jointly

carried out with support from ILO-UNTRS-AIF-UNDP & training providers. Results will have to

be demonstrated in terms of placement of trainees and sustainability of the alternative

employment opportunities created. This placement brochure is an effort to market the skills

of our dedicated and hardworking trainees and we reaffirm our commitment to the society

“we build back better” for economic and social reconstruction of Tsunami affected coastal

communities.

Can you be my

prospective employer?

Merly daughter of a

gulf returned

coolie labour

studied up to Plus

Two and decided to

discontinue her

studies due to economic

hardship. Dreams of becoming

a teacher remained as her

unfulfilled ambition. Poverty

and ill health of her father again

worsened the situation. Her

parents were not able to send

her for higher education and

preferred to invest on her only

brother whom they wanted to

be the bread winner of the

family. In the mean time Merly

got married to an X-ray welder

working in Gulf. To meet

marriage expense her parent

arranged loans and personal

favors from relatives and was

submerged in debt trap.

Life became more miserable for

the family as Merly’s husband

failed to earn enough to sustain

a family of five members.

Despair stuck her again and she

was in no mans land. In such a

perplexing situation Merly came

to know about ILO-ALP-UNTRS

Project and approached QSSS to

find her destiny. Merly was

counseled by project team and

was enrolled in 6 month Diploma

in Computer Application course.

Being an ardent learner she

became “the best” in her batch

and was loved by other ALP

trainees. Being punctual,

responsible, resourceful and

friendly, other students started

approaching her with doubts

and thus become their “kutti”

teacher. In a span of six months

she came out with flying colors.

Merly said- “I realized my

teaching skills when I did topic

presentation as a part of my

course curriculum. I am now

confident enough of getting an

enchanting career waiting

ahead and hope to support my

family with an additional

income. Merly concluded her

conversation with project team

by showing her deep adoration

to ALP and said “I bestow all my

earned success to Alternative

Livelihood Project for helping

me to make my life a meaning

full one.

We provide free placement service

Contact

Placement Officer, Alternative Livelihood Project, Quilon Social Service Society

Fatima Road, Kollam – 13 Phone – 0474 – 2797438, 2797428

qsss@rediffmail.com

www.qsss.org

The ILO “Mantra”ILO believes that employment creation must be an explicit and central objective of all economic

and social reconstruction effort.

ILO UNTRS QSSSUNDPAIF

Can you be my prospective employer? Yes, this is the question Merly and other 495 students puts

before you.

Counselling

session

Trainee

aptitude

test

Store

keeper’s

course

Computer

hardware

maintenance

DCAP X Ray

weldingPipe

fabrication

We Give Voiceless People

“A Voice” Through Economic

Reconstruction

Quilon Social Service Society is a Non

Governmental Organisation working for coastal

communities of Kollam coast since 48 years. In

southern Kerala, after December 2004 Tsunami,

we succeeded in extending a plethora of succor

to affected communities and assisted them in

rebuilding efforts focusing on shelter,

psychosocial support, capacity building,

livelihood, disaster management and advocacy.

To be with the least and the last is the guiding

principle that makes us walk with them.

QSSS in association with International Labour

Organization is implementing Alternative

Livelihood Project in Tsunami affected villages

of Kollam district having a target to train 495

youth/SHG members in a variety of technical

and non-technical trades with resource support

from reputed training institutes of government

and private.

ALP aims at creating alternative employment

opportunities with specific objectives of

diversification of coastal economy through

expansion of human and social capital for

employability and inclusion of vulnerable

groups such as woman-headed households,

persons with disabilities and other under-

privileged sections of society with a

meaningful purpose to improve skill and

competencies to get high reward in terms of

money, efficiency and utility. Post training

support and monitoring is prime concern of the

project.

Alternative Livelihood Training Details

No Trade Training Contents Term Trainees Male Female Institute Ready for

placement

1 DTP Data entry, Project works, Document typing, Internet usage, Ms Office & Corel Draw 3 Months 30 13 17 Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kollam Ready

2 Stewards Stewardship- F & B service, Beverage Service, Food Service, 1 Month 25 - - Food Crafts Institute, Kollam 30-05-2008

Table service & layout and many more.

3 Store Keeper Accounting, billing, stock maintenance, inward outward register & Store management 1 Month 25 11 14 Institute of Accounting & 10-04-2008

Computer Technology, Kollam

4 Three-Wheeler Introduction and awareness, Traffic rules, Basic principles of driving, Driving practical, 1 Month 30 22 08 Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kollam Ready

Minor mechanical trouble shooting, LEE – Life enrichment and Education program

5 X- Ray Welding Arch & Gas welding, Pipe Fabrication, TIG, MIG, A/C theory, A/C, D/C transformer, Estimation 4 Months 39 39 0 Alpha ITC, Karunagappally 15-05-2008

6 Pipe Fabrication Basic Pipe Fabrication, Mighter cutting, Pipe Template Development, 3 Months 31 31 0 Institute of Welding Technology, Kollam 30-04-2008

Reducer making (eccentrical & concentrical reducer), Making Lateral-T, Elbow,

Isometric Drawing and leading, Gas cutting and grinding, Plant drawing & leading,

Small Diameter Industrial Piping Systems, Safety and Salvage Operations

7 Professional Cooking Cooking- Soup, types of cooked rice, flour dishes, meat dishes, vegetable curries, fish dishes, 1 Month 25 - - Food Craft Institute, Kollam 30-05-2008

Kerala dishes, Chinese, Tandoor, Sweet- India / Western & General

8 Diploma in Multimedia Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Macromedia Flash, 3 Month 25 09 16 G– Tech Computers Education, Kollam 02-04-2008

(DMA) Macromedia Director, Macromedia Autherware, 3D S Max

9 Canning and Jams, Crushes, Pickles, Squashes, Wine, Jelly, Sauce, Halwa, Preserves, food pigments, 1 Month 25 - - Food Craft Institute, Kollam 30-05-2008

Food Preservation additives, spoilage, hygiene and nutrition

10 Diploma in Computer Information Technology, PC Software, Business System and FoxPro, Programming in C, 6 Months 22 03 19 Center for Advanced 10-06-2008

Application (DCA) Programming Using Visual Basic, Mini Project, Tutorials, Software Lab I(IT), Computer Education- CDAC, Karunagappally

Software Lab II(PC Software), Software Lab III(BS &FoxPro), Software Lab IV(C Programming),

Software Lab V(Visual Basic)

11 Diploma in Computer Computer basics, Windows, Word, Excel, Tally, Advanced computer accounting, 5 Months 22 06 16 G– Tech Computers Education, 15-05-2008

Accounting Package - (DCAP) billing, Daceasy, Peachtree & Wing Karunagappally

12. Certified Course in Computer Fundamentals of Electronics, Introduction to Computers, Installation, Diagnosing, 6 Months 14 11 03 Center for Advanced Computer 10-06-2008

Hardware Maintenance (CCHM) Trouble shooting and Maintenance, Operating System Education- CDAC, Karunagappally

13 Coir Mat Making- Coir Mat Making- Corridor mats, Sinnet mats, Mesh mats, Lovers knot (Rope) mats Round carpet 2 Months 20 0 20 National Coir Training & 10-06-2008

SHG training Designing Centre (Coir Board Alleppey)

14 Mushroom Cultivation- Introducing mushroom, bed preparation, de-composition of straw and sterialisation process, 8 Days 32 0 32 Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kollam Ready

SHG training spawning and bagging, removal of polythene cover, water spraying & harvesting

15. Advance Fish Products- Introduction to value addition to Fish Products, Nutrient content, methods of fish processing, 10 Days 50 0 50 Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kollam 30-04-2008

SHG training Fish Products & Market & Marketing

16 Advanced Dairy Products- Paneer, Milk pickle, Rasamalai, Bengali Resagula, Gulab Jamun, Ice cream, Yogurt, Curd, 10 -Days 25 0 25 Milk Product & 25-04-2008

SHG training Srikhand, Milk Chocolate, Paneer Cutlet, Paneer Masala, Paneer Sip up, Channa Murkhi, Training Development Centre, Ochira

Channa Cake, Milk Laddu, Donnet, Khova Cake & Milk Halwa

17 Bakery and Confectionery- Basic Bakery & Confectionary, Advanced Bakery Confectionary 1 Month 25 0 25 Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kollam 15-05-2008

SHG training

18 Cost Effective Building Concrete Ceiling, Piece compound wall, Flower Pots & Portable Ferro Cement water tanks 16 –Days 30 0 30 Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Kollam Ready

Material- SHG training