The Indian Government is looking to increase the number of apprentices from around 14 lakhs in 2022 to 50 lakhs in a few years. This is an ambitious goal, one that demands that employers cooperate and work with the government to achieve it. Employers are opening to the idea of apprenticeship in India, and it is becoming just as popular a concept as internship.
What is the full form of NATS?
NATS stands for National Apprenticeship Training Scheme. It was instituted by the Government of India in 2006 to give students fresh out of college the opportunity to go in for apprenticeship, learn skills that will serve them for a lifetime and get ahead in their career.
Objectives of NATS
Not all training that is received in college is useful and such training generally does not let you be job ready. The main objective of the NATS training program is to provide skill training to help people find jobs in the formal sector and vocational skill training for jobs in private institutions. The other objectives of the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme in India are:
- To enable employers to develop skilled manpower to meet future challenges posed by technological or regulatory changes.
- To generate job opportunities that are sustainable for marginalized communities, aligning them to office jobs, with preference given to women and those engaged in traditional roles.
- To create jobs and self-employment for youth, catalysing entrepreneurship and improving wages
Features of NATS
- The scheme provides a period of 1 year to observe the performance of the candidate before making them regular full-time employees.
- Through the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme, the government pays back the employer 50% of the minimum payment that must be made to the apprentices for their services.
- The training scheme ensures that there is no shortfall of manpower in the organization to accomplish the tasks.
- The scheme allows establishments to address even future requirements for human resources.
- Designated trades are offered by the Government and optional trades by private institutions. Under this scheme, both optional and designated trades have been addressed.
- If an establishment is operating its business in several states of India, then it can operate on a national basis.
How is NATS Beneficial?
- Employers can address problems with skill gaps, making sure that there aren’t any in the organisation.
- Employers enrolled with NATS training are exempt from EPF and ESI contributions.
- A proactive workforce is created through skill development, becoming an asset to the organisation.
- The cost of hiring comes down rapidly, as apprentices trained through the program start contributing immediately.
- If the apprentices do not perform to satisfactory levels, then the employer is not committed to employ them.
- The observed attrition rates after an apprenticeship training program are also low, as apprentices tend to stay loyal to the company.
- Helps project your brand is one that cares about the local population and wants to engage with them.
Eligibility and Requirements for Employers
The documents required for eligibility are:
- Incorporation Certificate.
- PAN/TAN
- Last year’s IT returns.
- Internal committee’s findings regarding any issue of sexual harassment.
- Total hands employed in on-roll, contractual, and full-time roles etc.
- Training module for apprentices on a yearly basis.
- Brief info regarding the establishment (<1MB size).
- Mobile number to receive OTP.
- Email IDto receive all the relevant details.
Note: All documents must be attested by an authority and office seal must be placed on all of them.
Enrolment- After reading the enrolment guidelines clearly, the establishment must then initiate the enrolment process with the eligibility documents ready. They will be asked a series of questions for which they would need to provide inputs.
The establishment must then provide each document required to prove their eligibility. An internal committee is also required which must inform the National Apprenticeship Training registration team about any sexual harassment in the company.
There must also be a structured apprenticeship training module. If the company lacks one, then it will lead to delays in NATS enrolment. In the company info space, the employer needs to mention the workplace address and the headquarters and the corporate office locations.
FAQs
What is the salary of an apprentice under the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme?
The starting salary of anyone employed as apprentice under NATS is 11,000 in the present year, as announced by the Government of India for a one-year duration.
Is NATS certificate valuable?
The NATS training programme empowers the youth of our nation by providing them skills that will enable them to secure higher paying jobs over time and maintain a higher standard of living. The certificate from NATS is proof that you have undergone NATS training and is valuable whenever you apply for a job.
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