PAKISTAN STEEL

PAKISTAN STEEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AT A GLANCE
 

                Pakistan Steel, the largest public enterprise in Pakistan, in addition to its vital roll of industrialization in the country as the requirement of developing a large contingent of skill manpower. To achieve this goal, the corporation established a full-fledged Human Resource Development Department with the task of planning, estimating, training, career planning and development of manpower to the various integrate units of Pakistan Steel. The induction of employees as a large magnitude coupled with functional diversities such as those of an integrated Steel Plant and in calculation of necessary practical skills in all of its multy-dimension facets as to made it necessary for this department to develop comprehensive and all encompassing blue-print for manpower development.

02.     in the process of recruitment, training and development of manpower to Pakistan Steel, the department as topped all the available resources in the country, depended heavily on source aboard and creative infra-structural facilities with in the premises of Pakistan Steel to provide suitable environmental and physical conditions for training and acquisition of necessary practical skills and socialization within corporation environment with personal initiative, prolonged experience and help from Soviet Union and other aid-giving agencies like UNDP, UNIDO, and ILO, we have reached a stage of maturity where we can handle any assessment of manpower development for public enterprises, both in Pakistan and abroad.

03.     Manpower requirements of Pakistan Steel have been tune of 13,000 to      14, 000 personals, inclusive of both categories of technical and non technical employees. The available training facilities within the country did not have the capacity to provide such a large number of trend manpower according to schedule of requirements. The main reason was the non-existence of training facilities related to various specialized field of an integrated steel plant in the training institute of Pakistan.   

04.     The Directorate of Human Resource Development under the supreme command of Engr. Absar Nabi, Director (HRD) and now comprises of the following specialized units encompassing training and development of all categories personals:

ü  Pakistan Steel Institute of Technology (PSIT)

ü  Training Wing

i)            In-Plant Training Section

ii)          Foreign and Local Training Section

iii)         Management Development 

i.             Pakistan Steel Institute of Technology (PSIT)

The Institute was established in 1976 and is a full flagged institution with modern training aids/equipment is performing with modern functions.

PSIT is the largest industrial training establishment of the country with the facility to impart training in over 75 specialized trades of steel production and allied industrial corporations. PSIT with its capacity to trend 1200-1500 artisans per annum on two shift basis.

Education process in PSIT is being carried out according to Soviet Vocational and training system, education plan and curriculum. The education program consists of theoretical studies, work shop practice and on the job training.

The training methods adopted by the institute are modern and pragmatic, class rooms lectures and based on planned lessons backed by group decision. Extensive use of modern audio visual aids is made which includes working models and slides projectors, record player, tape recorders and close circuit video tape equipment.

Three types of training facilities are provided for:

Ø  Six month duration of training, the first three months training in PSIT 50% theory and 50% work shop practice, followed by on the job training for another three months.

Ø  One year duration of training out of which 09 month training are PSIT training 50% theory and 50% work shop practice, and remaining three months on Job training at plant.

Ø  Two years duration of training out of which 18 months training are in PSIT 50% theory and 50% work shop practice, followed by six months on the job training at plant.

Ø  The maximum educational requirement for admission to PSIT is matriculation with science group. The candidates must be 16-21 years of age and physical fit.

Ø  In 1985 PSIT started three years Diploma of Associate Engineer courses having six semester in Metallurgy, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Chemical and Air-conditioning & Refrigeration, Technology, affiliated by Sindh Board of Technical Education  (SBTE). The induction of the students is being made in every year on the above fields as per academic season of SBTE, the selection of the criteria is maximum 22 years and matriculation in science group in ‘C’ grade.   

Ø  Therefore, the Institute is one of institute which conducts diploma classes in Metallurgy being associate with the largest metallurgical establishment in the country

Ø  All activities of the Training Institute are controlled by Engineer Mushtaq Ali Memon, Principal (PSIT), of HRD Department.

Ø  The work shop in the training institute have been organized and established on the principles of industrial hygiene, safety and efficiency. Each of the work shop are spacious, properly ventilated and adequately furnished with modern equipment, machinery, visual aid and materials which are prerequisites for training of high standard.

Ø  The machinery and equipment installed in PSIT includes electric resistance furnace, heat treatment furnace, forging hammers, presses, lath machines, grinder, milling machines, shaper planer, hardness testing machine, tensile testing machine, gas and electric welding equipment, Electric motors, generators, transformers, rectifiers, different type of motors, resistances, control switches starters, panel boards, switch gears, relays, damage detection machine, electric winding machine, drill machine, muffle furnace, primary and secondary gauges, level indicators, different types of regulators, general electric motor, oscilloscope, grinding machines, etc.

Laboratories

          There are Four Laboratories which includes, Electrical, Chemical, Automation & Control & Computer Lab etc. Each of these laboratories are equipped with precision instruments, testing equipment, working & still models of the instruments, instrument panels, circuits & circuits diagrams of different equipments & Machinery. All these facilities are made available for assembly, practice & repair to the trainees.

 Library

          The library provides text book service to the students. It also has a reference section, a periodical sections and a general readers services. Over four thousand copies of about twenty three text book are maintain in the library for distribution among the students and members. The library subscribes to over ten periodical and approximately twenty five technical journals related to various field of engineering & Technology. These are regularly circulated among the officials of Pakistan Steel and recorded in the library for reference. The distribution of various newspaper among the officers of the corporation is also one of its functions. The reserve section of the library is rich Encyclopaedia, Hand Books Reference, Catalogues, Standard Hand Reports, Large number of visitors from different units of Corporation visit the library to benefit of section

Auxiliary Facilities

          The Institute has facilities of Auditorium, with a sitting capacities of 500 audiences, equipped with hi-Fi sound system & 35 mm projector, Dinning facilities with Executive Dinning Hall, Officers Mess & a Students Canteen are also housed in the same building.

Manufacturing of Spare Parts

          An Institute production unit is established in to utilize workshop facilities in their space time and is producting about five thousand Kg spare parts for different complexes of plant through CMD each month. It required to collect material and deliver finished goods to various concerned production units.

          Therefore PSIT is one of the Institute of Pakistan Steel which conducts diploma classes in Metallurgy being Associate with the largest Metallurgical establishments in the country.

ii.           In-Plant Training Section

In plant training section of HRD Department was established in 1980 is responsible for planning, Methodical guidance, Assistance and Monitoring of shop floor training of all technical cadres of Pakistan Steel by shop floor engineers and foreman. It ensure imparting job oriented & production oriented knowledge and skills to operational cadres. This system helps to fulfil real and observed training needs of various cadres based on their jobs specification functions under the direct guidance and control of production management.

It manages training for operational & technical staff at shop floor etc. to setting up of permanent skills structure for quality production in plant of various operational cadres of technical work force in all the complex of Pakistan Steel is being conducting as per plan prepared by respective department. There is an established system of in plant training in the various integrated units of Pakistan Steel team of highly skilled & trained shop organizers, shop lecturers & shop instructors for JOs, supervision skilled workers, semi skilled workers on the shop floor. This activity at present encompasses 91 trades 28 operational units.

Internship Trainings

With an intention to participate in the development of Human Capital of the country HRD Department providing internship training facilities as per existing policy to the nominated students engineering and non-engineering of various universities/ Institutes of the country, so that the student/Internee can able to get in depth practical knowledge of their relevant field.

 
Management Development Centre  

       Change has become a way of life in the modern industrial organizations. Those individuals charged with the management of the create-make & market functions within the industrial are discovering that the traditional methods planning an executing decision as well as day to day organizing and operating procedures of the enterprise are not designed to function effectively in such a changing climate.

Management any organizations mean understanding, modern tools & techniques. Because competitive environment had change the meanings and understanding of management practices. Management Training activities at Pakistan Steel started gaining momentum in mid 1982 when it was decided to establish a full-fledged management development centre to start management training on in organization basis. Therefore, handling these functions is a part of MDC process. Further more MDC is comprehensive integrated system for effectively managing the work force in the efforts to achieve organizational goals. This system has tradition alley set follow the policies in the following area of:-

v  Current Management techniques (Linked with HR).

v  Global Technological Initiatives and Inventions.

v  Internationals Quality Standards/Total Quality Managements.

In this connections, adequate activates has also been developed to conduct the in house courses/seminars/workshops/presentations are to equip the employees of Pakistan Steel to cope successfully with the management challenges of to to day’s ever changing industrial environment.

iii.          Foreign & Local Training Section
 

Its manage for officer & staff, short training courses, seminars, workshops & symposium of a duration ranging from 1-5 days and also 5-20 days like federal civil defence training school & on various management disciplines and also on technical subjects being conducted by professional raining bodies in the country such as PIM, NIPA, NILAT, EFP, ICMAP, PIQC, AEROCAR, Pakistan Manpower Institute etc.

It also process foreign training cases (Technical & Management) Seminars, Workshops, Sponsored by foreign donor agencies like JICA, APO, UNIDO, Foreign Governments through Ministry of Industries & Productions Islamabad.