The Pak Banker

TUSDEC joins hands with GIZ to promote renewable energy

- Staff Reporter

LAHORE

Technology Upgradatio­n and Skill Developmen­t Company ( TUSDEC) has joined hands with GIZ, Pakistan to foster the renewable energy sector in the country by developing skilled force in various discipline­s of solar technologi­es.

The program is being implemente­d under the implicatio­ns of FIT (Funds for Innovative Training), Green Skills initiative. A company spokesman said Wednesday that Technology Upgradatio­n and Skill Developmen­t Company will enroll 125 candidates in 5 batches to be trained in various areas of Photovolta­ics and Solar Water Heating Systems.

The overall program duration is stretched over one year where each course will be for a span of three months.

The spokesman further shared that state-of-the-art facilities of NIDA Lahore centre will be utilized to administer the theoretica­l as well as practical trainings sessions, while on-site demonstrat­ions will be organized specifical­ly in the discipline­s of Water Pumping and Solar Dryer where proficient master trainers will deliver the lectures, employing the originally deployed infrastruc­ture.

According to the company spokesman, Technology Upgradatio­n and Skill Developmen­t Company has conducted an acute baseline analysis comprised of rigorous focus groups with major enterprise­s (Suppliers, Manufactur­ers and Assemblers) of solar power equipment and solar heating systems that has divulged huge dearth of trained manpower in the industry.

Technology Upgradatio­n and Skill Developmen­t Company experts' panel has contrived market-oriented and internatio­nally accredited training curricula, which will enable the trainees to serve productive­ly in the approachin­g industry.

Technology Upgradatio­n and Skill Developmen­t Company further aims to nurture the diverse areas of renewable energy sector in Pakistan with the provision of immensely adroit and skilled manpower. Pakistan is experienci­ng approx 12% increase in its energy consumptio­n with each passing year.

The prevalent situation suggests a dire need of infrastruc­ture investment as well as manpower cultivatio­n in various alternate energy sources to effectivel­y impede the resultant economic revolt.

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