Training courses for plumbers
The Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) and the Bhaskar Foundation will organise plumbing training programmes for the rural youth.
After inaugurating a plumbing institution and laboratory at the Sri Ramakrishna Advanced Training Institute in Coimbatore, Sudhakaran Nair, president of the Indian Plumbing Association and Executive Board Member of the World Plumbing Council, told The Hindu-PropertyPlus that the training would be provided under the Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana.
Initially, 2,000 candidates in seven States who had studied at least up to class VIII and were from economically weaker families in rural areas would be trained. The three-month programme is likely to be launched in a month. Plumbing education is going to spread in the country, he said.
In countries such as Australia and the U.S., it was a four-year programme. India had just made a start. The IPA and the IAPMO had programmes for construction supervisors and managers, plumbing system designers and plumbers. The hands-on training for master and apprentice plumbers was a certificate programme. This will be a one-year, full-time course and the students should have passed class X. The programme will be launched in two months, he said.
One-month training
The Sri Ramakrishna Advanced Training Institute conducted a one-month plumbing training programme for 18 unemployed youth, who were school dropouts, under the Vaazhndhu Kaatuvom scheme. Plumbing design courses were conducted during weekends for engineers.
The institute had signed agreements with the the IPA, the IAPMO and the Indian Institute of Plumbing to conduct the courses.
Green plumbers
The Indian Plumbing Association and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials will organise programmes for plumbers on water and energy conservation. Mr. Nair said that the U.S. and Australia had green plumbers. In the last one year, the U.S. has trained nearly 6,000 of them.
Awareness was increasing on energy conservation and green building concepts in India.
In order to create green plumbers in the country, the two associations would organise Green Plumber India programmes.
The training would be held for two weekends and the participants would be certified as green plumbers. The focus would be on energy and water conservation. The programme would be launched in February.
Mr. Nair said that 12 per cent of the potable water available was consumed in buildings.
This could be brought down. Gadgets should be designed for water conservation and the plumbing systems should be designed for water conservation, he said.
M. SOUNDARIYA PREETHA
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