Common Norm Notification (CNN) for skills issued by the Government of India mandates every skill trainer to undergo domain specific Training of Trainers (ToT) and get certified for a designated time duration. On lapse of this duration, the trainer needs to get recertified in order to be eligible to remain as trainer for Govt funded NSQF aligned job roles. This provision makes it compulsory for every Domain Skill and EDP trainers to undergo Training and Certification process on regular intervals.

RSETI’s Domain Skill Trainer Certification programme (CST-CP) is the largest trainer training and certification program conducted in the country. Getting certified as DST is the pre-requisite for trainers to be engaged with RSETI for training assignments.

OBJECTIVE:

Training of Trainers (ToT) program is envisaged to focus towards:

• - Orientation and alignment of trainers with National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)
• - Development of teaching pedagogy, best practices and assessment criterias in trainers engaged in imparting skill training of various job roles at skill development training centres.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Defined entry level requirements– Eligibility criteria for educational qualification and industry/sectoral experience and training/assessment experience is defined for greater transparency.
• Standardized training/assessing experience requirements have been defined and required to classify an individual into the ToT program –
  • A DST is expected to have a minimum of the entry level educational level of a trainee for a particular job role supplemented by 5 years of relevant work experience and including a minimum of 2 years of training experience to be eligible to apply for DST CP.
  • All applications for DST-CP must be recommended by an RSETI.
  • All applications for DST-CP must be submitted along with the stipulated fee.
• Orientation and certification of trainers on National Standards: ToT programs to be based on qualification packs.
  • Trainer qualification has been linked to the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF), getting a recognized certificate would lead to better trainer’s professional recognition, higher esteem, and demonstration of competence to employers.
• Outcome based approach for training and assessment – standardized certificate shall be issued to successful trainers

  Domain Skills refers to the sector-specific skills, technical knowledge, and know- how to perform a specific job accurately.

  Platform Skills refers to presentation behaviours that a trainer uses to transmit content effectively. Trainers must demonstrate excellent platform skills to get their messages across. With platform skills training, the trainer must:

  Clearly, understands training delivery plan and curriculum
  Clearly communicates the learning objectives, session’s topic, and relevance to participants at the beginning of the session & summarize the sessions with energy
  Effectively manages nervousness and should possess good body language
  Uses relevant delivery methods including humor, analogies, examples, metaphors, stories during the session, whenever required

Assessment and Certification for DSTs:

At the end of the training program, all the aspiring DSTs are assessed on their Domain knowledge as well as on the platform skills.

Minimum 80% score is the passing marks in both assessments - domain skills and platform skills to become a Certified Trainer. All successful trainers will be provided with certificates mentioning the job role/s they have been qualified. The certificate will have a validity of 2 years from the date of issuing.

Assessment pattern:

Assessment for DST-CP will have 3 components-

• Domain Skill Test (100 marks)
• Presentation skills ( 50 Marks)
• Subject skill Viva voce (50 Marks)