Stenographer & Secretarial Assistant (English) [Duration: 1 year, NSQF level-4]:

Course Content: The trainee learns about safety and environment, use of Stenographer Secretarial Assistant English, artificial respiratory resuscitation to begin with. He gets the idea about the computer hardware & its peripherals, CLASSIFY THE CONSONANTS &ITS DIRECTION /JOINING THE CONSONANTS, Distinguish between long & short vowels, Describe Logograms, Grammalogues Contraction & use of ‘the’ /punctuation mark. Understand Diphthong, Prepare Windows operating system on computer, Compare all types of alternative forms & recognize the finger positioning on the computer keyboard, Compare all types of alternative forms & recognize the finger positioning on the computer keyboard, Recognize the direction of SHR & SHL, Observed curved hooked strokes and compound consonant, Recognize Final Hooks, Recognize Final Hooks, List the prefixes, List the suffixes, Identify the monetary units & use it. This semester also includes shorthand, translation, and note taking techniques and applies on computer for speed typing in MS-Word.

The trainee will be able to experiment the MS-Excel, Label the office layout, Name the dispatch and diary register & maintain computer from virus effect, Identify all types of file & prepare MS-Power point, Demonstrate MS-PowerPoint Presentation, Create E-Mail ID, correspondence through mail, filling up online forms and documents for registration etc., booking tickets for rail, bus, air and hotels, Identify all types of official tools & equipments, Observe all types of postal services, Prepare all types of letters, notice, agenda, minutes, reports, circular & memorandum. Trainees will able to maintain calendar of event and general Banking Correspondence.

Skills Acquired: Stenographer Secretarial Assistant (English) takes dictation in shorthand and reproduces it on paper using computer and performs various other clerical duties to assist superiors. Maintain a good mannerism and professional approach with the boss. Following are the job roles for a Stenographer Secretarial Assistant (English): Correspond through emails, phone and faxes. Maintaining and updating filing systems. Coordinating with department heads to ensure smooth working of the organization. Handling day-to-day administrative duties of the organization. Making arrangement for meetings, conference and seminars. Handling various activities within and outside the organization. Taking dictation in shorthand and operating computer for transcribing dictated materials. Handled and maintained correspondence files and other official documents. Made travel bookings for domestic and international services. Drafted business letters in clear and precise manner for easy understanding. Coordinated business meetings and wrote minutes of meetings in shorthand. Handled confidential information of the organization. Prepared reports and documents for inter-department. Handled day-today activities of the organization. Prepared various presentations for the management team.

Options for employment: Work in many settings such as Stenographer Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive clerical and administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.

Options for self-employment / Entrepreneurship Development: A professional can get self employment by setting up own commercial institution, call centre, contractual worker etc.

CRAFTSMEN TRAINING SCHEME(CTS)

The Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) was introduced by the Government of India in year 1950 to ensure a steady flow of skilled workers in different trades for the domestic industry, to raise quantitatively and qualitatively the industrial production by systematic training, to reduce unemployment among the educated youth by providing them employable skills, to cultivate and nurture a technical and industrial attitude in the minds of younger generation. The Scheme is the most important in the field of Vocational Training, has been shaping craftsmen to meet the existing as well as future manpower need, through the vast network of ITIs spread over various States / Union Territories in the country. The day-to-day administration of ITIs under the Craftsmen Training Scheme was transferred to the State Governments/ Union Territory administrations with effect from the year 1956. From 1st April 1969, the financial control of the Industrial Training Institutes in the States as well as in the Union Territories was transferred to the respective State Governments / Union Territory. The financial assistance was granted to them in the form of bulk grant in consultation with the erstwhile Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance.

Vocational Training is a concurrent subject of both Central and State Governments. The development of training schemes at National level, the evolution of policy, laying of training standard, norms, conducting of examinations, certification, etc. are the responsibilities of the central government, whereas, day to day administration including an admission in ITIs rests with the respective State Governments / UTs.

Presently, training courses under the Craftsmen Training Scheme are being offered through a network of 15,042 ITIs (Govt. 2,738 + Private 12,304) located all over the country with total trainees enrolled 22.82 lakhs (in the trades of 1 year and 2 year durations) on NCVTMIS portal with an objective to provide skilled workforce to the industry in 138 NSQF compliant trades.