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Testimonials
“Every dollar invested in these promising talents is money well spent and a win-win for workers and companies. The Swiss apprenticeship model makes economic sense because it not only gives graduates a chance to start their careers fully prepared, but the company also benefits from a highly skilled workforce.”
Kamesh Sundaram
Head - People Development at Texmo Industries“When our students graduate from SkillSonics training programs they are ready for the shop floor and are immediately deployable as a productive workforce”
Kirit Patel
Assistant Manager, Swiss VET and Welding, GMM Pfaudler“Students are able to perform a quality check on their own – they are trained to identify and correct the mistakes when the required quality standard is not met. The Swiss methodology prevents them from making the same errors again.”

Texmo
Texmo Industries has been in the electric motor and agricultural pump industry for over sixty years. It began as a supplier of India’s nascent textile motor market. Today, it has an annual turnover of over INR 10 billion. This makes it the market leader in India’s pump industry.
Summary
Texmo Industries has been seeking a professional provider of world-class vocational education to train its workforce. It chose SkillSonics to establish a Multi-Skilled Production Technician Program in CNC machining and mechatronics at its factory-based training center in Coimbatore, India. The students acquire hands-on practical skills through Swiss VET training in the classroom and on the Texmo shopfloor. The training programs furnish Texmo Industries with a dedicated, scalable and highly-skilled workforce.

Challenges
Although Texmo’s new hires had technical degrees, they lacked the skills and social competencies to work in the factory. Texmo recognized the importance of training future employees and ensuring the availability of a quality, multi-skilled workforce familiar with its processes.
How SkillSonics helped
Texmo Industries partnered with SkillSonics to implement a VET program at their manufacturing facility in Coimbatore. They selected the Multi-Skilled Production Technician (MSPT) course which is open to tenth grade graduates and lasts three years. During this time trainees learned process, assembly, CNC machine operations and testing skill. They were also taught communication skills and good workplace practices. 80% of the training was practical and directly related to Texmo processes. The apprentices now have the hard and soft skills to perform well.
In parallel, SkillSonics implements Train the Trainer (ToT) programs for Texmo trainers. It conducts regular assessments and quality assurance programs for competence building. As a result, Texmo deploys some of their production personnel as guest faculty at training institutes.

Results
- A total of 39 apprentices trained in two years. A new batch of 45 students has now joined the training program Texmo trainees participated in the World Skills Preliminaries in 2018.
- Improved expertise leading to better workforce performance and a more productive work environment.
- A disciplined and socially responsible graduate pipeline in line with Texmo’s culture and reputation.


