Founder Members

Hydrocarbon Sector
Skill Council

“I call upon the nation to take a pledge to make India the SKILL CAPITAL
of the World.”
Shri Narendra Modi
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

Registered Office: 301, 3rd Floor, World Trade Centre, Babar Road, New Delhi-110001
Main Office: 9th Floor, Hindustan Times House, KG Marg, New Delhi-110001
Email: admin@hsscindia.in
Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC) has value chain’s requirement of appropriately Qualification Pack (QP)/ National Occupational Standards (NOS)
been setup on April 26, 2016 under the aegis trained manpower in quantity and quality A total of 118 trades have been identified for the development of QPs by industry team
of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on a sustained and evolving basis. The key covering entire Hydrocarbon sector, sub-sector. Qualification Packs for 12 high priority trades of
(MoP & NG), as per the guidelines of National objectives are: Hydrocarbon Sector have been prepared with assistance of all CPSE’s in the sector.
Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), with
the main objective for skill development and • To initiate, carry out, execute, implement, Sub- NSQF
training need of the manpower in Oil & Gas aid and assist activities towards skill No. Occupation QP Title QP Code
Sector Level
sector. development in the Indian Hydrocarbon
Assistant Technician-Drilling (Oil &
Sector and meeting the entire value 1 HYC/Q 0101 4
Exploration & Gas)
Vision chain’s requirement of appropriately Upstream
Production Assistant Technician-Production (Oil
Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC), trained manpower in quantity and quality 2 HYC/Q 0102 4
a world class skill council meeting diverse on a sustained and evolving basis. & Gas)
skill requirement of the Hydrocarbon • Develop a skill development plan for the 3 Retail Outlet Attendant (Oil & Gas) HYC/Q 3101 4
Retail Distribution
Industry and enhancing employability and sector 4 Retail Outlet Supervisor (Oil & Gas) HYC/Q 3102 5
opportunities, locally and globally. • Identify skill development need of the 5 LPG Delivery Personnel HYC/Q 3201 4
sector, review international trends and LPG Distribution
6 LPG Supervisor HYC/Q 3202 5
Mission identify sector Skill Gap and technology Downstream
a. Creating a pool of skilled manpower for • Develop National Occupational Standard Transportation Tank Lorry Driver (Petroleum
7 HYC/Q 3301 4
Hydrocarbon Industry (NOS’s) for the job roles of covering the (Oil & Gas) Products)
b. Benchmarking new skills and up-skilling entire sector/sub-sector 8 LPG Installation LPG Mechanic HYC/Q 3401 4
National Occupational Standards (NOS) • Identification and enlistment of Training 9 Refineries Industrial Electrician (Oil & Gas) HYC/Q 6101 4
c. Promoting Inclusive growth through eco- Providers as outlined by NSDC 10 Pipe Fitter – City Gas Distribution HYC/Q 6102 4
Pipe Fitting in Oil
nomic and social equity • Affiliation and accreditation process for Midstream
11 & Gas Pipe Fitter (Oil & Gas) HYC/Q 6103 4
d. Reaping ‘Demographic Dividend’ assessment agencies
e. Improve Productivity and sector compet- • Create a pool of skill manpower and Construction
12 Welding Industrial Welder (Oil & Gas) HYC/Q 9101 4
itiveness creating benchmark for new skills and & Services
up-skilling
Key Objectives • Setting up a robust and stringent Skill Development Institutes (SDI’s)
In line with the National Skill Mission of certification and accreditation process Skill Development Institutes (SDI’s) promoted by CPSE’s under Ministry of Petroleum & Natural
India, Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council • Plan and execute Training of Trainer’s (ToT) Gas (MoP&NG) and are state-of-the-art Institutes to cater the need of skilled manpower in
for the Oil & Gas sector has been formed • Establish a well-structured sector Hydrocarbon sector. The SDI’s are set up at six locations of the country with their focus area
with its primary objective to execute specific Labour Market Information as under:
skill development activities in Indian System(LMIS) to assist planning and
Hydrocarbon Sector and meeting the entire delivery of training No. Lead Company Location Focus Area Functional Since
1 IOCL Bhubaneswar Downstream Sector May 2016

2 HPCL Vizag Downstream Sector October 2016

3 BPCL Kochi Overseas placement December 2016

4 OIL Guwahati North East September 2017

5 ONGC Ahmedabad Upstream Sector August 2017

6 GAIL Raebareli Midstream & Gas November 2017
Signing of MoU between MoPNG and MSDE Inauguration of the Office & Website of HSSC