SDA is engaged in Skill Testing and Skill audit at Educational Institutions.
SDA is also Accredits Skill Developers as
Certified Skill Trainer (CST)
Accredited Skill Trainer (AST)
SDA offers Certification of Professional Skills and Competencies for Specific Domains/ Sectors/ Functionals /Areas, based on their expertise in the subject e.g HR / Finance / Management / Project Management/Production/ Auto / Retail/ Pharma / Telecom etc.SDA also customizes skill certification modules/ processes for clients for their specific needs where the employees are not required to be trained, but have already acquired knowledge / skills based on earlier qualification/ experience / policies etc. SDA offers certification of individuals/ groups of people as per client requires on specific skills e.g Project Management, Training Evaluation, Training Administrator etc. In such cases SDA based on client request for certification of specific skills develops criteria/ process for evaluation, does assessment and certifies individuals for those skills.
Apart from above Certifications, SDA also certify professionals for variety of skills acquired by professionals through various other training / educational institutions. SDA would collaborate with such institutions to evaluate and certify skills imparted by those institutions to make such learning creditable and lend credential / acceptability to learning.
Accredited Skill Trainer (AST) Certification
The Accredited Skill Trainer (AST) Certification is administered by Centre for Skill Services of SDA. AST is an objective assessment of academic achievements and professional experience in teaching, research, consultancy, training, industry, business etc. The AST designation becomes the formal recognition of certain required level of proficiency in providing quality skill instruction.About the AST Programme
Skill Development Association(SDA) , is a core body of management professionals comprising of around 3000 corporate members and 30,000 Individual members. SDA provides leadership in all areas of management profession and education. AST was initiated to provide a common forum where practising managers, consultants, teachers and Engineering Collges could come together to fulfill the need of full time resource / visiting faculty to various Institutions.The Accreditation is a: Hallmark of the basic comprehension and ability to provide quality instruction for the 'Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK)'.
Prestigious national recognition
High level of proficiency for teaching the skill in his / her area of specialisation and familiarity with the latest pedagogical tools / instructional methodologies.
Benefits to ASTs
The AST applicant adds value to his/her profile by getting the prestigious certification of SDA. The Management Institutions utilise the data of ASTs for their academic assignments. The data provides them a ready reference of certified faculties. AST data is also refered by the corporates for their consulting or research purposes. For Management Development Programmes and Trainings also, corporates utilise the data of Certified Management Teachers of SDA.
By becoming an AST ample opportunities shall unfold in the areas of teaching, research, training and consultancy. It helps in networking with management academics, consultants, practitioners and business schools across the country.
ASTs brief resume shall find its due place in the database of full time / resource / visiting faculty members and the Institutions shall have access to this exclusive database. Name specialisation and contact details of ASTs are placed on SDA website.
Eligibility
AST certification is for those eligible candidates who have an industry or academic experience and aptitude for Skill Development. They have to present themselves before AST accreditation board for becoming an Accredited Skill Trainer.
The Accreditation board comprising highly reputed academic from institutes of excellence, senior practising managers and consultants with proven track record would conduct interviews with candidates to assess his/her knowledge base, teaching style and familiarity with pedagogical tools.
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