Workshop on Quality Control, Quality Assurance & Occupational Health & Safety
Author(s): City Air NewsA photograph related to Workshop on Quality Control, Quality Assurance & Occupational Health & Safety held at Ludhiana on Thursday. Supported by Small Industries Development Bank of India Implemented by Apex Cluster...
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Jul 17, 2015 12:30
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A photograph related to Workshop on Quality Control, Quality Assurance & Occupational Health & Safety held at Ludhiana on Thursday.
Supported by Small Industries Development Bank of India Implemented by Apex Cluster Development Services Pvt Ltd Technical Sessions by SGS
Ludhiana, July 17, 2015: The MSME sector in India is the second largest source of employment after agriculture. Notwithstanding the same, growth of MSME sector is considered much below its potential growth rate. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has identified few gaps, common to most of the MSME clusters. As a precursor to the detailed interventions planned covering all gaps, SIDBI has started a short tem Cluster Level Intervention Programme (CLIP) covering two common gap areas i.e. (i) Knowledge and (ii) Skill Development Gap. For this a series of programmes were conducted in different areas like training, quality control, energy saving, branding etc.
Quality Control and Quality Assurance are very important aspects of the competitiveness of the local knitwear and apparel manufacturing units. Similarly Occupational Health and Safety measure need to be understood and followed by both owners and the workers. Issue of QC/QA becomes even more important for the exporters to improve their understanding of the new developments in inspection, testing, certification and verification and overall conformity to the ever increasing buyers needs.
Occupational injury and illness are matters of health, but they are also matters of economics, since they stem from work, and work is an economic activity. The econom¬ic perspective on occupational safety and health (OSH) encompasses both causes and consequences: the role of economic factors at the workplace ill-health; and the effects this has on the economic prospects for workers, enterprises, nations, and the world as a whole. To this present day, globalization has not succeeded in making markets work for all. The benefits of globalization have been very unevenly distributed both between and within nations. While occupational diseases and injuries are more prevalent in low and middle income countries than in developed countries, at the same time a host of social problems have emerged or intensified within these countries, creating increased hardship, insecurity, and anxiety for many across the world, fuelling a strong backlash. OHS and use of PPE is an issue of serious concern. The issue was elaborated in the context of Ludhiana knitwear and apparel industry. The experts not only highlighted the importance of using Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) and other Occupational Health Safety (OHS) issues but also provided practical tips to the participants.
A detailed presentation was made by M. Parameswaran, Technical/ Quality Manager (SGS) explained about quality control and quality assurance for the apparel and textile industry. He highlighted how important is it to maintain the quality for survival in the market due to increasing demand from the buyers and competing suppliers globally. He also provided detailed procedure for the QC/ QA of fabric, garment/ home textiles etc. to the participants who are working in the QC/QA team of different units.
Other members of the SGS expert team included Ms. Prassana Sabato, Mr. Sudeep Kumar, Mr. Gurdeep Singh and Mr. Gurveen Joshi among others. The question-Answer session was well appreciated by the participants and requested to organize more such programmes in future.
The program was organized with an active support of Knitwear and Textile Club and the efforts of Mr Vinod Thapar and Mr Charanjiv Singh for the benefit of the industry were well appreciated.
Date:
Friday, July 17, 2015
