Punjab to train Punjabi youth for employment as armed guard in western countries: Sukhbir

One Lakh Youth to be employed every year
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police has chalked out an ambitious programme to train English speaking youth in security training to make them employable in western countries as security guards.



CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police has chalked out an ambitious programme to train English speaking youth in security training to make them employable in western countries as security guards.

Presiding over the meeting of National Security Agencies under the umbrella association Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), Punjab Deputy Chief Minster Sukhbir Singh Badal said that Punjab police has created state of art training facilities in the Punjab Security Training Institute located at Jahankhelan in Hoshiarpur to train youth and organize their employment as security guards in western countries.

He said that Punjabi’s basically were marshal race and they love to opt for security related jobs weather in army, police, armed forces or private security agencies. He said that the scope for well trained guards was immense all over the world and Punjab wanted to capitalize on this by training youth professionally in the institute.

Aiming to train and organize employment of One Lac youth every year,Badal said that Rs. 9.2 crores would be spent to expand and modernize training facilities in the institute.

Badal said that presently 5.5 million people were working as security guards in the country with 25% growth per annum witnessed by this sector. Keeping this in view, the Punjab Government was starting short term courses for the youth and would offer a pool of talented and well trained youth to the security agencies.

The representatives of  CAPSI requested Deputy Chief Minister to expand the training network Institute located to meet the increasing demand of security agencies for trained Punjabi youths.

The CAPSI delegation also demanded   certain changes in training programme, increasing new courses for middle management level security supervisor, implementation of the Private Security Agencies Rules, 2007.  Badal informed them that in view of their suggestions, PSTI was introducing new 6 months Diploma Course for employment as Security Supervisors from December this year.

Badal said that quality youth was not getting attracted towards the job of security guards in the agencies as their wages were too low being treated equivalent to unskilled labour. Badal said that he has requested the labour department to consider them as a special category while fixing their minimum wages as physical hazards of this job should also be taken into account.

Stressing on increasing employability of youth trained by PSTI, . Badal said that  the state PSUs were being  asked to give preference in hiring private security guards trained by Institute.

To meet the increasing requirement of women guards especially by malls, Multiplexes, Health Institutes, Airports, Badal informed that PSTI would start  a special course for women candidates  and institute has already completed the construction of 120 bedded women hostel at Jahankhelan

Speaking about good placement record of Jahankhelan Institute, Badal said that the institute successfully arranged placement of all the trained youths in good reputed companies i.e. Group-4 Security Services(India) Pvt.Ltd.New Delhi, Terra Force Security Services Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Checkmate Industrial Services Pvt.Ltd. Pune, Pyrex Integrated Security Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mohali, Sledge Hammer Security Agency, Mohali, Walsons Building Faith Securities, Gurgaon, Lion Detective & Security (P) Ltd., Checkmate Security Services (Broda), 24 Secure Security Services, Group 7 Securities, D Security & Detective Pvt. Ltd., Rajindra Security Services (Regd.), A.P. Security Services (P) Ltd., and Group One Five Security Services.

Badal said that training schedule of PSTI was prepared in consultation with CAPSI  and it consisted of Access control/frisking, Anti sabotage checking, Cordoning and sealing, Evacuation, Surveillance, Chasing, overpowering and immobilization of mobster/suspect, Identification of I.E.Ds. and explosive/narcotic material, Body search, premises search and area search, Defensive driving, Working of anti sabotage checking gadgetry, Role of sniffer dogs in security operations, First aid, Type and techniques of patrolling, Handling a mob-attack, Handling and operation of Wireless, Musketry handling and firing of personal weapon.

Earlier Kuwar Vikram Singh, Chairman CAPSI spoke about the activities of the organization. 33 Security Agencies from Punjab , Haryana, Himachal, NCR, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerla, Uttrakhand, UP , Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan came to attend this meeting.