About Us

Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC)

Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council (HSSC), is a sector skill council for oil & gas sector, has been set up under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG), and is a recognized Awarding Body with National Council of Vocational Education & Training (NCVET) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

Vision

We are a world class skill council meeting diverse skill requirements of the Hydrocarbon Industry and enhancing employability and opportunities, locally and globally.

Mission

Creating a pool of skilled manpower for hydrocarbon sector
Benchmarking new skills and up-skilling National Occupational Standards (NOS)
Promoting inclusive growth through economic and social equity
Reaping ‘Demographic Dividend’
Improve productivity and sector competitiveness

Objective

Objective of HSSC is to execute skill development activities in hydrocarbon sector and to meet the entire value chain’s requirement of appropriately trained manpower on a sustained and evolving basis to

  • implement skill development activities in Indian Hydrocarbon Sector by meeting the entire value chain’s requirement of appropriately trained manpower
  • identify the skill development need of hydrocarbon sector
  • develop skill development plan for the hydrocarbon sector
  • determine skills/competency standards and qualifications
  • develop affiliation protocol for identification and enlistment of TPs
  • facilitate in setting up a robust and stringent certification process
  • create benchmark for new skills and up-skills
  • plan and execute Training of Trainer’s/Training of Assessors (ToT/ToA)
  • establish well-structured sector specific Labour Market Information System (LMIS)