SAIL provides training for skill enhancement as welders, fitters and electricians, in sewing & embroidery, smokeless chullah making, etc. Vocational training centres like Bhilai Ispat Kaushal Kutir for rural and unemployed youth and Skill Development & Self Employment Training Institutes for the benefit of women and girls have also been set up.

One of the outstanding success stories of SAIL-supported Self Help Group programmes is ‘Kiran’ which is run by 97 lady artisans of nearby villages of Kiriburu Ore Mines. Kiran branded towels, bed sheets, sarees, Diwali candles and agarbattis are being sold through door-to-door marketing efforts and through cooperatives.