Friday 19 / April / 2024
Muscat: Oman’s job creation drive to bring more nationals in its public and private sectors continues to gain momentum, following the announcement of additional employment opportunities.
More job opportunities have been announced across a number of fields. The Sultan Qaboos Academy for Police Sciences has opened a training course for Omani fresh police recruits who recently joined Royal Oman Police (ROP).
The course is being conducted mainly for holders of the General Education Diploma who passed assessment tests and health check-ups.
The participants will undergo basic training that qualifies them to shoulder the duties and tasks of the ROP. The training includes basic military disciplines, sports, police sciences and law applications. Precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have been undertaken.
The ROP reaffirms its pledge to receive more batches of nationals in accordance with a modern employment strategy to enhance its services for citizens and residents.
Plans to step up Omanisation rates in the country’s electricity sector have also been put into action. Employment of 800 Omanis under sub-contractors working in this sector is being looked into by the Authority for Public Services Regulation.
The jobs are for those sub-contractors that work with licenced companies. A number of private sector companies have also announced employment and training opportunities for Omanis that meet their requirements. Oil and gas companies have announced 100 new vacancies, while shipping, delivery, and logistics firms are looking to hire a further 785 people.
A number of real estate and construction firms have together announced nearly 125 new openings. 200 opportunities for training and employment for a two-year span have been announced by a leading bank in the country.
Besides, a leading utilities provider is looking for 300 people to join its operations. Universities have also announced about 70 new vacancies. Opportunities for training and employment are also available in food and beverage, and hospitality.
The Sultan’s Armed Forces will also begin receiving recruits as part of the initiative to employ more locals. The Royal Army of Oman and the Royal Air Force of Oman will, from Monday, 31 May onwards, begin receiving candidates fit for induction into the armed forces. The Royal Navy will begin a day later.
“The Royal Navy of Oman announces that as of Tuesday, June 1, 2021, it will start receiving applications for job seekers who meet the terms of recruitment and want to join the Sultan’s Armed Forces,” added the ONA.
The armed forces will also publish announcements regarding recruitment, and employment to various posts in the Defence Ministry via official channels, including local newspapers and websites.
In education, 2,733 expatriates will be replaced by Omanis who have cleared the relevant teaching exams during the current and previous years, according to the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Labour also held on Friday a joint meeting with the Directors-General of Human Resources at various government bodies to devise ways to employ more citizens across various sectors of the labour market.
The meeting aimed to set a schedule in terms of targets and deadlines for the replacement of expatriates with local manpower, as well as enabling the hiring of workers on temporary contracts, in keeping with the needs of organisations.
