Manpower Ministry fixes Omanisation targets for two sectors

Energy Sunday 28/June/2020 10:44 AM
By: Times News Service
Manpower Ministry fixes Omanisation targets for two sectors

Muscat: The Ministry of Manpower has announced a decision determining the percentage of Omanisation in private sector enterprises in the fisheries and mining sectors.

The decision specified Omanisation rates at different job levels in the two sectors starting from 2020 to 2024.

According to the table of Omanisation percentages in the mining sector in leadership positions, it would achieve 52 per cent Omanisation in 2020 and reach 60 per cent by the year 2024. It has also set the target of 35 per cent Omanisation in the level of the professional worker by 2024 and the proportion of the national workforce in the mining sector in general would rise from 25 per cent in 2020 to 35 per cent in 2024.

In fishing sector, the decision specifies that the 50 per cent Omanisation for lead positions in 2020 target will reach 70 per cent by 2024 and targets to reach 35 per cent of Omanization in the overall sector by 2024.