Labour Minister praises GPIC's high Bahrainisation rate
Manama, Jan. 13 (BNA): Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, Labour Minister, has stressed the important role played by various sectors, including the industrial one, in consolidating the kingdom’s economic status, as well as in generating promising job opportunities for the citizens and qualifying them through professional training programmes.
He indicated that efforts to motivate industrial companies and institutions will continue to provide training opportunities to graduates of vocational and technical education to integrate them into the industrial sector, which is growing steadily thanks to the development policies adopted by the kingdom.
Minister Humaidan was speaking while visiting the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), where he was welcomed by its Board of Directors Chairman, Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, and several officials.
The minister reviewed the company’s achievements in employing national workers, as the GPIC’s Bahrainisation rate reached 93%, while the percentage of the first class of managers and the second class of department heads reached 100%.
Humaidan pointed out that through his visit, he aims to appreciate the efforts of companies and institutions that support the Labour Ministry’s initiatives and programmes in the field of employing national companies.
He expressed his gratitude to GPIC for its efforts to employ the Bahraini workforce, noting that it is one of the major companies that provides a model for investing in the national competencies and opening career development horizons for them, stressing the need to highlight the success stories of national workers in the fields of production and development.
He added that the industrial companies’ success in embracing Bahraini human resources and paving the way for them to showcase their distinguished capabilities contributes to enhancing the companies’ growth and raising Bahrain’s regional competitiveness in attracting industrial investments.
He affirmed that the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Fund (Tamkeen) are working together to provide the industrial sector with qualified and trained citizens according to new programmes that keep pace with technological development in this sector.
GPIC Board of Directors Chairman asserted that the company will continue relying on national competencies in various administrative, supervisory and technical posts.
He highlighted GPIC’s future plans to recruit more nationals, thanks to their dedication, hard work and keenness to develop the institution for which they work.
He commended the keenness of the Labour Ministry and Tamkeen on rehabilitating national job seekers to facilitate their integration into the industrial sector, which is one of the kingdom’s vital sectors.
He expressed thanks to the Labour Minister for his visit aimed at supporting GPIC’s efforts to employ the national workforce.
