During the past six months, Zamil Industrial Investment Company (Zamil Industrial) Training Center has developed, facilitated and conducted a wide-range of employee training and development programs and courses. The Training Center is an integral part of the company’s annual plan to provide suitable training programs of the highest possible quality for its employees, aimed at the enhancement of skills and employee career advancement at various levels of responsibility.

Dr. Mohamed Abdulla Sharif, Zamil Industrial Training Center Manager, recently reported that a total of 70 newly-recruited Saudi employees of Zamil Steel Company have attended full-time, structured training programs for an eight month period. The programs were composed of a combination of theoretical and specialized practical training units, specifically selected for each trainee in order to develop job-related skills that are vital to job performance and career advancement. In addition, trainees took advantage of units designed to expand foundational skills, including: communication, application of technology, teamwork, problem-solving and coworker relations. Supporting studies in English language, technical drawing, work ethics, workshop calculation and occupational safety and health were also available.

The training programs provided for the newly recruited Saudi employees concentrated on welding and fabrication technology as well as machine operation technology. The company pays great attention to recruiting Saudi citizens for a variety of industrial positions and providing suitable training and development programs for them on a continuous basis. This investment in career training develops basic skills and advances competency levels, motivating employees to work more effectively, increasing the company’s productivity and contributing to the career advancement of each individual employee.

Zamil Industrial Training Center has conducted many brief courses for other categories of employees, including Microsoft Office Applications, English language, and Operation and Maintenance courses on Room and Central Air Conditioning Systems. The Training Center has also coordinated with a number of well-know international training providers and conducted many specialized courses for company supervisors and managers, such as Advanced Selling and Negotiation Skills, Advanced Presentation Skills, First Aid and Advanced Root Cause Failure Analysis.

In addition to the customized in-house courses, a number of senior employees were sponsored to attend specialized public courses such as Inventory Planning and Material Control, People Management, Finance for Non-Financial Professionals and Continuous Service Improvement. The total number of employees who have attended training courses and programs during the last six months was 367, with 192 of these classified as Saudi citizens. The Training Center has also arranged orientation programs for a total of 22 professional employees including engineers, supervisors and managers.

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