06 November 2010
MUSCAT -- The Oman Society of Contractors (OSC) is soon to have bigger roles in the development of country's infrastructure and organisation of the construction sector. Its role as technical advisory body is likely to be defined very soon by the Ministry of Manpower. A joint committee comprising four senior representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and members of the Oman Society of Contractors has been formed to look in to various challenges confronting the contracting community in Oman.
The delegation of Board members of OSC and senior representatives of leading contracting companies met Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasir al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, recently and apprised him of various issues being pursued by the society for the contracting community in the Sultanate.
The minister assured OSC delegates to consider OSC technical assistant body for the Ministry of Manpower to look into the issues related to the construction sector.
The delegation was headed by Dr P Mohammed Ali, Chairman, Oman Society of Contractors; Mashoor bin Dawood al Asfoor, OSC Vice Chairman, C K Khanna, Maqbool Ali Salman, Nabeel Nakheel and Salim bin Talib al Sheedi, CEO of OSC.
The minister welcomed the initiatives being taken by the OSC to enhance the growth of the contracting companies as also to its efforts to ensure quality development in the Sultanate in general and organisation of construction sector in particular.
The minister also assured the OSC delegation that the government would support any move to achieve the Omanisation target and the Ministry of Manpower would come out with more plans for higher education and training for Omanis working in the private sector for the requirement of the industry.
As per the ministry's assessment, there is scope for new employment of more than 50,000 Omanis in the construction sector and the requirement for Omani engineers, supervisors and skilled workers is very high in the sector.
Most importantly, the Ministry of Manpower agreed to co-operate with the OSC in streamlining the construction industry by allowing the OSC to screen non-serious contractors in the Sultanate.
The minister made it clear that OSC has a major role to play in labour market as construction sector involves more than 50 per cent of the workforce in the Sultanate. The Manpower Minister also agreed to provide the OSC members additional leverage on the practice for labour clearance.
Commenting on the deliberations of the meeting Salim Talib al Sheedi, Chief Executive Officer of OSC said: "Keeping in mind the fact that about 25,000 Omanis are joining the job market every year, the members of the OSC and the Ministry of Manpower discussed to prepare a proper career path plan for Omanis working in the private sector."
MUSCAT -- The Oman Society of Contractors (OSC) is soon to have bigger roles in the development of country's infrastructure and organisation of the construction sector. Its role as technical advisory body is likely to be defined very soon by the Ministry of Manpower. A joint committee comprising four senior representatives of the Ministry of Manpower and members of the Oman Society of Contractors has been formed to look in to various challenges confronting the contracting community in Oman.
The delegation of Board members of OSC and senior representatives of leading contracting companies met Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasir al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, recently and apprised him of various issues being pursued by the society for the contracting community in the Sultanate.
The minister assured OSC delegates to consider OSC technical assistant body for the Ministry of Manpower to look into the issues related to the construction sector.
The delegation was headed by Dr P Mohammed Ali, Chairman, Oman Society of Contractors; Mashoor bin Dawood al Asfoor, OSC Vice Chairman, C K Khanna, Maqbool Ali Salman, Nabeel Nakheel and Salim bin Talib al Sheedi, CEO of OSC.
The minister welcomed the initiatives being taken by the OSC to enhance the growth of the contracting companies as also to its efforts to ensure quality development in the Sultanate in general and organisation of construction sector in particular.
The minister also assured the OSC delegation that the government would support any move to achieve the Omanisation target and the Ministry of Manpower would come out with more plans for higher education and training for Omanis working in the private sector for the requirement of the industry.
As per the ministry's assessment, there is scope for new employment of more than 50,000 Omanis in the construction sector and the requirement for Omani engineers, supervisors and skilled workers is very high in the sector.
Most importantly, the Ministry of Manpower agreed to co-operate with the OSC in streamlining the construction industry by allowing the OSC to screen non-serious contractors in the Sultanate.
The minister made it clear that OSC has a major role to play in labour market as construction sector involves more than 50 per cent of the workforce in the Sultanate. The Manpower Minister also agreed to provide the OSC members additional leverage on the practice for labour clearance.
Commenting on the deliberations of the meeting Salim Talib al Sheedi, Chief Executive Officer of OSC said: "Keeping in mind the fact that about 25,000 Omanis are joining the job market every year, the members of the OSC and the Ministry of Manpower discussed to prepare a proper career path plan for Omanis working in the private sector."
© Oman Daily Observer 2010
