Academy opens premises at Dubai Industrial City Offering a Variety of Industrially Focused Technical Training Courses
Dubai - Dubai Industrial City today announced the opening of the premises of the Dubai Industrial Academy (DIA), a dedicated vocational training centre, to provide industrial training solutions and serve the growing needs of the region's industrial sector.
The Dubai Industrial Academy will commence its operation with 199 short-term courses on offer, adopting an 'inclusive approach' and providing a mix of class room teaching and hands-on practical skills training at its dedicated premises at DI.
The curriculum will offer courses covering industrial areas related to oil and gas, mechnical engineering, Quality, Health, safety and the Environment (QHSE), electrical and power engineering, instrumentation, chemical process and laboratory operations, construction, and technical and supervisory development.
All the courses offered will primarily serve six major industrial sectors - food and beverage, base metal, mineral products, chemicals, transport equipment and parts, and machinery and mechanical equipment industries - the same six zones that Dubai Industrial City focuses on.
Announcing the opening of the Dubai Industrial Academy, Rashed Al Ansari, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Industrial City, said: "Our primary objective for the Dubai Industrial Academy is to provide continuous training to entrepreneurs and the workforce, to help them professionally serve this sector. Through industry specific educational opportunities, we will nurture local and regional talent as well as encourage emerging entrepreneurs to invest their capabilities in diverse industrial sectors.
"Our partnership with UK-based Technical Training Group (TTE) will enable us to leverage their extensive experience of over many years in industrial training, while creating a dynamic and vocational education training centre at the Dubai Industrial City." Al Ansari added.
DIA will provide advice and cater to the specific training requirements of companies and corporations. A total of 18 programmes have been selected with fixed timelines to allow individuals to enroll in advance.
Keith Hunter, Managing Director TTE added that his Group decided to partner Dubai Industrial City (DIC) in the set up of DIA as the city represents the future of the industrial development in the emirate and is one of the largest projects undertaken by Dubai.
"Dubai Industrial City is a very prestigious and vital project for the development of Dubai and the industrial sector in the region and that is why we welcomed working on a project with such a strong potential and powerful magnitude."
Hunter added that DIA will offer focused training and consultancy services in Apprentice, Technician and Graduate Skills Development; Design and Operation of Technical Training Centres; Training Consultancy Services and Operations, industrially focused short Courses.
"These courses will help position DIA as the industrial training academy of choice across the UAE and the region as it offers programmes that meet the needs of the market and help promote and boost the skills of the people working in the industrial sector," Hunter concluded.
Located adjacent to the Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central) and close to Jebel Ali Port, with easy access to major highways, the 560 million square feet Dubai Industrial City is a dedicated industrial destination comprising six industrial zones including food and beverage, base metal, mineral products, chemicals, transport equipment and parts, and machinery and mechanical equipment.
Complementary facilities for logistics, warehousing and labour cities, in addition to commercial, residential and entertainment zones, position Dubai Industrial City as a comprehensive one stop-shop destination. It provides tenants with a critical competitive advantage in human resources, logistics and business operations.
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About Dubai Industrial City
Dubai Industrial City (DI), a member of Tatweer, was set up on 560 million sq ft of prime land in Saih Ash Sheib area, with the aim of catalysing the growth and expansion of the industrial sector in the United Arab Emirates - especially in high value added manufacturing and production in the sectors of Machinery & Mechanical equipment, Transport Equipment and parts, Base Metal, Chemicals, Food and Beverage and Mineral Products.
Considered to be Dubai's first dedicated industrial destination designed as a custom-built one-stop shop for industries on a work, live and play model, Dubai Industrial City provides one of the region's finest business environments as it offers world class facilities for industries and related sectors such as logistics, assembly and warehousing, vocational training and staff accomodation, as well as a fully developed commerical area where it will feature schools, hospitals, an industrial mall, residential areas, lesiure and entertainment facilities.
DI City's strategic location adjacent tp (Dubai World Central) the Al Maktoum Internaitonal Airport, the Jebel Ali Free Zone and Port; trans-Emirates highways, including Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai Outer by pass road, and Emirates Road near the border with Abu Dhabi provides easy and convenient access to global transportation points via road, air and sea.
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