Sanabis, Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Fifty Bahraini graduate engineers will get a unique opportunity to be trained by the experts in the Japanese firm of Yokogawa[i] and equip themselves with careers that will use their specialist knowledge as systems engineers in a wide range of interconnected areas.

The BD 340,000 training deal signed between Tamkeen and Yokogawa is a received initiative under Tamkeen's Human Capital Development (HCD) programme. The whole programme is spread over five years and each batch will spend an intensive two years working through a three-phase study schedule that will combine three months of off-the-job training, nine months of on-the-job training and a year of Stage Training.

During the first stage (off-the job training), the graduate engineers will study extensive courses that will give him an insight of the Yokogawa systems and products. The trainees will gain basic knowledge on control and instrumentation and be introduced to Yokogawa Process Control Instruments  with a major focus on DCS (Distributed Control System) engineering and design; during the second phase (on-the job training),  the trainees will have the opportunity to be trained in the Engineering Division for actual projects. The third phase ( the Stage Training) period  is designed for the trainees to acquire further practical experience and knowledge possibly at other Divisions  such as Technical Services and Sales.

Once the two year course is completed, successful  trainees can expect to receive attractive offers for job with Yokogawa as a member of its global operations as field engineer for instruments  salesperson,  project engineer safety system engineer, start-up engineer or in SCADA[ii]  application engineer..

"We believe that Bahrain has one of the best technical engineering education systems in the region and that Bahraini engineering graduates must leverage this advantage with playing a key role in the fast-evolving technological world," said Tamkeen Chief Executive Abdulellah Al Qassimi at the signing ceremony between Tamkeen and Yokogawa which took place at Yokogawa premises in Busaiteen.   

He added, "This is a Received Initiative from Yokogawa and we see it as a vote of confidence by a pioneering engineering company in the power of Bahraini engineers to contribute to the development of their technical vision." 

Yokogawa was represented by Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance and Operations, Mr. Yusuke Sekiguchi, who said the firm was keen to tap the potential of Bahraini engineering graduates.

"Yokogawa is producing unique and innovative  industrial automation and process control systems and products and this initiative will help us work closely with promising Bahraini engineering graduates who  could help us widen the global reach of our technology," Mr. Sekiguchi said, "Tamkeen's support has undoubtedly helped our firm translate our faith in Bahraini workforce into a robust training and career opportunity."

Explaining the selection of candidates for this  training program Mr. Sekiguchi said, "The selection of successful candidates will be done through a written test that will cover general principles in Engineering, Science, Math and English and an oral interview that will assess the candidate's  impression, personality, education, attitude, maturity, job knowledge acquired at other companies during their internship period and job expectation at Yokogawa."

The programme is open to Bahraini nationals who are graduate engineers from Instrumentations & Process Control, Chemical, Electronics, Electrical or Process Automation engineering. Applicants can contact Yokogawa on 17358 445for details in addition to responding to newspaper advertisements for the course placement.

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Yokagawa
Yokogawa Middle East was established in Bahrain in 1990. The company serves as Yokogawa's regional headquarters in the Middle East with a multi-cultural professional workforce and specializes in various functions. specializes  To meet customer requirements and ensure full support & service capabilities, it has two affiliated companies in Saudi Arabia, one company in Dubai, branch offices in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman.

[ii]  SCADA stands for supervisory control and data acquisition. It generally refers to an industrial control system: a computer system monitoring and controlling a process. The process can be industrial, infrastructure or facility-based.

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