To hone the skills of citizens in the industrial sector and prepare qualified cadres

"Ducab" launches an industrial program.. and "Emirates Steel Arkan" offers scholarships to citizens in "metallurgy"

  • Officials of "Emirates Steel Arkan Group" and Abu Dhabi University during the signing of the agreement.

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  • Mona Mohamed Fikri: "We are making every effort to provide the young men and women of the Emirates with all means of support, to devote their constructive role in the future of the country."

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Emirati companies continue to support Emirati youth, through a set of initiatives that contribute to empowering them with the necessary skills in various sectors, and the industrial sector in particular, and preparing qualified cadres and leaders to improve the performance of the industrial sector in the future.

The Ducab Group, one of the largest manufacturing companies in the UAE, announced the launch of the summer training program, which targets male and female students aged 16 and over, and seeks to enhance their knowledge and capabilities in several fields such as engineering and information technology, at a time when the Emirates Steel Group concluded Arkan. A memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi University, according to which the group will provide scholarships to 20 Emirati students to study mechanical engineering in “metallurgy”.

Ducab Group

In detail, the Ducab Group launched, yesterday, the summer training program for Emirati male and female students, again, after the “Covid-19” pandemic, with the aim of refining the skills of tomorrow’s leaders in the industrial sector, and empowering them with the skills necessary to upgrade industrial operations in the UAE, to provide a practical experience that polishes Students’ skills, qualifying them to lead the sector’s future, as part of its efforts to advance the industrial sector in the country, promote products bearing the “Made in the Emirates” brand, and enable national competencies to contribute to the sector’s growth and prosperity.

The program targets male and female students aged 16 years and over, and seeks to enhance their knowledge and capabilities in several fields, such as: engineering, information technology, health and safety, and human resources, by giving them job opportunities in the Group’s operational and administrative departments.

job opportunities

Mona Mohamed Fikri, Chief Executive Officer of Human Resources at Ducab, said: "At Ducab, we are keen to provide job opportunities in the industrial sector, and we are making every effort to provide young men and women in the UAE with all possible means of support, to devote their constructive role in the future of the country."

She added: "In this context, we offer training and skills-upgrading programs in an effort to attract them to work in the industrial sector and enable them to make their important mark in consolidating our country's leadership in the world."

She continued: "Young national competencies currently occupy about 60% of the executive positions in the group, thanks to a number of programs and initiatives launched by (Ducab), with the aim of increasing the proportion of citizens in the industrial sector, and as a result, it has achieved a record number in the localization of the sector and the employment of many national skills. in its various sections.

Ducab invited the country’s young men and women to join its program and take advantage of the vast professional prospects and development opportunities it offers, which put them on the brink of an industrial future full of achievement and excellence, noting that those wishing to participate in the program can send their requests via e-mail to nadeya.mohammad@ducab .com.

«Emirates Steel Arkan»

In addition, "Emirates Steel Arkan Group" signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi University, to establish the first metal laboratory specialized in the iron industry in the UAE, equipped with the latest equipment and tools.

Scholarships

Under the agreement, which was signed by the CEO of Emirates Steel Arkan, Eng. Saeed Ghamran Al Rumaithi, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor Thomas Hostetler, the group will provide scholarships to 20 Emirati students to study mechanical engineering in “metallurgy” throughout their studies in The four-year university, in addition to giving faculty members and engineering students at Abu Dhabi University access to the company's facilities and factories, to learn about the equipment and machinery used during the steelmaking stages.

Metallurgy

Al Rumaithi said: "This important agreement with Abu Dhabi University represents a continuation of the fruitful partnership with this great academic edifice, following the success we achieved in adding (metallurgy) as part of the bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the university during the year 2020, in addition to the continuous cooperation in the field of scientific research. Providing practical training programs for students at the company’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

He added: “Today we announce our partnership to establish a highly-equipped metallurgical laboratory to serve students and researchers from both sides, and to provide scholarships for a new group of university students, as part of our keenness to set an example in achieving integration between industrial companies and educational institutions, ensuring the pumping of New blood, and the preparation of qualified cadres and leaders to improve the performance of the industrial sector in the future, in support of national plans aimed at diversifying the structure of the economy.”

Innovative Alumni

For his part, the Director of Abu Dhabi University, Professor Waqar Ahmed, said: “The establishment of the first metal laboratory specialized in the iron industry in the UAE will support Abu Dhabi University, our mission to qualify innovative graduates ready to join the labor market, as this laboratory primarily supports the mechanical engineering program - engineering Internationally accredited mineralogy, which was developed in cooperation with the group.

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