40 Omani nationals to get ammunition manufacturing training

Muscat: Forty Omani nationals will be given the opportunity to train outside the Sultanate to become ammunition machine operators.
Sheikh Abdullah Nasser Al Bakri, Minister of Manpower, signed an agreement with Mohammad Nasser Al Rasbi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence and the chairman of the board of Oman Ammunition Production Company, to train and employ 40 Omanis enrolled in the weapons and ammunitions production programme.
The programme will see Omani participants gain a high level of skills, which will help them succeed in their careers. Further, the agreement guarantees that the Omanis, who are holders of a high school diploma, will learn to operate the tools and machines used in manufacturing ammunition.
The first agreement includes the training and employment of 20 Omani high school diploma holders for the job title of Ammunitions Machine Operator as the second group of trainees in Pakistan. The cost of the program is OMR 71,737.59.
The second agreement calls for another 20 Omani nationals to be trained in Pakistan, as well. Eng. Ibrahim Ali Al Balushi, manager of the ammunition factory for light weapons, noted, “The first group of technical staff and labourers proved their worth in the work they were doing in France, where these jobs needed intense training during the entire training session.”