Saudi Gazette

JEDDAH — The Technical and Vocational Training Cooperation (TVTC) announced yesterday that it has 8,411 training opportunities with guaranteed job opportunities.

The training is offered at 24 Strategic Partnership Institutes of the private sectors that the TVTC cooperates with in different regions of the Kingdom. The salaries offered for graduates could reach up to SR8,000 a month.

Each institute must provide jobs in the private sector during the first few days of graduation. HRDF also offers SR1,500 to SR3,000 for each trainee during their training period.

The training is offered in different sectors including electronics, mechanics, electricity, gas, transport industry, dairy industry, tourism and desalination among other specializations.

The training of Saudi youth is achieved through cooperation with international partners from Japan, New Zealand, Canada and USA.

The Strategic Partnership Institutes are one of the TVTC programs in which it cooperates with the private sector.

The private sector provides the approved international training to trainees while the HRDF offers financial supports to the trainees during their training period, which is two years. After they graduate the trainees are offered jobs in the private sector.

Fahad Al-Tuwaijri, CEO of the Colleges of Excellence, said during a workshop that they aim to enhance the role that the Strategic Partnership Institutes plays. These institutes, he noted, play a successful role in employing Saudi youth in technical jobs.

He highlighted the role of the HRDF in supporting these institutes. The HRDF, he noted, supports non-profit institutes and also cooperates with private sector which established these institutes.

The workshop aimed at supporting these institutes so they can welcome new students for the coming academic year and to consider the cooperation needed from the TVTC and different establishments that are concerned with putting the curriculum of these institutes.

The workshop recommended organizing the method by which the HRDF offers support to these institutes.