INDUSTRIAL ESTATES TO GENERATE THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS

Expansion and new investments in industrial zones to boost job opportunities

MUSCAT: Thousands of new jobs will be created in Oman’s industrial estates in the next few years due to rapid expansion of industrial estates and massive investment from the private sector.

This is in addition to the 10,000 citizens who have been appointed in the private sector within two months, under a government initiative aimed at providing private sector jobs to Omanis. Under the initiative, 15,000 jobs will be provided in the months to come, taking the total to 25,000 jobs, based on the decision of the Council of Ministers.

Hilal bin Hamad Al Hasani, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE), while announcing the organisation’s achievements and future plans, said the national manpower in industrial areas may reach up to 28,000 workers by 2025.

Companies located in several industrial estates spread across the Sultanate have already created an additional 1,500 job opportunities for Omani nationals ever since the government directed the Sultanate’s private sector to strengthen Omanisation, as part of a recent initiative to create 25,000 jobs, Al Hasani said.

PEIE manages seven industrial estates — Rusayl, Raysut, Sohar, Sur, Nizwa, Buraimi and Samail — spread across the country. In addition, the establishment manages Knowledge Oasis Muscat and Al Mazyunah Free Zone.

“The companies located within industrial estates acted very fast in providing jobs to nationals and have achieved 50 per cent of the targets set by the government,” Al Hasani noted.