Oil industry giant Adnoc has proposed a collaboration with Nafis which will in turn initiate 13,500 new jobs for UAE nationals in Adnoc’s supply chain by 2028.
The deal helps in the attainment of the UAE plans to have 100,000 Emirati private sector employees in the next three years and will open up better-paid employment opportunities in emerging industries such as AI, engineering and manufacturing.
Among the provisions of the deal, employment and training will be provided to Emiratis in the Al Dhafra region this year. Moreover, it’s stated that 1, 000 vocation training opportunities are to be offered by Adnoc to the UAE university graduates in private companies in Adnoc supply chain through Nafis’s Apprentice Programme.
Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and the Managing Director & Adnoc Group CEO said, “Skill development of the local human resource remains one of the strategic pillars in Adnoc’s growth strategy, and we are particularly pleased with the outcomes of the ICV program in this regard. The new partnership with Nafis will help create more job opportunities within the private sector for the local talents, and thus,
The partnership is anchored on the outcomes of Adnoc’s In-Country Value or ICV program that has helped establish 11,500 more jobs for the Emiratis within the private sphere since it was first introduced in 2018.
This new deal will bring the overall Adnoc job cards created for the private sector to 25,000 through the company’s supply chain by the year 2028 as Adnoc continues to boost UAE talent development plan coupled with ICV programme.
In the next stage of the ICV program in Adnoc, the company will enhance the program vision to cover additional local and international companies and the drive towards empowering mSMEs, young Emirati talents, and other UAE Nationals with a view to boosting the nation’s sustainability.
Target industries are such fields as advanced technologies that comprise artificial intelligence (AI), manufacturing, transports, and low-emission technologies.