300 young Omanis to be nominated for hotel sector jobs

MUSCAT: Following the remarkable turnout witnessed by ‘Midhyaf’ programme in the registration phase with 2,031 applicants, Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran Group), the executive arm of the Sultanate for tourism development, concluded the interviews and evaluation phase of the programme at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre.

In the coming weeks, 300 people will be nominated for the final evaluation phase, and hence selecting 148 talents to join in the training programme at Oman Tourism College (OTC) in early September. Upon completion of the training at OTC, participants will get the opportunity to commence on-the-job training in various hotels of the Omran Group.

As part of its efforts to provide professional training experiences following international standards to the participants of ‘Midhyaf’ programme, Oman Tourism College has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Butler Institute and a training agreement with ZADK Culinary Academy, aiming to implement intensive training courses in specialised areas covered in the programme, including, Culinary, Food & Beverage, Front of House Operations, Hotel Operations Management, Accounting and Procurement, Sales and Marketing, and Housekeeping.

Hashil bin Obaid al Mahrouqi, CEO of Omran Group, said: “The extensive interest of Omani youth in joining Midhyaf programme reflects their passion towards their future in the tourism and hospitality sector.

During the coming period, we look forward to having all these passionate talents onboard, to be trained and developed comprehensively through a set of specialised courses at Oman College of Tourism in cooperation with a number of prestigious international institutes in this field.

The programme will work on enhancing the participants’ practical and professional competencies and capabilities, along with providing them with an in-depth on-the-job training in different hotels of Omran Group.”