Young Omanis join International Heavy Equipment apprenticeship scheme
IHE is currently inducting 15 individuals who will be trained in a comprehensive apprenticeship in trucks and equipment.
Renault and IHE have worked with each other for several years.
International Heavy Equipment (IHE) has joined forces with the Omani government’s ministry of manpower to offer apprenticeships to young Omanis keen to build a career in the truck and equipment sector.
IHE is currently inducting 15 individuals who will be trained in a comprehensive apprenticeship in trucks and equipment, and will be offered fulltime employment with the company upon successful completion of the training.
“This specifically structured classroom training combined with job familiarisations, which will equip the fresh candidates with the job skills required to mature into professionals in the Trucks and Equipment Sector,” said Ram Mohan, general manager of Commercial Group. ” In addition, the integrated programme has been designed to ensure that the trainee’s language and soft skills also grow to make them complete specialists.”
He added: “This programme is also in line with IHE’s planned expansion, in the second half quarter of 2014. To make the operations more widespread, it is essential to be equipped with trained manpower and this initiative has a twofold benefit.”
As part of its expansion plan, Zubair Automotive Group’s IHE is developing a 55,000sqm 3S (sales, services and spares) facility at Misfa for trucks and equipment. This new facility, when ready in 2014, will be the largest multi brand trucks and equipment facility in the country.
A dedicated supporter of the Sultanate’s industrial sector, IHE provides a full-fledged Oman-wide commercial operation complete with dedicated sales, service and parts departments and are official dealers for Volvo and Renault Trucks together with an extensive range of specialist commercial vehicles. In a specially designed initiative to promote and develop local talent, IHE has taken under their wing 15 Omani youth who will go through a technical skills training program which has been developed in partnership with the Technical Training Institute.
“Omanisation has always been a priority at IHE and with the intensive training programme we can not only showcase our commitment to the cause, but also provide examples to the Omani youth of the manifold employment opportunities that exist in the automotive and commercial sector,” noted Jamal Mohd. Al Balushi, senior human resources and administration manager – Commercial Group. “We thank the Ministry of Manpower for their support and are confident that following the apprenticeship period, all of the 15 trainees will emerge as thorough professionals.”
Operating from the Ghala area in Muscat, International Heavy Equipment LLC (IHE) is well known for marketing world-class products and for the excellent service it extends to its customers. IHE is the sole distributor in the Sultanate of Oman for the finest trucks from Europe, VOLVO and RENAULT. IHE also operates a division called INTERPARTS that specialises in the supply of a wide range of industrial and engineering equipment manufactured by world-renowned companies.
