HRSD Launches “Professional Verification“ Program to ensure Competence of Skilled Workers in Saudi Labor Market

  • Date: 07-Mar-2021
  • Source: Saudi Press Agency
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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HRSD Launches “Professional Verification“ Program to ensure Competence of Skilled Workers in Saudi Labor Market

HRSD Launches "Professional Verification“ Program to ensure Competence of Skilled Workers in Saudi Labor Market



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Riyadh, March 7, 2021, SPA -- The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) launched today the "Professional Verification“ program, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation. The program aims to verify that all skilled workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have required skills to perform the occupation they were recruited against effectively, and will include practical and theoretical examinations in the workers' specialized fields. The program seeks to improve the quality of skilled workers in the Saudi labor market, enhance their productivity, improve the quality of services they provide, as well as reduce the influx of unqualified workers into the Saudi labor market.

The "Professional Verification“ program has two separate tracks: one track aims to examine all skilled workers in their countries, in cooperation with selected international examination centers, before their arrival in Saudi Arabia. While the other track aims to examine existing skilled workers in Saudi Arabia in cooperation