Okaz learned that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has finally completed a study of the work visa system, as the study included 3 proposed designs for the new recruitment system based on skill, and they were classified into “high, medium, low”, with the aim of enhancing levels of productivity and innovation in the Kingdom.
The study took into consideration the recommendations of the proposed design, in addition to the international comparisons with a context similar to the design proposed to be applied in the Kingdom, the analysis of the current situation, detailed data and a comprehensive analysis of all the axes and considerations of the new recruitment system.
The study outputs included «implementation plan, detailed project charters, operational model, governance of the recruitment system, key performance indicators».
The Ministry indicated that the vocational examination program was launched and activated in its first phase for the external path in the countries of Pakistan and India, starting in the cities of New Delhi and Mumbai.
The Ministry of Human Resources announced the localization of a new group of professions, and the localized professions and activities included the localization of project management professions, procurement professions, sales professions, outlets providing services for shipping activities and freight brokers, in addition to outlets for women's decoration and sewing activities, in several stages.
It included the localization of project management professions (project management manager, project management specialist), and the implementation of the decision will be in two stages; The first stage is 35%, and the second is 40% of the total number of workers in project management professions in the establishment that employs 3 workers or more, and that the minimum wage is 6,000 riyals.
The procurement professions were also localized by 50% for establishments that employ 3 workers or more in the procurement professions, and the sales professions were localized by 15% for establishments that employ 5 workers or more in the sales professions, and these include procurement professions; Purchasing Manager, Purchasing Representative, Contracts Manager, Private Label Procurement Specialist and Tendering Specialist, including sales occupations; Sales manager, internal sales manager, and customer services, patent specialist, marketing sales expert, printer and copier salesman, computer salesperson, sales representative, retail sales manager, wholesale sales manager, trade specialist, sales specialist.
In addition, 14 activities in outlets providing services for freight activities and freight brokers have been localized in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Logistics Services and the General Transport Authority, in addition to the full localization of outlets providing women's decoration and sewing services for administrative jobs in all facilities, and the requirement of one Saudi female worker in the technical professions of the outlets in which he works. It has 10 female workers or more in technical professions, as this came in cooperation with the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing.
The Ministry also announced the start of implementing the second phase of the localization of mail and parcel transportation activities, as well as the start of the implementation of the localization of the medical devices sector for its second phase.
The localization of mail and parcel transportation activities includes limiting the profession of CEOs to Saudis, and the localization of first-level professions of senior management by 50% in all establishments licensed by the supervisory authority to practice postal and parcel transportation activities, where localization took place in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Logistics Services and the Public Authority for Transport.
While the second phase of the localization of the medical devices sector included; Localization of sales, advertising and introduction to medical devices and supplies by 80%, and localization of engineering and technical professions for medical devices by 50%, as it came in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, and it applies to all establishments operating in the activities of medical devices and supplies.
Abdul Rahman Al-Misbahi (Jeddah) @ sobhe90
