Officials and employees during the graduation ceremony of Ashghal's first batch of graduates of its training programmes.
Doha: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ celebrated the first batch graduates of its training programmes, in the presence of H E Dr. Eng Saad bin Ahmad Al Muhannadi, President of Ashghal alongside several managers, affairs directors, assistant managers, section heads, and partners, in addition to the graduates.
On this occasion, Eng Al Muhannadi stated: “We are incredibly proud to graduate 181 employees from engineering and supporting departments.”
He added: “We were able to double the number of exceptional and highly-qualified Qatari employees during the past four years, and we look forward to seeing these cadres as leaders in Ashghal and plan high quality infrastructure in the future. We also value and appreciate our partners’ efforts and effective contributions towards the success of the training programmes.”
The ceremony witnessed the graduation of 181 employees and engineers of ‘Ashghal’ training programmes. In the last seven years, the Human Resources Department has inaugurated various specialised and certified training programs to develop engineers and employees from multiple entities and universities.
The programmes include; Leadership Development, Project Management, Succession, Graduate Development, Administrative Development, Individual Development, and Professional Certification Program for Qatari employees who are registered in professional certification programme.
Eng Yousef Al Emadi, Director of Project Affairs, expressed his delight to graduate Ashghal employees and engineers. He pointed out that the most important strategic objectives of Ashghal, is to increase competent Qatari employees, develop their capabilities and skills through Ashghal’s development and training programs, as Ashghal’s role goes beyond constructing roads, bridges, drainage networks, and government building.
Rashid Saeed Al Hajri, Acting Manager of Human Resources Department, stated that Ashghal is committed to continuous development of human resources, by conducting studies and setting high standards to determine training programs needed, and develop appropriate training programs to ensure best performance.
“The training programmes aim to create exceptionally competent Qatari cadres to take leadership positions in Ashghal and enforcing the first pillar of Qatar Vision 2030, pertaining to human development, while achieving the authority’s objective in excellence of implementation and management of efficient and sustainable infrastructure,” he added.
On her part, Shaikha Basahal, Head of Training and Organisational Development Section, said, “We are proud of the graduates and we believe in the importance of improving and developing human cadres. Ashghal has actively strive to achieve and effectively contribute through designing, preparing and implementing several specialized training programmes with a duration spanning 24-36 months.
“These programmes were done in cooperation with various universities, local and international training centres, including experts and consultation companies, as training programmes differ based on employees, their job level and expertise. The number of training participation during 2021 alone, was 3,472 of different training methods such as internal training, job training, supervised training, E-learning, work attachment, etc.
“The authority is always keen on keeping up with technological development on all levels, especially when it pertains to human cadres’ development. We ensure our employees participate in exhibitions, conferences and international forums, to keep up with expectations and keep abreast of continuous development,” she added.
