GAC officials with the new batch at the conclusion of the training course.
Doha: The General Authority of Customs (GAC), represented by the Customs Training Center, concluded seven weeks constitutive course (31) for new employees, during which they were trained in the rules and laws of administrative and fieldwork by a group of experts and specialists from inside and outside the Authority.
The course saw 33 cadres of new customs inspectors and security distributed at customs ports, selected according to the training track prepared in advance. This is part of GAC’s interest in establishing new human resources and building capacity, which has been going on for several years.
Mubarak Albuainain, Director of the Customs Training Center at the GAC, stressed the importance of these constitutive courses for new employees as they qualify them for fieldwork efficiently, noting that the trainees underwent intensive lectures during the course. He said their abilities were enhanced in a more comprehensive understanding of customs laws, legislation, technical and field skills, customs procedures, and organizing field visits to the customs departments at HIA, air freight, and maritime customs. He called on the participants to implement what they learned in this course accurately and thoughtfully.
The Training Centre is keen to ensure participants come out with a high degree of knowledge of all the fundamentals and diverse skills of customs work. Hence, there were comprehensive lectures on customs inspection, seizure reports and report writing, assessment of goods, customs values and exemptions, customs tariff and harmonised system, risk management, customs accounting, revenue, audits, inspections, customs intelligence, and x-ray examination devices. The participants also learned about the nature of the World Customs Organization, the 'Al Nadeeb' system for electronic customs clearance, body language skills, counterfeiting methods, and other vital issues related to the profession.
The GAC has developed lectures on research and investigation methods, dealing with drugs, explosive detection, money laundering, how to deal with radioactive and dangerous materials, and others.
