The Minister of Labor, Nayef Istitieh, confirmed that the ministry considers the industrial sector the most important sector in the national employment program, which was launched by the ministry last April, as it is the sector that provides the most job opportunities for national workers.

Stitieh added, during a meeting with the industrial sector held today, Thursday, that the ministry encourages the process of empowering young people in various sectors with the technical skills necessary for the needs of the labor market, as the ministry will work to establish a vocational training center for the bakery industry in addition to a vocational training center for the retail trade sector, to qualify and supply young people With the necessary training to qualify them to work in the bakery sector and retail trade, the ministry will also provide additional incentives for applicants to benefit from the national employment program, including paying (500) dinars for each job applicant who commits to work for a continuous year at his workplace, as well as providing an amount to companies that train workers The new ones have it, especially in sectors that do not witness a demand from Jordanians, especially in the stone and marble industry sector.

The head of the Jordan and Amman Chambers of Industry, Eng. Fathi Al-Jaghbir, explained that this meeting comes within the policy of the Jordan and Amman Chambers of Industry to hold direct meetings between the industrial sector and relevant ministers and officials, as this meeting aims to discuss issues facing industrialists regarding the work of the ministry, especially the issue of recruitment Expatriate labor and the rehabilitation of national manpower, in addition to emphasizing the importance of the role of the industrial sector in supporting the national economy and the employment of national manpower, stressing the support of the industrial sector to the National Employment Program, which will contribute to increasing the employment of Jordanian workers in some targeted sectors, including the industrial sector.

Jaghbir indicated that there are many factories that have suspended some of their production lines as a result of the lack of manpower needed to operate them, stressing the industrial sector’s keenness to give priority in employment to Jordanians, as the percentage of Jordanian workers in the industrial sector is about 90% if we exclude the knitting sector, while The total number of workers in the sector is about (250) thousand male and female workers.

Al-Jaghbir appreciated the response of the Minister of Labor to many of the topics and issues that were raised during this meeting, as well as emphasizing the need for the employer to agree to the transfer of migrant workers to another site for work, and that the conditions of expatriate workers should not be corrected until after obtaining the approval of the original employer.

It is noteworthy that the Amman Chamber of Industry hosts a directorate for labor in its building, for the purposes of facilitating the completion of the transactions of industrial companies related to the ministry, especially with regard to inspection and control of employment in factories affiliated with the chamber, as well as receiving and studying applications for the use of expatriate workers, in order to save the industrial sector’s time and effort.

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