Zamil Air Conditioners, a sector business of Zamil Industrial, has been honoured with the ‘Award of Distinction’ for its Saudisation programme designed to create employment opportunities for Saudi nationals.

The award was presented at the sixth annual GCC ceremony honouring distinguished private sector companies and establishments for their sustained efforts to localise jobs.

The celebration was organised on the occasion of the 24th session of the Labour and Social Affairs Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Chairman of the board of directors of Zamil Industrial Dr Abdulrahman A Al Zamil was honoured by minister of labour Dr Ghazi Al-Ghosaibi in recognition of Zamil Air Conditioners’ success in phasing in Saudi workers and professionals.

The recognition for Zamil Air Conditioners pioneering role as one of the national companies in Saudi Arabia actively supporting employment opportunities and providing quality technical and on-the-job vocational training programmes for its local staff.

In his speech, Dr Al Zamil cited the extraordinary efforts of the GCC countries in general and Saudi Arabia in particular towards facilitating the localisation process of the workforce, emphasizing the role of the Riyadh based Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) to share in the training costs and encourage companies to do more for Saudi labour to enhance the Kingdom's technical resources capabilities.- TradeArabia News Service