The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) recently announced that it began the process of receiving applications from high school graduates, both male and female, to register for a one-year training course that ends with appointments to contract positions within the K-Companies. PAAET also announced that female graduates of the program will be given special consideration for positions which relate to KOC’s efforts related to information technology and computer systems

The course was announced at the PAAET’s Ibn Al-Haytham Training Center, where KOC Team Leader CMK Sourcing & Recruiting Jamal Al-Hashash was in attendance. Acting Deputy Director General for Training Affairs and Director of the Higher Institute of Energy, Faisal Dahi, represented PAAET.

Al-Hashash said the announcement will provide more than 300 job opportunities at KOC, KNPC, and KIPIC under four new programs that were developed in cooperation with KPC and PAAET. These include maintenance of oil and gas equipment, oil and gas electrical networks, oil and gas control systems, operation of computer programs in oil facilities, and other fields covered in previous programs.