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The RTA was keen to insert a clear provision in the contract it signed with Serco. (EB FILE)
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) plans to Emiratise half of all specialist and senior administration posts at Dubai Metro by 2013.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA, said: "The RTA was keen to insert a clear provision in the contract it signed with Serco, which is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Dubai Metro, about training and appointing nationals in the service in such a way that Emiratisation reaches 30-50 per cent in the leadership and supervisory positions within the initial five years of the Metro's operations.
"These include higher administrative posts as well as engineers and technicians who form the basis of the operation and maintenance process, besides other support services.
"The Dubai Metro Emiratisation plan is compatible with the RTA Emiratisation plan, which is in conformity with the policy of Dubai Government of Emiratising leadership and specialist positions."
He said the total number of Emiratis who will take up employment with the Dubai Metro in various jobs over the first five years is estimated in the contract with Serco as 583. Of these, 71 will assume leadership and higher administrative positions, 430 will be engineers in the fields of health, safety, environment and quality, and operations and maintenance, 74 will be customer service employees and eight will be in support services such as human resources, marketing and finance.
"By the end of this year, 218 Emiratis will be employed with the Dubai Metro, 26 of whom will be in senior management, eight in support services, 74 as front-end customer service employees, and 110 engineers in various safety, operations and maintenance posts," Al Tayer said.
He added that 125 more jobs will be created for nationals in the Dubai Metro in 2010 – 15 in senior management and 110 in engineering.
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