No jobs for expats in 10 sectors for six months

A six-month ban has been imposed on the hiring of expatriate professionals in 10 sectors in the Sultanate. Minister of Manpower Abdullah bin Nasser al Bakri announced the decision. The sectors coming under the ban include information technology, finance, human resources and administration, marketing, insurance, media, medical field, aviation sector, engineering and technical fields. A total of 16 jobs have been banned in the IT sector, including cybersecurity specialist, staff involved in computer network, computer maintenance, electronic monitoring devices, maintenance of programming devices, technicians for control devices, radio broadcast, computer networks, computer engineer, geographical information systems specialist, communication, medical devices, digital artist, computer programmer and computer operator. Finance: Employees in money exchanges, auditing and accounting, cost accountants, securities and accountants. Marketing: Sales specialist, commercial agent, logistics and purchase specialist, stockist and commercial manager. Human resources and administration: Administration manager as well as specialists in business administration, human resources and public relations. Insurance: Agents in general insurance, cargo insurance, vehicle insurance, property insurance, life insurance and factory insurance. Media: Media specialist, advertising agent, paper dryer machine operator, decorative paper printing machine operator, paper dyeing machine operator, cylinder screen printing machine operator, offset printer operator, flatbed printing machine operator, paper coating machine operator, pages organiser, binding machine operator, polishing machine operator, laminating printer machine operator, rotary printer machine operator, coloured printer machine operator and paper folding machine operator. Medical field: Paramedic, assistant pharmacist and medical coordinator. Aviation: Flight guide, ground staff, tickets inspector, aircraft despatch staff, air traffic controller, airport transport controller, and landing and ground crew. Engineering: Architectural engineer, survey engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, electronic engineer, mechanical engineer and projects manager. Technical: Buildings inspector, electronics technician, streets inspector, mechanics technician, lab technician – soil test, lab technician – building materials, steam turbine technician, gas network extension technician, technicians in construction sector, station transforming technician, power stations technician, electrician, heat treatment technician, chemical and maintenance technicians. IT Sector 1 Cyber security specialist 2 Geographical info systems specialist 3 Computer network technician 4 Programming specialist 5 Computer maintenance technician 6 Digital artist 7 Employees monitoring electronic devices 8 Technician – communications 9 Technician – control devices 10 Technician – medical devices 11 Technician – radio broadcast 12 Technician – programming devices 13 Technician – computer networks 14 Computer programmer 15 Computer engineer 16 Computer operator Finance sector 1 Currency and money exchange employee 2 Securities technician 3 Audit and account employee 4 Accountant 5 Account costs employee 6 Cost accountant 7 Credit controller Insurance 1 General insurance agent 2 Properties insurance agent 3 Cargo insurance agent 4 Life insurance agent 5 Vehicles insurance agent 6 Factories insurance agent Marketing 1 Sales specialist 2 Stockist 3 Commercial agent 4 Commercial manager 5 Logistics and purchases official HR and Admin 1 Business administration 2 PR specialist 3 HR specialist 4 Administration manager Media 1 Media specialist 2 Pages organiser 3 Paper dryer machine operator 4 Binding machine operator 5 Decorative paper printing machine operator 6 Polishing machine operator 7 Paper dyeing machine operator 8 Laminating printer machine operator 9 Cylinder screen printing machine operator 10 Rotary printer machine operator 11 Offset printer operator 12 Coloured printer machine operator 13 Flatbed printing machine operator 14 Paper folding machine operator 15 Paper coating machine operator 16 Advertising agent Medical occupations 1 Paramedic 2 Pharmacist assistant 3 Medical coordinator Airport 1 Flight guide 2 Ground handler 3 Tickets inspector 4 Aircraft takeoff/dispatch crew 5 Air controller 6 Aircraft landing crew 7 Airport traffic controller 8 Ground employee Engineering 1 Architecture engineer 2 Surveying engineer 3 Civil engineer 4 Electronic engineer 5 Electrical engineer 6 Mechanical engineer 7 Projects manager Technical Staff 1 Building inspector 2 Electronics technician 3 Streets inspector 4 Mechanics technician 5 Lab technician/ soil mechanics 6 Steam turbine technician 7 Lab tech/ building materials 8 Gas network extension technician 9 Construction technician 10 Station transforming technician 11 Power stations technician 12 Electrician 13 Hot water treatment technician 14 Maintenance technician 15 Chemical technician   Lakshmi Kothaneth & Mai al Abri