"UAE construction firm launches academy to upskill workers", 13 June 2018

ASGC, the UAE-based construction group..., has launched a Labour Academy which upskills hundreds of workers each month. The academy is part of the company's expansion of its internal training and development initiatives to keep its growing workforce on the cutting edge of technological and engineering advancements. ASGC said the academy is now operational and is covering various construction trades with a target to reach the full capacity of 400 plus trained workers per month by the end of 2018. It added that the aim of the Labour Academy is to provide development programs that improve the capabilities and skills of ASGC’s workforce while at the same time opening doors to career progression. The academy launch comes as recent reports suggest that sentiment around the future of the UAE’s construction industry has improved year-on-year, with the Gulf’s largest construction markets set to grow in 2018... [T]he company... is placing additional investments into a number of programs for continuous learning and development. Another of these is the ASGC Employee Academy which first launched in 2017 with the aim to provide young, talented construction professionals across each of the company’s departments with the education needed to help them progress more rapidly...