We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
based on the matters presented by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour and approved by the Council of Ministers,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
A council named the Vocational Training Council is hereby established in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour.
Article 2
This council is hereby formed as follows:
1. Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Chairman
2. Director of Vocational Training at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Member
3. 6 Representatives, with the rank of at least director from each of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Members
4. 11 Representatives of Omani and foreign companies operating in the Sultanate, selected by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Advisors
Article 3
The following tasks are hereby assigned to the council:
1. Identifying the needs of the country for trained manpower in each specialisation.
2. Planning vocational training programmes to meet the needs of the country for trained manpower.
3. Proposing ways and means to finance vocational training programmes.
4. Establishing the required standards for training programmes.
Article 4
Training programmes must be financed as follows:
1. Allocations approved in the budget of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour for vocational training.
2. Allocations approved in the budgets of other ministries for training activities.
3. Contribution of the private sector under the provisions of the Omani Labour Law.
Article 5
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette.
Article 6
All concerned parties shall implement the provisions of this decree from the date of its publication.
Issued on: 1 Jumada Al-Thani 1395
Corresponding to: 11 June 1975
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
This decree was published in Official Gazette 82 issued on 1 July 1975.