Initiative aims to prepare UAE national university students to excel in private sector

National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed), the Abu Dhabi-based district cooling utility company, has announced launching a new training programme aimed at UAE national university students. The programme will commence in the upcoming academic year 2013-2014 and is a long-term commitment by the company to develop the skills of Emirati university students and prepare them to enter the private sector workforce, the announcement added.

Tabreed gave further details: The programme comprises three parts and includes training and theoretical and practical components. In addition to internships, students will have the opportunity to participate in engineering lectures by the company’s senior management team, while visits to Tabreed’s plants aim to give students first-hand industry experience through on-site practical instruction. The internship programme, available to students in their third or final year of study, will cover disciplines like engineering, finance and accounting, communications, human resources, and business development. It will run in partnership with academic institutions in the UAE, including UAE University, Higher Colleges of Technology, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi University and Khalifa University.

In this context, Jasim Husain Thabet, Tabreed’s CEO, said: “We are delighted to launch this important initiative and create new career paths for our students. The programme’s objective is to make national students aware of the exciting and diverse career opportunities available to them in the private sector, while also fostering a greater understanding of the technology and engineering underpinning our industry and its crucial role in enabling the sustainable development of the UAE. We also want to mentor students and give them real, hands-on experience as they embark on their professional careers.”