Sharjah 24: Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA), in cooperation and partnership with Sharjah Department of Human Resources (SDHR) and the University of Sharjah, represented by the Centre for Continuing Education and Professional Development, launched the "Roads and Traffic Inspection" Professional Diploma, to implement specialised programmes and courses, to hone the skills and raise the capacity and efficiency of its members.
Engineer Yousef Khamis Al Othmani, Chairman of SRTA, stressed that preparing Emirati human professionals is at the forefront of the UAE’s priorities, and comes in a step that will rely on national competencies in various sectors and ensure sustainable development, through the implementation of a number of initiatives represented in launching specialised training and professional development programmes, with the aim of building national leadership capabilities, and enabling them to occupy leadership and administrative positions.
Engineer Yousef Khamis Al Othmani added that SRTA seeks, through joint cooperation with strategic partners in the public and private sectors, to develop national competencies through training programmes that match the needs of the labour market, which increases employment opportunities for citizens of countries in various sectors.
Al Othmani explained that the specialised programmes being implemented in cooperation with the public and private sectors seek to hone the skills of human professionals and provide them with new experiences, with the aim of adapting to rapid changes in the work environment and updating their knowledge, which positively affects job efficiency, thus increasing productivity, improving the level of performance, and improving the quality and type of services.
Al Othmani explained that the "Roads and Traffic Inspection" professional diploma aims to enable SRTA members to carry out several main tasks, most notably planning periodic inspection visits to cities and regions in Sharjah, monitoring compliance with plans according to the specified time frame, inspecting safety regulations and legislation, identifying areas and drawing up an inspection plan, in addition to periodic road surveys and site assessments for requirements related to signs, parking lots and traffic flow.
The diploma programme also seeks to qualify the department's members to review general complaints related to traffic and signboards, provide solutions and proposals, and assess damages resulting from traffic accidents, in addition to collecting and analysing traffic data using software, while applying traffic safety enhancement and risk assessment techniques.
The target groups of the programme include job seekers with a high school diploma and candidates for jobs in the public and private sectors and those concerned with road and traffic inspection, such as traffic sign inspectors, road right-of-way services inspectors, and asphalt inspectors.
Al Othmani stated that training methods used in the diplomas were prepared and designed according to high skills and techniques and by academic and technical experts who aimed through these methods to address and delve into everything that would support the main applications in the diplomas, each according to their specialisation, where the participants during the training work as individuals and groups, relying on participatory training to prepare and practice some basic application skills in their qualification to fill the positions concerned in the diploma.
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