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Published — Monday 20 January 2014

Last update 20 January 2014 1:53 am

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The Technical and Vocational Training Consul (TVTC) Makkah, and TVTC Jeddah girl institute, are participating in the 10-day Jeddah Heritage Festival offering free technical training to the youth.
The TVTC training workshop is organized every day at Bait Nasseef with the aim of training young male and female participants from different technical disciplines so that they can participate in the development of the country and nation.
The festival, which opened on Thursday, has attracted 72,000 visitors so far who got a glimpse of the city as it was a century ago.
Makkah Governor Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah and President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan bin Salman launched the event organized by the SCTA and the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
TVTC director Eng. Ahmed bin Abdul Wahab said that by offering different technical courses and conducting workshops, TVTC was not only training the youth but was also spreading awareness among visitors to the festival and events.
He said TVTC courses for both male and female trainees were designed in cooperation with Secondary Industrial Institute, Jeddah. These include short training courses in hair cutting, makeup, packaging, clothes designing and production free of charge besides other technical areas.
Abdul Wahab praised the participation of the TVTC in the festival and explained the importance of such festivals and professional training for the youth. The General Organization for Technical and Vocational Training is keen on extending training to the youths through these national events and open their training doors for boys and girls.
Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah and Prince Sultan bin Salman also visited the TVTC workshops at Bait Nasseef.
They toured the workshop’s wings with Eng. Faisal Kadsa, deputy of the director’s office of TVTC and Nada Zarnoqee, supervisor of the girls TVTC institute, Jeddah, and trainer Hajad Al Ghamdi, a representative in the festival for professional and technical training.

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