Dubai Industrial Academy offers innovative training programmes to develop national resources in manufacturing sector

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About Dubai Industrial Academy
The Dubai Industrial Academy is a dedicated vocational training centre set up by Dubai Industrial City with a focus on providing a wide range of training solutions to serve the growing needs of the industrial sector in the UAE and the region.

The academy will offer a mix of class room teaching and primarily hands-on practical skills training in a dedicated training centre located at the headquarters of Dubai Industrial City
The curriculum will offer courses covering industrial areas related to oil and gas, mechanical engineering, Quality, Health, safety and the Environment (QHSE), electrical and power engineering, instrumentation, chemical process and laboratory operations, construction, and technical and supervisory development
All the courses offered will primarily serve six major industrial sectors - food and beverage, base metal, mineral products, chemicals, transport equipment and parts, and machinery and mechanical equipment industries - the same six zones that Dubai Industrial City focuses on.

DIA is set up by DI in partnership with the UK-based Technical Training Centre (TTE) having earned the 'Centre of Vocational Excellence' from the UK Government.

About Dubai Industrial City:
Dubai Industrial City is the third largest non-real estate project in Dubai and is spread across 560 million square feet of land.
The project is the first dedicated industrial destination in Dubai and comprises six industrial clusters featuring food and beverage, base metal, mineral products, chemicals, transport equipment and parts, and machinery and mechanical equipment.
It is located adjacent to the Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central) and in close proximity to Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone, with easy accessibility to major highways such as Sheikh Zayed Road, Emirates Road and the Dubai Ring Road.

The city is designed on a live, work and play model and offers a multitude of different complimentary facilities and services under its roof, for logistics, warehousing, labour cities, industrial training, in addition to commercial, residential and entertainment zones for schools, residence, shopping centres, recreation and entertainment facilities, as well as furnished apartments and hotels that position Dubai Industrial City as a comprehensive one stop-shop destination.

Dubai Industrial City provides tenants with a critical competitive advantage in human resources, logistics and business operations. The city is expected to accommodate around 500,000 people when it is completed by 2015.

For further information:
Aseel Nihad
Associate Account Manager
Jiwin Public Relations
Phone: +971 4 3613584