Dr. Mohamad Mustafa Al-Najjar
General Director of the General Directorate of Training, Ministry of Labour (Sultanate of Oman).
Dr. Mohamad Al-Najjar earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from AL-Mustansiriya University (Iraq) in (1998), M.Sc. in Engineering and Management from University of Exeter (U.K) in (2003), and his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Exeter (U.K) in (2007). He started work as assistant lecturer in Engineering Department / University of Exeter (U.K)for one year (2007-2008), then lecturer in Civil and Architecture Engineering Section - Engineering Department / Higher College of Technology HCT - Ministry of Manpower (Sultanate of Oman) for 5 years (2007-2011) and he appointed as Acting Head of Civil and Architecture Engineering Section - Engineering Department / Higher College of Technology HCT - Ministry of Manpower(Sultanate of Oman) for 4 years (2008-2011).
During his tenure, he was engaged in a variety of undergraduate academic disciplines related to teaching civil engineering courses, labs, and workshops. In addition, he was engaged in quality assurance work in Higher College of Technology HCT - Ministry of Manpower (Sultanate of Oman) for 4 years (2007-2010) as a member in quality assurance committee in the college, then from (2012-2020) he was appointed as Director of Occupational Standards Centre, Ministry of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman.
By the beginning of (2021) he was appointed as Director General of the General Directorate of Training, Ministry of Labour, Sultanate of Oman until now. Currently he is a member in several committees on national, regional and international level, which related to Education, Qualifications, skills, competencies and Human Resources. In addition, he got a membership of several professional societies on national and international level as well.
Dr. Mohamad Al-Najjar, as a researcher, received an honorary fellowship at the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) for scientific research from the Department of Engineering - College of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, where he published many articles in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, and working papers in specialized scientific conferences and symposiums.
He is currently a member of many committees related to education, qualifications, skills, competencies and human resources at the local, regional and international levels. He has also obtained membership in many specialized professional associations at the local and international levels as well.