Sharjah customs has recently concluded an advanced course on training the trainers. The course lasted for 15 days and the trainees have successfully managed to pass the course by attending theoretical and practical lessons on how to be a trainer.

On the conclusion day,  Engineer Rashid Al Leem, Director General of Sharjah Customs, Director General of Hamriyah Free Zone, said; “Train the Trainers Course is another  specific addition to improve the skills of the staff and it came within the course of the Department of Seaports and Customs. This session, which is an advanced  course to train the trainers is aiming at acquiring  technical training skills  for the trainers in order to become trainers in their field of specialization .It is one of long chain programme of courses laid up by the Department  for this year”.

“ The fast developing technologies requires us to follow up the latest changes which we are seeing in all aspects of the life and hence training is very essential topic to improve the efficiency of our staff by acquiring the knowledge most modern practical and technical applications”, he added.

Al Leem thanked the trainees for their enthusiasm and conducting the course successfully and thanked the trainers; Adjunct Associate Professor Alan Murray, Australian Centre for Customs and Excise Studies(CCES)- University of Canberra, with the assistant of Jamal Madant  and Mohammed Zal Al Kherisat from the Jordanian Customs.

The course followed the recommended World Customs Organization’s approved Train-the-Trainers course material.

The participants, mostly customs were various specializations and from different Customs sections and Centres.