Rikhaimi and Faysal Alaquil with the graduates at CPC Head office. JEDDAH – Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) celebrated graduation day on the successful conclusion of its Summer Training Course 2011 for female students from various universities in Jeddah. The graduation ceremony was attended by Engineer Nabeel Al-Rikhaimi, chief operating officer of CPC Holding, as well as the training program staff. The number of trainees has been increasing year after year since the start of the program, said Dr. Faysal Alaquil, CPC's Director of Business Development and Social Responsibility. The increasing demand for the training program confirms the company's concerted drive to provide the necessary training to qualify female students for the work market, which is in accordance with major studies, especially in the engineering and architectural fields, Dr. Alaquil said. "CPC prepared the summer training program in realization of its important role as a major national company to upgrade the graduates and prepare them to meet the requirements of the work market in Saudi Arabia, as well as to handle modern technologies," he said. The training program was introduced first in collaboration with Effat University, then King Abdulaziz University and presently Dar-Al-Hekma Faculty, he said. Training sessions are held in three places in Jeddah - the CPC headquarters on Andalus Street in Jeddah, the headquarters of Saudi Company for Development of Construction and Trading LTD. (Sacodeco) and the CPC Information Center, Industrial Complex, Jeddah. Mrs. Maie Omar Bin Laden, Deputy Director of Social Responsibility, said the company's Saudization plan to train female students of engineering, architecture and other faculties is in line with government directives. "This objective can only be achieved by qualifying female graduates to be able to fulfill the responsibilities of the positions they would assume in (CPC) and other companies," she said. "We are happy with the keenness of the female students in wanting to be trained and learn about modern sciences and participate in helping develop the country and improving the life of the citizens," she said. "We will continue to implement our training plans to include as many new faculties as we can."
