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DTC’s emiratisation drive paying

The DTC is paying special attention to the development of the skills of UAE nationals in all its sections so as to hasten the emiratisation process, Obaid Mohammed Al Mulla, the DTC Director General, told Khaleej Times.

Recently, the DTC evaluated the performance of nationals among its drivers and honoured the top performing workers selected for quality, punctuality, compliance of traffic regulations and revenue generation.

The drivers honoured were: Saeed Rashid Salim, Badria Darweesh, Hussein Yousuf, Salma Mubark, Ishaq Qalum, Aysha Issa, Zainab Fathi, Hussein Mohammed, Ibrahim Suliman and Hassan Saqr.

“The newly inducted drivers would be given comprehensive training including in geographical locations, traffic rules, customer service as well as on providing tourism-related information to customers.”

As part of the incentives for nationals, Mulla said, the corporation would provide several privileges with regard to the training course as well as priority in employment. “The drivers, who meet the corporation’s requirements, will be granted good salaries, allowances including child allowance, overtime, health insurance, pension and specific working hours that can suit their social conditions,” he explained.

Mulla said the drivers will also be trained to remain for longer periods in the market in order to subsequently increase their trips and commissions. “We are expanding our operations in line with our attempt to upgrade our technologies,” he said.

After studying the market’s demands, in order to stay abreast of Dubai’s economic and infrastructure growth, the corporation was improving the quality of its services, Mulla said. According to him the operational statistics showed that the number of taxi trips had increased in 2004 to 222,000.

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