How to find Safety Jobs in Dubai UAE, KSA and Qatar

Introduction

Every second thousand Safety professionals search for safety jobs online and offline to find a desirable position or enhance their existing role. Some get success and others fail to find what they want due to lack of knowledge about how to find jobs online or offline.

Another reason behind the failure of a candidate in finding a desirable job is to lack understanding about how to represent a profile while applying to a job. In this blog, we will discuss all important aspects of finding a safety job online or offline particularly in Dubai (UAE), KSA, and Qatar because these countries have the largest job markets in terms of safety jobs with handsome salaries.

Types of Safety Jobs

Name of the different Safety position which can be offered in the Middle East (UAE, KSA, and Qatar).

Safety Director HSE  Engineer Safety Specialist Safety Manager PTW Coordinator Fire Safety Officer Safety Coordinator   Fire Safety Engineer    Safety Manager HSE AM HSE Trainer HSE Officer     Fire Safety Assistant Safety SiteSupervisor Safety Assistant  Fireman/Fighter 

Candidate Profile 

Professional Qualifications

One of the most important factors which play a vital role in job hunting is the candidate profile because safety is not an ordinary job it is the job with great responsibilities any wrong decision or judgment can endanger the life, property, and the processes.

Therefore, every employer search for a candidate whose profile fulfills the job description and skill requirements.

Qualification

There are a number of qualifications that fulfill safety roles requirements, in the Middle East, the employer look for below qualification in addition to basic schooling includes technical education, etc.

• CSP - Certified Safety Preactionaiers one of the top demand qualification among employers for their safety jobs
• ASP or NEBOSH Diploma or NEBOSH International General Certification is on the second level when we talking about the demand among the employers in the Middle East
• OSHAS Lead Auditor Certificate Courses 
• IOSH Managing Safely Certificate course for beginners or junior positions 

There are many other courses that can be the requirement of the employer for specific projects or tasks. These qualifications can be achieved online for free and at a minimal cost.

Professional Experience

Professional experience not only helps the candidate for getting a new job but also assists in getting a promotion in the existing job. In the Middle East for higher position safety vacancies the employers are always looking for candidates with maximum work experience of reputable companies. For beginners' internships and on-job training can be good options while getting new jobs.

It is advised that if you are applying for higher positions your professional experiences must be mentioned before your qualification in your resume and when you are a fresh candidate you must mention professional qualifications before any work or internship experience details.

Salaries

It is a big issue with the salary bracket when we are talking about Safety jobs in the Middle East (UAE, KSA, and Qatar). There is no fixed salary for the position or safety role assigned or hired. But, on average collect information on salaries from 50 Different companies, it starts from AED2500, SAR2000, and QR100 in UAE, KSA, and Qatar respectively. 

While the upper range of salaries depends on the employer, candidate Nationality, and Profile because in the Middle East  Arab and West nationality candidates get the highest-paid and S. Asians paid least. Why we don't understand yet...

One important advice for the candidates to get higher pay is your negotiation and convincing power to deal with the employer to fix your salary - so please be confident when you are talking about your salary package and demand according to your abilities and needs.

Online Job Hunting Platforms

There are hundreds of websites and application which provide details of safety vacancies from around the world. It is advised to candidates to considered below important guidelines while choosing any website for job hunting because in the web world fake sites and scammer are abundant. The advices are;

• Always read the reviews of the website before SIGN - IN and provision of professional details
• Always preferred HTTPS websites to avoid any unwanted cybersecurity issues
• Always go for well-known websites 
• Don't pay anything in advance for a job without enough guaranteed
• Use govt. online platforms for search jobs online

List of Websites very useful for online job searching in the Middle East including Dubai UAE, KSA, and Qatar;

1. Golf Talent 
2. Bayt 
3. LinkedIn
4. indeed
5. naukrigulf.com

Face to face interview Options

There are two options of face-to-face interviews for the safety jobs in the Middle East (Particularly in Dubai) and the rest are direct with employers and recruiters. These options can be further elaborated on below.

Option #1

One of the most successful ways of getting a job in the Middle East particularly in Dubai is to visit there on a visiting visa for at least three months and apply for Job and subsequent interviews. Although, this option needs some money in the pocket and there is a risk of loss if your profile is not fit the safety jobs offered in Dubai.

But the advantage of this method is that the candidate can get a chance of negotiation in terms of salary and other benefits. 

Here is important advice whenever you choose this method to be aware of fake interview agents and scammers.

Option #2 

Another, the option of face-to-face interviews is the interviews with Job consultants or recruiters in your home country. This method is safest among all options of finding a Safety job in the Middle East if its compliance with certain conditions as under;

1. The consultancy must be registered with the Overaseased employment department of your home country government
2. Have a valid License to provide job finding service in the Middle East
3. Any reference they can provide to the candidate
4. Insurance with a valid company
5. Must have valid contact details and addresses

Be aware of fake recruiters and job consultants and report if you found anyone around you to save others.

Conclusion

It is concluded that the key to getting a good job in the Middle East (Dubai UAE, KSA, and Qatar) is enured by all the above said important advice but not limited to this. Furthermore as the Middle East countries particularly KSA is going to cut down safety jobs for foreigners, therefore be sure that you will not face any such kind of problems after joining a new position in the Middle East.

If you want to improve your professional skills please visit the below link to get a complete guide about free online safety courses;

5 Best Free online Health and Safety Courses platforms or websites