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Article 16: Vocational Training Terms
In forceIn simple words
The Minister sets the rules for training programmes: how long they last, what they teach, exams and certificates. A company without its own training centre can be required to train workers at another centre.
Official text of Article 16
The Minister, in cooperation and coordination with the competent educational and professional institutions, shall fix the necessary terms & conditions to be satisfied for holding the vocational training programs as well as the prescribed limits for the training period, theoretical & practical programs and the system of examination and certificates to be issued in this respect and the information to be written therein. This decision shall bind one firm or more to provide training for labourers in other centers or institutes if the first firm hasn’t got training centers or institutes.
Reference & sources
Kuwait Private Sector Labour Law No. 6 of 2010, Article 16 (Vocational Training Terms), Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm, Issue No. 963 (2010). Checked October 2026.
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General information, not legal advice. The Arabic text of the law is the official version (Article 29). For your case, contact the Public Authority for Manpower or a lawyer.