The special training given by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) to housemaids seeking employment abroad will be made compulsory to males too seeking employment in the Middle East from July 15 this year, the SLBFE said in a press release yesterday.
However this training would be only confined to Middle East jobs, the release said.
The training given on a concept of SLBFE Chairman Kingsley Ranawaka would include an awareness about the laws and regulations of the host country, its money transactions and social life as well as solutions to workplace problems.
All males learning for Middle East jobs except those seeking higher performance and technical sector jobs should await themselves of this training from July 15, the release said.