Muscat – This new resolution updates Ministerial Resolution No. 235/2022, expanding the list of professions restricted to Omani nationals.

The revised list now includes a range of professions, from managerial roles to technical and specialized positions. Among the newly prohibited professions for non-Omanis are roles such as Systems Analyst, Engineer, and various positions within quality control, hotel management, and transportation.

The resolution, effective from the day following the date of its publication, also outlines phased implementation for certain professions:

• Professions like Systems Analyst and Information Systems Network Specialist will see the restrictions come into effect from January 1, 2025.
  
• Roles such as Computer Programmer and Computer Engineer will be restricted from January 1, 2026.
  
• Web Designer and Operations Analyst restrictions will apply from January 1, 2027.
  
  The following professions shall be added to the appendix of professions prohibited from being practiced by non-Omani workers attached to the decision regulating the practice of certain professions referred to:

1. Food and medical supplies (refrigerated) trailer and locomotive driver
2. Water tanker and trailer driver
3. Hotel Reception Manager
4. Lifeguard
5. Travel agent
6. Room Service Supervisor
7. Quality Control Manager
8. Quality Officer
9. Drilling fluid engineer
10. Drilling Officer
11. Electrician / General Maintenance
12. Mechanical Technician / General Maintenance
13. Drilling Measurement Engineer
14. Quality Controller
15. aircraft loading controller
16. Marketing Specialist
17. Ship lashing and fixing worker
18. Labor Supervisor
19. Loading and unloading supervisor
20. Commercial Promoter (Sales Representative)
21. commercial broker
22. Goods arrangement
23. Flatbed Crane Driver
24. Forklift driver
25. New Vehicle Salesman
26. used car dealer
27. New parts seller
28. used parts dealer
29. Systems Analyst / General
30. Information Systems Network Specialist
31. Marine observer
32. Ship traffic controller
33. Computer Maintenance Technician
34. computer programmer
35. Computer Engineer
36. Computer operator
37. Web Designer
38. Operations Analyst

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