The Ministry of Labour has issued Ministerial Decision No. 501/2024, amending the provisions of Ministerial Resolution No. 235/2022, which regulates the practice of certain professions.
Under Article 1 of the new decision, several additional professions have been added to the list of jobs prohibited for expat workers in Oman. These roles are now reserved exclusively for Omani nationals.
The newly restricted professions include:
- Driver of a truck transporting food and medical supplies (refrigerated)
- Driver of a truck transporting water
- Hotel reception manager
- Lifeguard
- Tourist agent
- Travel agent
- Room service supervisor
- Quality control manager
- Quality officer
- Drilling fluid engineer
- Drilling supervisor
- Electrical technician/general maintenance
- Mechanical technician/general maintenance
- Drilling measurement engineer
- Quality controller
- Aircraft loading supervisor
- Marketing specialist
- Ship mooring and stabilisation worker
- Labor supervisor
- Storage and unloading supervisor
- Commercial promoter (sales representative)
- Commercial broker
- Goods arranger
- Flatbed crane driver
- Forklift driver
- New vehicle salesman
- Used vehicle salesman
- New spare parts salesman
- Used spare parts salesman
- General systems analyst
- IS network specialist
- Marine supervisor
This decision reflects the government’s ongoing efforts to increase employment opportunities for Omani nationals by restricting the practice of certain professions to citizens.
