People and SkillsPuntland
How do you build a skills record for a Puntland site crew?
A skills record lists each worker's tasks, evidence and sign-off, so a Puntland foreman can prove who can do what before work starts.
10 articles on construction workforce in Somaliland and Puntland, newest first, from Somali Construction Review.
People and SkillsPuntland
A skills record lists each worker's tasks, evidence and sign-off, so a Puntland foreman can prove who can do what before work starts.
People and SkillsPuntland
Set a written training plan with named tasks, a named supervisor and weekly sign-off, then check each skill on the work itself before trusting it.
People and SkillsPuntland
Test a foreman by asking for the last job, a set of drawings and one measured task, then watch how the crew follows the instruction.
People and SkillsPuntland
One bound book, signed daily, naming who checked each stage, gives you evidence of supervision that memories and phone notes cannot.
Infrastructure and ServicesNews
Wardheer News reported in 2016 that officials said a Chinese-built airport in Puntland would boost trade, but no later evidence confirms outcomes.
On 2 August 2016 Somaliland ministers told Berbera port employees they would not lose jobs under the DP World contract, but no implementation evidence followed.
Somaliland Standard reported on 2018-10-30 that Shafa Al Nahda outlined a staffing plan for DP World's Berbera expansion, with no figures or timeline.
On 11 July 2019 Somaliland Standard reported construction workers struck the Berbera port expansion over reduced daily wages.
Goobjoog News reported on 2026-06-03 that Turkish airport operator Favori dismissed nearly 70 Somali workers at Mogadishu airport.
People and SkillsAnalysis
Somaliland trains only a small cohort of civil engineers a year, and most leave. Sites end up run by diaspora-hired foreigners or nobody at all.