Dubai Crown Prince loads DCL progress and employees' skills

Dubai Crown Prince loads DCL progress and employees' skills

Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum loaded the progress achieve by Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL) during the past years and the skills accomplished by its employees that match international standards.

He expressed his satisfaction on the lab's international glory, which has come through international recognitions on its professional and technical capabilities, the certificates it issues, its credibility, the skills of its employees and the advanced equipments it uses.

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum was speaking after a visit to the DCL, which was part of his visits to the different departments, establishments and authorities in the emirate of Dubai to get a brief on their work progress.

Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, the director and employees of the Central Lab received Sheikh Hamdan, who was visiting the lab for the first time.

The Crown Prince listened to a presentation on Dubai Central Laboratory Department by its director Eng. Hawa Bastaki, who explained the vision, mission and strategies of the department as well as the tasks undertaken by its employees and the international recognitions received by the lab for its credibility in conducting tests in different fields.

She said that the strategic map for 2007-2011 aims at enhancing the customer loyalty towards the central lab, strengthening financial competency and effectiveness, development and diversification of services to the customers as well as its role in serving the society and preservation of environment, public health and safety by sticking to the rules and regulations and achieving legal and transparent environment.

It also include cooperation with the partners and suppliers, outstanding performance in the field of corporate excellence, e-transformation, applying international specifications and best practices, developing urban plan features as regards encouraging human resources and its development.
The number of employees in the Central Laboratory Department has reached 300 and the nationals constitute 49% among them. The DCL, which consists of Food & Environment, Engineering Materials, Consumer Materials and Calibration & Standardization labs, provides 94% of its services online.

She said the vision of DCL is to become the top product confidence vendor in the world and the mission is to evaluate products and carry out tests and studies, develop specifications and verify standards through the expertise of the DCL staff for the purpose of contributing towards protecting the consumers and achieving customer satisfaction.

Photo: Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum visits different sections of DCL.