Pre Departure Orientation Training (PDOT) Program

" Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in association with Department of Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training; Government of Punjab has trained the first batch of 22 master trainers under the Pre Departure Orientation Training (PDOT) Program. The Pre-Departure Orientation Training centres will be operational at District Level in District Bureau of Employment and Enterprise. Pre-Departure Orientation training helps migrant workers in learning about the culture, language and regulations of their destination country to ensure their safety and security. The emigrant going abroad for employment is given a free of cost 8 hours Orientation training in order to apprise him/her with the Dos and Don’ts of the country of employment, his rights and welfare measures made available to him by the Government of India. These PDOT centre will soon be available on the PDOT portal and the Recruiting Agents will be able to book PDO Training slots for the emigrants moving to ECR countries which include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen."