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laylow · Joined: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 37

I saw an ad from this place and have searched the forum for information, but am not having luck. Is JTI related to Jubail Industrial College? Can anyone provide general info about JTI such as pay, contact hours, etc, etc. I am also interested to know about the city of Jubail. In addition, in case I choose to apply, can anyone tell me what the interview is like? What kinds of questions and how many people will I speak with?

Thank you for any replies. Feel free to PM.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

According to the wiki list of Saudi unis/colleges in Jubail, they're separate entities:

www.jic.edu.sa

www.jti.edu.sa

I have several female friends teaching in Jubail; they all say it's nothing special.

Wilsonthefarmer · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 5:41 pm Post subject:

I have heard that Jubail holds the biggest petrochemical plant in the world, and that air pollution is very bad.
I wonder what is the level of air pollution in Jubail city?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

There have been lots of complaints here and elsewhere about air pollution in Jubail.

johnslat · Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 9:53 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,

But you left nearly two years ago; I'm sure it's a lot better now Very Happy

Regards,
John

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

John,. everything in KSA is different now. I believe it has even been moved and that the inhabitants are all liberal vegetarians with a weakness for doing everything that outsiders tell them to !

ntriolo8 · Joined: 06 Jun 2012 Posts: 15 Location: Washington DC

I work for McGill University's program with the RC here in Jubail. I work at Jubail Industrial College, but many of my fellow contractors work at J.T.I.

We're paid ~$4000 Canadian per month, and given accommodation. We're being moved to accommodation that's on the J.T.I. campus. However, we're part of a special program and I don't know the pay rates of the teachers who are direct hires at the institute, nor do I know what other benefits they get, or even whether they receive niqamas (I assume they do - we don't).

J.T.I. is all right from what I've heard. It has big class sizes and teaching involves Powerpoint and multimedia stuff. I think most of the classes are quite low-level, and a lot of them are remedial or for people with disciplinary problems.

Jubail is not a nice place. It's extremely polluted and there's trash everywhere. But it's not the worst place to live in the world, and probably not the worst place in Saudi Arabia (it's laid back in terms of fundamentalism compared to other regions, it's near an airport, and it has some decent restaurants and shisha spots). But yeah, the pollution from the seemingly endless industrial zone has done a number on my sinuses and respiratory system, so it'd be difficult to live here for too long.

Hope that's helpful.

MixtecaMike · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 643 Location: Guatebad