Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training Job Circular

BMET & it’s History:

Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) was established as an attached department of the then Ministry of Manpower Development and Social Welfare in 1976. Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh established BMET with the purpose of recruiting and sending migrant workers overseas. BMET is engaged in overall planning and implementation of the strategies for regulating migration process, promoting migrant workers rights and skill development proper utilization of migrant workers of the country as a government department under the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE). It is contributing immensely to the government services for migrant communities, job seekers, and other stakeholders.

Vision and Mission of BMET:

To ensure safe and regular migration by providing skill development training and welfare support to the migrant workers.

• Establishment of good governance in the recruitment of overseas employment.
• Creation of skilled manpower in line with demand of local and global labour market.
• Ensuring overall safe migration.

Activities at a glance

• Processing of foreign demands for recruitment of Bangladeshi workers.
• Controlling and regulating emigration clearance for recruited workers in overseas employment.
• Regulating and monitoring private recruiting agents who recruit Bangladeshi workers for foreign employers.
• Implementing self-employment programs.
• Collecting and disseminating labour market information through a computerized database.
• Conducting welfare activities for Bangladeshi workers abroad
• Registering unemployed persons and referral to the vacancy positions
• Providing institution based vocational and technical training in different employable trades.
• Planning and implementing development programs to conduct training activities.
• Conducting informal, formal and special training courses
• Coordinating apprenticeship training