Over 3,000 people have been selected from Uttar Pradesh for labour jobs in the construction sector in Israel, an official said on Monday.

“The first lot of skilled labourers from Uttar Pradesh have received appointment letters for jobs in war-hit Israel. So far, 3,080 workers have been selected for jobs in Israel,” he said.

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There are around 10000 vacancies of construction workers. Over a lakh of workers have applied for the Israel job .

Skill tests will be conducted in Lucknow till January 30 of the workers who had applied for going to Israel.

Nearly 4200 candidates took the test and another 2400 would appear over the last two days. Workers , who had applied, will have to appear for the skill test where abilities of aspirants to do shuttering work, tiles and marble fitting and wall plastering among others are being tested.

The Israel job offer is accompanied with lucrative perks like a decent salary of Rs. 1,37,250 per month besides a fund bonus of Rs. 15,000.

The skill test is organised by the state government to provide employment opportunities to Indian workers in Israel under the Chief Minister Mission Employment Scheme. The crowd included youngsters as well as middle-aged people from different educational backgrounds, those searching for decent, stable salaried jobs among others.

Director, training and employment, Kunal Silku said that the process of providing employment to construction workers in Israel was being done by NSDC International, an agency working under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India and PIBA.