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Jan 15, 2008, 06:24 AM
A Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) official said Monday that the agency will review its training courses being offered to the public to complement the demand in local and foreign deployment .
“The monitoring or the intelligence team is now reviewing jobs that are in-demand today, either abroad or here. But surely, this year we will give more attention on training people to become highly skilled workers," said Rogelio Peyuan, Tesda deputy director general for field operations.
Interviewed over the phone, Peyuan said the training program will shift to the courses that will produce highly skilled workers like welders, pipe fitters, electricians, carpenters and others.
He added that Tesda is closely coordinating with the industry sector and manning agencies to monitor the kind of manpower they need and, at the same time, check what happened to the people that took the Tesda courses.
“We wanted to make sure that the people that took the course here (Tesda) ay may napupuntahan naman. Ayaw namin na parang magulang na nagpaaral ng anak pero in the end wala namang napasukang trabaho," Peyuan added.
Last weekend, Press Secretary and presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye, said thousands of the best welders in town are now employed by Hanjin in its shipyard in Zambales.
Bunye said Hanjin shipbuilding complex in Zambales is the fourth largest in the world. "The Korean shipbuilding giant plans to build five ships a month, 60 ships a year, and that requires a lot of welders."
Bunye added that another $2-billion ship building facility will be established in Cagayan de Oro by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd. (HHICC) and Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA).
Peyuan said the agency might go slow in offering training program for those wanting to become caregiver. He said the course is much expensive compared to skilled workers, and the demand today for deployment abroad is not as aggressive as before.
“Napakataas ng requirement for a caregiver na hinihingi sa abroad, parang full pledged nurse na rin. Maganda nga lang tingnan at mataas ang sahod pero hindi na s'ya masyadong in-demand ngayon. But still titingnan pa naman 'yan ng monitoring team," he said.
Super laborer
Jackson Gan, president of Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (Pilmat), earlier appealed to the government to conduct a training scheme for Filipino laborers to familiarize them in “power tools" or modern construction equipment to make them more competent for overseas deployment.
He said the Tesda should conduct extensive training for construction workers like building electricians, plumbers, welders, mechanics, fabricators, carpenters, machinists and other skilled manpower.
He added the government should intensify the training for vocational workers and invest in more training centers all over the country to take advantage of the present demand for Filipino manpower.
“Foreign construction companies are embarking on multi-billion dollar projects in the Middle East and most of these companies prefer Filipino manpower because of their English skills," Gan said.
Last October, Vic Fernandez, president of the 700-member Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. (PASEI), said 20,000 to 50,000 jobs are available to Filipinos and other foreign workers in the island state of Guam, a federal territory of the United States.
Plans to build new base facilities are underway in Guam as the US marines prepare to relocate from Okinawa to the island state by 2010.
Gan recommended that the government immediately implement an agreement between the labor department, Tesda, recruitment agencies and the Philippine Construction Board, for an apprentice/cadetship training program for new graduates interested in learning trade and labor skills.
He said the program was designed to produce thousands of skilled manpower through on-the-job training with construction companies for their own projects. A pool of trained manpower will be available for deployment overseas to meet the increasing demand for skilled Filipino manpower.
source (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/76451/Tesda-vows-to-produce-more-skilled-workers)
Better late than never.
Kung marunong lang sanang magpaka-LABORER ang mga Pinoy Engineers marami sana silang mapupuntahan. Knowledge and Skills, magandang kombinasyon.
Kaya lang hindi, ayaw nilang ihanay ang sarili nila sa mga Construction Workers. Sa Pilipinas minamaliit, sa ibang bansa tinitingala.
“The monitoring or the intelligence team is now reviewing jobs that are in-demand today, either abroad or here. But surely, this year we will give more attention on training people to become highly skilled workers," said Rogelio Peyuan, Tesda deputy director general for field operations.
Interviewed over the phone, Peyuan said the training program will shift to the courses that will produce highly skilled workers like welders, pipe fitters, electricians, carpenters and others.
He added that Tesda is closely coordinating with the industry sector and manning agencies to monitor the kind of manpower they need and, at the same time, check what happened to the people that took the Tesda courses.
“We wanted to make sure that the people that took the course here (Tesda) ay may napupuntahan naman. Ayaw namin na parang magulang na nagpaaral ng anak pero in the end wala namang napasukang trabaho," Peyuan added.
Last weekend, Press Secretary and presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye, said thousands of the best welders in town are now employed by Hanjin in its shipyard in Zambales.
Bunye said Hanjin shipbuilding complex in Zambales is the fourth largest in the world. "The Korean shipbuilding giant plans to build five ships a month, 60 ships a year, and that requires a lot of welders."
Bunye added that another $2-billion ship building facility will be established in Cagayan de Oro by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd. (HHICC) and Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA).
Peyuan said the agency might go slow in offering training program for those wanting to become caregiver. He said the course is much expensive compared to skilled workers, and the demand today for deployment abroad is not as aggressive as before.
“Napakataas ng requirement for a caregiver na hinihingi sa abroad, parang full pledged nurse na rin. Maganda nga lang tingnan at mataas ang sahod pero hindi na s'ya masyadong in-demand ngayon. But still titingnan pa naman 'yan ng monitoring team," he said.
Super laborer
Jackson Gan, president of Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (Pilmat), earlier appealed to the government to conduct a training scheme for Filipino laborers to familiarize them in “power tools" or modern construction equipment to make them more competent for overseas deployment.
He said the Tesda should conduct extensive training for construction workers like building electricians, plumbers, welders, mechanics, fabricators, carpenters, machinists and other skilled manpower.
He added the government should intensify the training for vocational workers and invest in more training centers all over the country to take advantage of the present demand for Filipino manpower.
“Foreign construction companies are embarking on multi-billion dollar projects in the Middle East and most of these companies prefer Filipino manpower because of their English skills," Gan said.
Last October, Vic Fernandez, president of the 700-member Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. (PASEI), said 20,000 to 50,000 jobs are available to Filipinos and other foreign workers in the island state of Guam, a federal territory of the United States.
Plans to build new base facilities are underway in Guam as the US marines prepare to relocate from Okinawa to the island state by 2010.
Gan recommended that the government immediately implement an agreement between the labor department, Tesda, recruitment agencies and the Philippine Construction Board, for an apprentice/cadetship training program for new graduates interested in learning trade and labor skills.
He said the program was designed to produce thousands of skilled manpower through on-the-job training with construction companies for their own projects. A pool of trained manpower will be available for deployment overseas to meet the increasing demand for skilled Filipino manpower.
source (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/76451/Tesda-vows-to-produce-more-skilled-workers)
Better late than never.
Kung marunong lang sanang magpaka-LABORER ang mga Pinoy Engineers marami sana silang mapupuntahan. Knowledge and Skills, magandang kombinasyon.
Kaya lang hindi, ayaw nilang ihanay ang sarili nila sa mga Construction Workers. Sa Pilipinas minamaliit, sa ibang bansa tinitingala.