15 August 2012
Matching the industry’s robust growth, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is expanding its partnerships with various stakeholders to beef up the skills of the country’s construction workers and make them more competitive in both local and overseas labor market.
TESDA partnered with leading associations of construction workers with the aim of standardizing, coordinating and improving the system of implementation of construction-related skills development programs.
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General, said qualified construction worker-trainees would be provided with training in construction-related programs offered by TESDA and selected technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions under its Training for Work Scholarship (TWSP).
After the training, the graduates will also undergo assessment to determine if they have already acquired the needed competencies. Passers of the assessment will be certified by TESDA and will be issued their National Certificate or Certificate of Competency.
“Technical vocational training has been proven to be a reliable engine for creating opportunities for jobseekers,” Villanueva said, adding that the training programs will help in building the workers’ competitive advantage in their respective qualifications.
Villanueva said improving the skills of construction workers is vital amid the increasing demand in the market because of the robust construction projects.
According to the National Statistics Office, private construction projects grew by 4.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012 to 29,585, from the 28,347 projects registered in the same period the previous year.
Public construction projects, meanwhile, are expected to continually increase as the government undertakes massive implementation of infrastructure works.
“We would like to be ready with a pool of competent and highly skilled workers to match the demands of the industry, and this is where our training programs and the assessment and certification of workers would come in,” Villanueva said.
The Department of Labor earlier said that among the occupations in the construction industry, Filipino electricians are highly in demand. The other in-demand occupations within the construction industry are welders, metal fabrication technicians, heavy equipment mechanics and operators; pipe layers, riggers, and mason.
TESDA’s partnership with the construction industry workers was sealed through a memorandum of agreement with the Association of Construction and Informal Workers (ACIW), Construction and Building Workers Association of Caloocan (APL CBWAC), Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS), Informal Sector and Service Workers Association of the Philippines (ISWAP), National Union of Building and Construction Workers (NUBCW), Nabigla Construction and Manpower Development Cooperative (NACMADECO), Unity for the Protection of Informal Labor Through Community Action (UPCA).
The groups are collectively known as Construction Industry Workers Caucus.
After the MOA signing, series of meetings and consultations will be held among the parties to prepare the action plan and start the implementation of the various activities.
Matching the industry’s robust growth, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is expanding its partnerships with various stakeholders to beef up the skills of the country’s construction workers and make them more competitive in both local and overseas labor market.
TESDA partnered with leading associations of construction workers with the aim of standardizing, coordinating and improving the system of implementation of construction-related skills development programs.
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General, said qualified construction worker-trainees would be provided with training in construction-related programs offered by TESDA and selected technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions under its Training for Work Scholarship (TWSP).
After the training, the graduates will also undergo assessment to determine if they have already acquired the needed competencies. Passers of the assessment will be certified by TESDA and will be issued their National Certificate or Certificate of Competency.
“Technical vocational training has been proven to be a reliable engine for creating opportunities for jobseekers,” Villanueva said, adding that the training programs will help in building the workers’ competitive advantage in their respective qualifications.
Villanueva said improving the skills of construction workers is vital amid the increasing demand in the market because of the robust construction projects.
According to the National Statistics Office, private construction projects grew by 4.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012 to 29,585, from the 28,347 projects registered in the same period the previous year.
Public construction projects, meanwhile, are expected to continually increase as the government undertakes massive implementation of infrastructure works.
“We would like to be ready with a pool of competent and highly skilled workers to match the demands of the industry, and this is where our training programs and the assessment and certification of workers would come in,” Villanueva said.
The Department of Labor earlier said that among the occupations in the construction industry, Filipino electricians are highly in demand. The other in-demand occupations within the construction industry are welders, metal fabrication technicians, heavy equipment mechanics and operators; pipe layers, riggers, and mason.
TESDA’s partnership with the construction industry workers was sealed through a memorandum of agreement with the Association of Construction and Informal Workers (ACIW), Construction and Building Workers Association of Caloocan (APL CBWAC), Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS), Informal Sector and Service Workers Association of the Philippines (ISWAP), National Union of Building and Construction Workers (NUBCW), Nabigla Construction and Manpower Development Cooperative (NACMADECO), Unity for the Protection of Informal Labor Through Community Action (UPCA).
The groups are collectively known as Construction Industry Workers Caucus.
After the MOA signing, series of meetings and consultations will be held among the parties to prepare the action plan and start the implementation of the various activities.
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