TechVoc schools to help end job-mismatches

By April 3, 2018Business, News

INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYMENT

THE travails of the education sector, particularly, the increasing number of job mismatches among new graduates, are finally being addressed by the Pangasinan Alliance of Private Technical and Vocational Schools (PAPTVS).

To end this problem, the alliance of private techvoc schools in the province has drafted an intervention program in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA).

The primary aim is to reach out to the jobless, the displaced overseas workers and offer training or retraining for vocational courses for better chances to land jobs that are in high demand today.

More job opportunities are expected to be created by the Build-Build-Build program of the national government and the surge in construction activities overseas.

Andre Abalos, PAPTVS president, said the group’s members are prepared to realign their curriculum in tandem with TESDA’s since the latter still has limited slots for free training and for limited courses.

President Rodrigo Duterte recently signed Republic Act 10931 into law that allocated P41 billion for free education in state universities and colleges (SUC’s) and TechVoc schools accredited by TESDA and LGU run Technical and Vocational education and trainings.

Abalos cited a private local company that asked the help of the PAPTVS to train 10,000 skilled workers for the construction industry and a Japanese company that is in immediate need of 500 welders.

The private techvoc schools have already started to offer free training and education for construction jobs, i.e. welding, masonry, carpentry and electrical installation;

hotel and restaurant management training for in hotel, resort and restaurant jobs, i.e., management, cookery, housekeeping and front office; health care, hilot massage, massage therapy, caregiving, and for food manufacturing, i.e., aquaculture and food production.

Abalos said the Japanese company is offering P80,000 to P100,000 monthly salaries for welders plus free language training and free processing fee for the deployment.

On April 14, a job fair will be held at the Dagupan City Plaza and most job openings will be for skilled workers, Abalos added. (Nora Dominguez)

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