TAGUIG CITY, 5 July (PIA)--The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) sealed a partnership with the Society of Philippine Electrotechnical Constructors (SPECS) to provide intensive training for electricians to ensure that they are competent enough to work safely and efficiently on infrastructures, buildings and homes.
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director General and Pablito P. Freo, chairman of the Society of Philippine Electrotechnical Constructors and Suppliers (SPECS) sign a Memorandum of Agreement signed on June 30, 2014 for electricians’ intensive training.
TESDA committed to fund the training using P3.15 million from its Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP). It will cover existing workers in the industry and incoming workers who need re-tooling or training prior to employment.
The training period will be from July to December 2014. Graduates will also undergo assessment and certification.
Villanueva said electricians are among the most in-demand workers in the country and abroad.
"The prospects for employment are good, that's why we want to strike while the iron is hot and continuously build a workers' pool for the industry," he said.
Villanueva said that the partnership with SPECS is timely because it positions the path of technical vocational training on competencies that the market needs.
The TESDA chief stressed that producing quality graduates are at the forefront of the goals of the training, especially in a critical skill such as electrical installation.
"Electricians carry out death-defying jobs. One small mistake could expose to risks both the worker and the home or establishment being serviced," he said.
"The training is also aimed at teaching the graduates to be very cautious and to work safely," Villanueva added.
From July to December 2014, trainings will be conducted for Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II and NC III and Training Methodology NC I.
TESDA will also hold the National TVET Competency Assessment and Certification for 300 applicants from July to October 2014.
TESDA and SPECS committed to achieve an employment rate of at least 70 percent of the graduates within six months to one year from the scholar's graduation, according to the agreement.
SPECS will engage the different electrotechnical member-companies for the allocation of the TWSP related to their training. These companies will in turn engage the training providers with TESDA registered programs to undertake the training based on the approved Qualification Map (QM).
SPECS will also establish and maintain a Training Development Fund which will be used for future training of existing workers, pre-employment and re-tooling of incoming workers in the construction sector and for the promotion of training programs. (TESDA/RJB/SDL/PIA-NCR)
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