Skilled workers for construction sector wanted in Guam —DOLE

Published August 8, 2020 3:49pm The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Saturday there is a potential opportunity awaiting Filipino workers in Guam’s construction sector. In a statement, the DOLE said there are increasing job orders in the US territory which it described as a “bright prospect amid the pandemic.” The Labor department said its Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Los Angeles has been receiving increasing requests from accredited employers under the construction sector in Guam for job order and employment contract verification. “In a labor market report to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, POLO LA, through Assistant Labor Attaché Armi Peña, said that employers in the construction service sector open their projects for skilled and semi-skilled Filipino workers,” the DOLE said. It said POLO LA said Guam’s Department of Labor Director David Dell'Solla reached out to their office expressing the intent of several contractors in Guam to hire more skilled Filipinos for the construction and maintenance job categories. “Guam’s labor director shared the brightening prospect of employing Filipino nationals under H2 visas as he explained the procedures and requirements for the continuing absorption of Filipino workers in Guam,” the DOLE said. The employers needing workers are the following: Northern Construction: 27 job orders 5M Construction Corporation: 24 job orders, namely 11 Carpenters, 12 Cement Masons, 1 Heavy Equipment Operator BME and Sons, Inc.: 10 job orders, all carpenters The Office of the Labor Attaché in LA has opened all communication lines to interview foreign principals for the documentary requirements to determine their veracity, it said. “The verified and approved job orders by POLO LA are Northern Construction’s 27 job orders with seven Master Employment Contracts for three Heavy Equipment Operators, three HVAC & Refrigeration Mechanics, eight Carpenters, nine Cement Masons, two Sheet Metal Workers, one Mechanical Engineer, and one Civil Engineer,” the DOLE said. The Labor department said requests for accreditation for new employers continue to arrive. “[O]ne is the Architectural Painting Services, LLC, which intends to employ 50 painters and with Venture Management Systems International Corporation as its Philippine counterpart recruitment agency; and another is the Contrack Watts Inc. which intends to employ five Reinforcing Metal Workers, four Heavy Equipment Operators, and four Pipefitters and with Global Manpower as its Philippine recruitment agency (PRA),” the DOLE said. A thorough background check to determine the track record and favorable standards for managing the employment of foreign workers of the applicant is being undertaken by the POLO, it said. -MDM, GMA News