Manila provides skills training for aspiring OFWs
The Manila city government will hold skills training programs for residents interested in applying for overseas jobs in view of the opening of more labor markets for Filipinos, particularly in Canada and Australia.
On Tuesday, Mayor Alfredo S. Lim already handed out training-for-work scholarship certificates to 116 beneficiaries of the Livelihood at Iskolarsyip para sa Manilenyo (LIM), a joint project of the city government and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda).
The mayor said the skills training program was intended to help his constituents take advantage of the opening up of the international market for skilled Filipino workers.
Early this month, Lim discussed with Premier Gary Doer of Manitoba province in Canada, and earlier with the Australian premier, about job opportunities in their respective areas, and the preference of employers to Filipino workers for being hardworking and kind.
“This is the kind of workers that they want to bring to their countries and we are going to train them right here in the city of Manila," Lim said during the awarding rites for the scholarship program.
The Department of Labor and Employment has signed labor agreements with the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Manitoba for the deployment of Filipino workers. The province of Alberta is working out a similar agreement for the recruitment of Filipino workers.
With more than one million new job openings expected by 2020 and only 650,000 young people in the school system, British Columbia will be looking for 350,000 skilled workers from outside the province over the next 12 years.
Manitoba needs truck drivers, welders, machinists, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, glaziers, pipe fitters, plasterers, drywall installers, carpenters, cabinetmakers, bricklayers and stone masons. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said there are about 10,000 job openings available to Filipinos in the province.
POEA Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz earlier said close to two million jobs would be open to Filipinos in Canada in the next 10 years.
The initial batch of beneficiaries of the training program in Manila includes out-of-school youth, disadvantaged women, heads of the family and needy adults, and in-school youth. The training programs include skills on massage therapy, consumer electronics, and commercial cooking.
The Manila Manpower Development Center and the City College of Manila – Livelihood Program Satellite Training Centers will conduct the skills training.
Each beneficiary received a voucher representing the training cost: P1,500 for massage therapy; P6,000 for consumer electronics; and P3,500 for commercial cooking.
There will also be courses on beauty care, spa therapy, dressmaking, photo silk screen and signage, food and beverage service, basic computer, computer technician, automotive services, and refrigeration and aircon repair.
Interested applicants may enroll at any of the six satellite offices in the city, City College of Manila, and Manila Department of Social Welfare. - GMANews.TV »
On Tuesday, Mayor Alfredo S. Lim already handed out training-for-work scholarship certificates to 116 beneficiaries of the Livelihood at Iskolarsyip para sa Manilenyo (LIM), a joint project of the city government and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda).
The mayor said the skills training program was intended to help his constituents take advantage of the opening up of the international market for skilled Filipino workers.
Early this month, Lim discussed with Premier Gary Doer of Manitoba province in Canada, and earlier with the Australian premier, about job opportunities in their respective areas, and the preference of employers to Filipino workers for being hardworking and kind.
“This is the kind of workers that they want to bring to their countries and we are going to train them right here in the city of Manila," Lim said during the awarding rites for the scholarship program.
The Department of Labor and Employment has signed labor agreements with the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Manitoba for the deployment of Filipino workers. The province of Alberta is working out a similar agreement for the recruitment of Filipino workers.
With more than one million new job openings expected by 2020 and only 650,000 young people in the school system, British Columbia will be looking for 350,000 skilled workers from outside the province over the next 12 years.
Manitoba needs truck drivers, welders, machinists, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, glaziers, pipe fitters, plasterers, drywall installers, carpenters, cabinetmakers, bricklayers and stone masons. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said there are about 10,000 job openings available to Filipinos in the province.
POEA Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz earlier said close to two million jobs would be open to Filipinos in Canada in the next 10 years.
The initial batch of beneficiaries of the training program in Manila includes out-of-school youth, disadvantaged women, heads of the family and needy adults, and in-school youth. The training programs include skills on massage therapy, consumer electronics, and commercial cooking.
The Manila Manpower Development Center and the City College of Manila – Livelihood Program Satellite Training Centers will conduct the skills training.
Each beneficiary received a voucher representing the training cost: P1,500 for massage therapy; P6,000 for consumer electronics; and P3,500 for commercial cooking.
There will also be courses on beauty care, spa therapy, dressmaking, photo silk screen and signage, food and beverage service, basic computer, computer technician, automotive services, and refrigeration and aircon repair.
Interested applicants may enroll at any of the six satellite offices in the city, City College of Manila, and Manila Department of Social Welfare. - GMANews.TV »
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