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Anthony H. Chiu
TAGBILARAN CITY,
Bohol, March 6, (PIA)—If not for its excellent skills trainings,
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) heavy equipment
operation graduates would need five more years of on-the-job equipment hands-on
before they can even get to operate heavy equipment.
But, owing to an excellent track record in equipment operation
technical skills, graduates can use their national certifications plus bank on
the International Standards Organization (ISO) certification to cruise through
supposedly a very long on the job training.
This also means that with the ISO rating, all trainings and
processes which the agency undertakes is so much so the same that they produce
the same skilled graduate, be they in heavy equipment operation, or any
national certification course that could get one into the working system.
TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva, who was in Bohol March 3
to 4 and who met local members of the press at the People’s Mansion, bared
this development as TESDA was to present 1,468 technical vocational (techvoc)
graduates their certifications in fitting rites at the Bohol Island State
University (BISU) in Bilar town.
Awarded ISO Certificate 9001, TESDA, as an organization
implemented quality management system requirements for all areas of the
business, including facilities, people, training, services and equipment,
which provides improved quality and service, on time delivery, right
first time attitude, fewer returned products and complaints as well as
commitment to quality.
As the ISO applies to all TESDA processes, its skills certifications
carry with it that same brand of excellence it is applying for trainees in
urban centers or in rural areas, which is set to produce the same desired
results, ISO certification experts explained.
The ISO certification is also important in as much as, while other
techvoc training organizations would have to let their graduates undergo on the
job internships with lesser pay, TESDA graduates, at least of heavy equipment
operations are readily accepted, bared Sec Villanueva during a press conference.
For this, a heavy equipment company, according to the secretary,
has waived the mandatory five years of hands-on training because of TESDA
graduate’s assured skill.
This edge, Villanueva pointed out, can be a big plus factor for
salary increases, promotions and job perks assessment.
The secretary, who has a long running friendship history with
Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto said TESDA the second and is yet the only education
and training government agency which has capped the international certification.
He also noted that the Department of Health is the first
government agency that has attained the international standards award.
(rmn/RAC/PIABohol)