Wednesday, April 16, 2014

TESDA Free Assessment for OFW

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is inviting Overseas Filipino Workers, industry workers and instructors to their National Technical – Vocational Education and Training(TVET) Competency Assessment and Certification (NATCAC) set on May 12 to 16.

TESDA’s NATCAC is a national synchronized conduct of competency assessment and certification for free in identified demand.  It aims to expand client’s access to assessment and certification, and to strengthen the scale and popularity of the TESDA assessment and certification program through a purposive advocacy to raise people’s awareness of the program.

TESDA Information Officer Anthony “Guy” Oria, in an interview over PIA Hour radio, announced that interested individuals  may visit them at the TESDA Regional Office along Loakan Road here  or the TESDA provincial offices in the region.

In 2013, Oria reported that 2,814 availed of NATCAC  regionwide  and 2,678 of them were successfully certified. They were TVET graduates in the sector of agri-fishery and processed foods, automotive, construction, garments, health, social and other services; information and communication technology, land transport, metals and engineering, and tourism.

Oria also disclosed that aside from strengthening their TVET courses and curriculum, TESDA is set to bring-in higher level of education to its  agenda  such as level 3 (NC3), Level 4 (NC4) and Diploma courses (3 years duration), in line with the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program of the Department of Education and in pushing the competitiveness of the Filipino workforce for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015.

Oria explained  that TESDA’s National Certification NC 1 is for apprentice  while NC2 is for skilled workers that could help  workers  enter a job or be employed.

NC3 (supervisory level) and NC4 (managerial level) certifications  as well as TVET diploma courses will boost the competitiveness of our workforce, he said.

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