TESDA Caraga partners with construction sector for 'Build, Build, Build' program

BUTUAN CITY, March 11 – Heeding the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to implement the “Build, Build, Build” program, the regional office of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Caraga has partnered with the construction sector, both private and public.

In today’s regular meeting of the Regional Technical Education and Skills Development Committee (RTESDC) held in one of the local hotels here, TESDA-Caraga Regional Director Florencio F. Sunico, Jr. said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Caraga Region through the leadership of Regional Director Pol M. Delos Santos and some contractors in Caraga Region have convened to discuss issues and concerns pertaining to the implementation of the “Build, Build, Build” program of the Duterte administration.

Sunico also said this undertaking is in accordance with the directives of TESDA Director-General Isidro S. Lapeña to give focus on strategizing the implementation of the said program in every region in the country.

The official said one way of doing this is to increase the infrastructure – trainers, assessors, program for construction.

“What we are doing now is to get the analysis the demand and supply related to construction, determine the gaps, and identify what are the strategies to be made,” Sunico said.

He also said that because of the developments, the RTESDC in Caraga has invited the construction sector in the region – the DPWH-Caraga with the agency’s District Engineers and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga representing the public sector, and some private contractors in different provinces and cities of the region.

Sunico is hoping that the conduct of the activity will lead to a very good strategy to address some of the needs in construction specifically in the issues of manpower shortage, responding to the demands of human resources to finish the “Build, Build, Build” project of the government.

The official further elaborated that action plans will be made between DPWH, DOLE, Contractors, and TESDA to address the gaps in terms of skills that we can employ in the program particularly graduates and job requirements.

"If there are requirements that were not addressed now, we can come up with strategies, " Sunico said stressing that the directive of Secretary Lapeña is to increase the capacity of trainings, assessors and programs.

To address the lack of manpower in the construction sector nationwide,  Lapeña and DPWH Sec. Marc Villar will meet to discuss what needs to be done what needs to be improved, he said.

It can be recalled that last month, Pres. Duterte lamented that lack of Filipino skilled workers in the construction sector may compromise the “Build, Build, Build” program of the national government because more skilled workers have preferred to work abroad than working here in the country. (Robert E. Roperos, TESDA Caraga/PIA Caraga)

 

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