By Erlinda T. Yutuc – PIO
Some 273 youth trainees of the Provincial Manpower Training Center (PMTC) participated in the one-day job induction program conducted recently by the Pampanga provincial government.
PMTC Industry Coordinator Cecille Pelayo explained that the job induction program is an integral component of the different skills training courses conducted by the PMTC to equip its trainees with the necessary knowledge and skills in preparation for their job hunting activities.
Pelayo said that the center wants to ensure that our trainees are not only well-equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills in their chosen courses but are properly oriented on the dos’ and don’ts in seeking for employment opportunities as well.
Except for the 77 automotive servicing technology trainees, all the other 196 center trainees are set to graduate on October 1, she said as she added that these trainees include 56 students on hairdressing, 54 on computer hardware servicing, 54 on consumer electronics and 32 on data encoding course.
The would-be graduates were given inputs on career planning and job hunting techniques by the center’s resource persons which include Pelayo and Andres Pulga and Ann Zamora of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO).
PMTC Officer-in-Charge Francis Maslog briefed the participants on pertinent labor laws which would be put to good use by the trainees once they are employed.
Dennis Rivera, a 20 year-old high school graduate from barangay Calibutbut, Bacolor, said that the free automotive servicing technology course provided by the provincial government is a big help to youths like him who cannot financially afford to pursue college education.
“I have learned a lot from this six-month course and I do not mind commuting daily from our barangay to the training center in barangay Sindalan. Besides, the course is for free,” Rivera stressed.
Rivera’s classmate, Charlo Tongol, expressed his appreciation of the provincial government’s free training course as this would provide him with better chances of finding employment. A resident of barangay Acli in Mexico town, Charlo was forced to stop his schooling at a local computer school due to financial constraints.
Another trainee, Raquillyn Espinosa of barangay San Isidro in Sta.Ana is hopeful that she would land a better job once she completes her three-month hairdressing course.
Espinosa said that the free training courses offered by the provincial government are tremendous help to youths like her who can ill-afford to pursue college education.
The said PMTC courses are conducted by its roster of trainors which include Malvar Dueñas for automotive servicing technology, Vivencio Lina for computer hardware servicing, and Amor Montemayor and Michael Tyron Reyes for hairdressing.
Next year, the PMTC is contemplating to add other in-demand courses such as welding, refrigeration and air conditioning, building wiring installation and hollow blocks making to their list of trainings, Pelayo said.
