Ozamiz City — A technical vocational institution has reportedly provided a number of job placements for the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in support to the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program.

Providing comprehensive education and training programs to students and transform them into a professional and globally competitive citizens, while assuring their local and international placements through their partner agencies worldwide, the OLT produced two hundred (200) female graduates of Household Attendant of which one hundred fifty (150) who passed the necessary requirements were directly employed and deployed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013.

The selection of graduates recommended for employment went through vigorous process which included the submission of personal credentials, legal documentation and medical certification. Today, the said beneficiaries earns a monthly salary of four hundred dollars ($400) per month for a two-year contract which started December 16, 2013 and ended May 7, 2015.

In 2015, another eighty (80) beneficiaries trained with Carpentry NCII were immediately endorsed for employment with the Phoenix Garuda Construction and Development Corporation in its Manila Bay property development projects.

The school also offers community based trainings to beneficiaries who prefer local and self-employment. With top of the line facilities and assured starter kits, the beneficiaries are in for a quality training and competitive results. For the beneficiaries taking Cookery NCII and Bread and Pastry NCII, they are trained through their Mobile Kitchen Laboratory which is in a 10-wheeler wing van, with complete kitchen equipment and can accommodate 40 trainers at once. This specific Mobile Kitchen Facility was built solely to support the training of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries of the municipalities of Bonifacio, Tangub City, Ozamiz City and Oroqueta City.

All qualified graduates of the trainings are provided with toolkits and “pangkabuhayan” (livelihood) so they can easily establish their very own business.

“The OLT understands the utmost goal of the department that is to improve the living condition of our beneficiaries through human capital development”, Regional Director Nestor B. Ramos said.

To date, the institute has trained a total of seven hundred (700) beneficiaries from the province.

Written by Jamila M. Taha, DSWD