TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol (PIA)—Are you a carpenter who has years of experience under your belt while working but could not present any document that can attest to that level of skill that you keep?
Or a self-taught welder dreaming of getting that job but has no papers to assure your boss about your skill?
Now, here is a chance to finally get that certification that could come in handy when seeking for a pay raise, getting into a job that matches one’s capabilities, or getting that slot in a job vacancy abroad.
The government, through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is giving out free slots for Competency Assessment and Certification for Workers (CAC-W) in 22 qualifications, announces TESDA Bohol supervising technical education and skills development specialist (TESDS) Joan Sayon, who along with TESDS Razell Pagaran, came to the weekly Kapihan sa PIA to bring out the good news, September 20.
The assessment slots, which could range from P800 to P3,000 for each qualification, is given free to workers, who may need the National Certification (NC) to formally show certified skills to merit a much better pay than ordinary unskilled workers, Sayon stressed.
For Bohol, the government has opened some 1300 slots for the 22 skills, and available until December 2023, there are still some 1,025 of these slots available for free, adds Pagaran, during the weekly forum aired over DyTR-AM and PIA Bohol facebook and youtube channel.
Opened free CACW slots include 180 for Barangay Health Services NC II, 20 slots for Bartending NC II, 30 slots for Book Keeping NC III, 15 slots for Bread and Pastry Production NC II, 50 slots for Caregiving NC II, 10 slots for Carpentry NC II, 20 slots for Computer Systems Servicing NC II, 50 slots for Cookery NC II.
108 slots for Driving NC II, 54 slots for Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II, 10 slots for Events Management Services NC II, 120 slots for Food and Beverage Services NC II,10 slots for Front Office Services NC II, 40 slots for Health Care Services NC II, 120 slots for House Keeping NC II, 20 slots for masonry NC II.
23 slots for Motorcycle/Small engine Servicing NC II, 20 slots for Organic Agriculture Production NC II, 4 slots for domestic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Servicing, 81 slots for Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC II, 20 slots for Tourism Promotion Services NC II and 20 slots for Visual Graphic Design NC III, Pagaran enumerated.
While this is for workers, graduates of these listed qualifications who may have failed in their first Competency Assessment but still were able to land jobs nevertheless, can now retry with these free assessments, as long as they can carry with them Duly Accomplished Assessment Application (which can be obtained from the TESDA Bohol Office near the City Hall, 3 pieces of colored passport sized ID picture in collared polo shirt shot in white background, Certificate of Employment or if working as self-employed, a self Employed Certification signed by Barangay Chairman or an official of the government agency.
And for an easier CAC-W, TESDA said that a self-assessment is downloadable from the www.tesda.gov.ph, for an early preview of the CACW. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
