Post by tracymack on Feb 20, 2008 21:43:45 GMT 8
I found two articles on this. The Urdaneta Livelihood Center is housed on a newly built building. If my eyes did not deceive me, I think this is the one behind "Cultural". I need a confirmation from you guys but the important thing here is that they provide free training for Urdanetans of all ages especially out-of-school youth. Please spread the good news to everyone. Kudos to the City Government for this initiative!!!
February 11, 2008
Urdaneta livelihood center inaugurated on Feb. 11
Source: sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2008/02/11/urdaneta-livelihood-center-to-be-inaugurated-on-feb-11/
URDANETA CITY –The newly-constructed Urdaneta Livelihood Training Center, which will be offering free skills education to the city’s out-of-school youth as well as adults, will be formally inaugurated on Monday, February 11.
The P3.5 million two-storey building will serve as a training venue for home-based business ventures and other skills for possible employment, said Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr.
The short-term courses that will be offered include food processing and food preservation, dressmaking, carpentry, welding, auto mechanic with emphasis on two-stroke engines, kuliglig (a farm machinery) and water pumps, physical therapy and practical electricity.
“Even those without high school diploma will be accepted provided they know how to read and write and understand English,” Perez said.
The mayor said the center will accept trainees between the ages of 16 and 50 years old from all the barangays in the city.
The training will be handled by the city government in cooperation with the city schools division and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The city government has allocated P2.5-M for materials, salaries of trainors and maintenance of the building and equipment.
Perez said the city government put up the center because “several job fairs were held here but very few qualified because they do not have the needed skills.”—CSR
February 17, 2008
Urdaneta starts skills training for citizens
Source: sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2008/02/17/urdaneta-starts-skills-training-for-citizens/
URDANETA CITY—The local government here is giving a high priority to the skills training of out-of-school youth and adults to reduce the number of the city’s unemployed citizens.
Just a day after the Urdaneta Livelihood and Training Center (ULTC) was inaugurated on February 11, it immediately took in 490 trainees for auto-mechanics, including welding and carpentry; reflexology; food processing and preservation; and dressmaking.
“We are prioritizing the skills training of our unemployed citizens to address the problem of poverty because we know that a skilled individual has a bigger chance of finding jobs and earning a living,” Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said.
The P3.5 million ULTC is designed to provide skills training to any unemployed citizens in all the barangays, the mayor said.
The city government appropriated P2 million to shoulder wages and allowances of trainors from the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Urdaneta City University.
Another P2 million has been allocated from parts of the proceeds of the city fiesta for the acquisition of equipment for the center.
Perez said the free skills training takes 60 to 90 days at two hours per day, from Monday to Friday.
After the first batch of trainees shall have graduated, more trainees will be accommodated and additional courses will be offered.
Perez said that this year alone, ULTC expects to train some 2,000 out-of-school youth and adults.
He observed that from the initial batch, most of the trainees preferred to be enrolled in auto-mechanics, specializing on two stroke engines, like tricycles, hand tractors and water pumps.
The future welders, he said, are hoping to apply for jobs in Australia which currently needs some 100,000 welders.
After graduation, the motorcycle mechanics are assured of a livelihood in repairing tricycles as there is an average of 40 tricycles per barangay.
Reflexology is another popular course.
Trainees who excel will be also be given further specialized training.
“We will get the cream of the crop and give them specialized training, like in post-graduate, so that they will be armed better for jobs abroad,” Perez said.—LM
February 11, 2008
Urdaneta livelihood center inaugurated on Feb. 11
Source: sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2008/02/11/urdaneta-livelihood-center-to-be-inaugurated-on-feb-11/
URDANETA CITY –The newly-constructed Urdaneta Livelihood Training Center, which will be offering free skills education to the city’s out-of-school youth as well as adults, will be formally inaugurated on Monday, February 11.
The P3.5 million two-storey building will serve as a training venue for home-based business ventures and other skills for possible employment, said Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr.
The short-term courses that will be offered include food processing and food preservation, dressmaking, carpentry, welding, auto mechanic with emphasis on two-stroke engines, kuliglig (a farm machinery) and water pumps, physical therapy and practical electricity.
“Even those without high school diploma will be accepted provided they know how to read and write and understand English,” Perez said.
The mayor said the center will accept trainees between the ages of 16 and 50 years old from all the barangays in the city.
The training will be handled by the city government in cooperation with the city schools division and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The city government has allocated P2.5-M for materials, salaries of trainors and maintenance of the building and equipment.
Perez said the city government put up the center because “several job fairs were held here but very few qualified because they do not have the needed skills.”—CSR
February 17, 2008
Urdaneta starts skills training for citizens
Source: sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2008/02/17/urdaneta-starts-skills-training-for-citizens/
URDANETA CITY—The local government here is giving a high priority to the skills training of out-of-school youth and adults to reduce the number of the city’s unemployed citizens.
Just a day after the Urdaneta Livelihood and Training Center (ULTC) was inaugurated on February 11, it immediately took in 490 trainees for auto-mechanics, including welding and carpentry; reflexology; food processing and preservation; and dressmaking.
“We are prioritizing the skills training of our unemployed citizens to address the problem of poverty because we know that a skilled individual has a bigger chance of finding jobs and earning a living,” Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said.
The P3.5 million ULTC is designed to provide skills training to any unemployed citizens in all the barangays, the mayor said.
The city government appropriated P2 million to shoulder wages and allowances of trainors from the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Urdaneta City University.
Another P2 million has been allocated from parts of the proceeds of the city fiesta for the acquisition of equipment for the center.
Perez said the free skills training takes 60 to 90 days at two hours per day, from Monday to Friday.
After the first batch of trainees shall have graduated, more trainees will be accommodated and additional courses will be offered.
Perez said that this year alone, ULTC expects to train some 2,000 out-of-school youth and adults.
He observed that from the initial batch, most of the trainees preferred to be enrolled in auto-mechanics, specializing on two stroke engines, like tricycles, hand tractors and water pumps.
The future welders, he said, are hoping to apply for jobs in Australia which currently needs some 100,000 welders.
After graduation, the motorcycle mechanics are assured of a livelihood in repairing tricycles as there is an average of 40 tricycles per barangay.
Reflexology is another popular course.
Trainees who excel will be also be given further specialized training.
“We will get the cream of the crop and give them specialized training, like in post-graduate, so that they will be armed better for jobs abroad,” Perez said.—LM