Tech-voc graduates get jobs fast
Tech-voc graduates get jobs fast – TESDA
Graduates of technical vocational courses have higher chances of getting employed and with a shorter job search period. Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Pastor Z. Guiao said this yesterday after he bared the results of an impact evaluation study which shows that TESDA graduates easily find jobs and in a shorter time at that.
“The skills that graduates of tech-voc courses learned are very much in demand and are attuned to the needs of companies. The courses they have chosen were based on their occupational interest and aptitude. That is why they do not have difficulty looking for jobs,” Guiao said
The TESDA consults with industry representatives in the identification of in-demand occupations and sits down with them in the design of the curriculum. According to Guriao, industry practitioners have developed a 218 training standards promulgated by TESDA for all schools offering tech-voc programs to follow.
The TESDA also requires students to undergo career assessment prior to their enrolment. This helps ensure that the course they will enroll in fits their aptitude and occupational interest.
The TESDA study show that of the more than 200 thousand graduates who responded in the survey used, 55 percent were already employed. More than one-third (36%) got their jobs in less than a month and one-fourth (26%) were employed within 1-3 months after completing their courses. The companies are TESDA’s partners for their on-the-job training and these companies absorb them right after their training. For the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, the companies themselves are the ones doing the training and providing employment to their graduates.
The biggest number of graduates were employed in the following business sectors: footwear and leather goods; land transportation; processed food and beverages; business process outsourcing; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning; metals and engineering; construction and furniture and fixtures.
The study further noted that majority of these graduates receive a monthly income of P5,000.00 to P20,000.00. On the average, their monthly earning is placed at P8,885.74 which is higher than the average basic pay of wage and salary workers of P288.95 per day or P6,136.00 per month (at 22 working days) based on the October 2008 Labor Force Survey of the National Statistics Office.
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