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News Real Estate Filipinos preferred for construction boom in Guam, Mideast
| Filipinos preferred for construction boom in Guam, Mideast |
| Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:14 | |||
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"We don’t need white-collar jobs. We need to go back to skills training. Mas matagal na kakailanganin ang skilled worker," Victor Fernandez, president of the Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Inc. (PASEI) told abs-cbnNEWS.com. The big demand for blue-collar workers will initially be generated by Guam as more US personnel transfer from US bases in Okinawa to the unincorporated US territory. On June 13, PASEI and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the setting up of a pilot training program for skilled workers who will be sent to Guam. Some 23,699 United States Marines, their families and civilian personnel will be moving from Okinawa, Japan to Guam from 2012 to 2014. The troop movement, the largest since the Vietnam war, would require a major construction of a naval base, which will start in 2009. The US and Japan have agreed to spend at least $15 billion for the major military construction project. (See related story: OKINAWA-GUAM TROOP MIGRATION GROWS TO 23,699 http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport//2008/May/05-15-01.htm) Rogelio Peyuan, TESDA’s deputy director-general for field operations, said hundreds of job items will be available for the Guam construction projects, including welders, pipefitters, carpenters, masons, finishing electricians, engineers and more jobs that require skilled workers. The MOA said the Guam Contractors Association has informed the Philippine government and PASEI that around 50,000 construction workers will be needed for three to five years. It said PASEI was specifically contacted by the Guam Economic Development and Commerce Authority to "prepare for this development."
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