Friday, October 30, 2009

AG&PFI Technical School



Armed with the vision to be the premier technical training institute in the country providing accessible, high-quality, efficient vocational education and skills development responsive to and in accordance with Philippine goals and priorities, the AG&P Company of Manila Foundation, Inc. Technical School offers intensive training courses in industrial welding, structural and pipefitting, scaffolding, insulation, millwright, crane and heavy equipment operation to out-of-school youth and qualified candidates.

The curriculum involves 30% classroom lectures and 70% hands-on or booth instructions. It requires the institute’s partnership with other vocational educators and industry leaders who are willing to take part in this endeavor. Successful graduates will be certified as world-class manpower and will be given priority for hiring at the AG&P Heavy Fabrication Yard and a chance to be deployed overseas.

To further enhance the classroom lectures and hands-on training, AG&PFI Welding and Pipefitting faculties came up with TESDA-Accredited Training Manuals on welding and pipefitting for the trainees. These handbooks are compilations of lectures from various welding and pipefitting books simplified for easier comprehension. Also available are the Scaffold Training Institute Manuals and CDs and a Training Guide for Millwrights.

To date, AG&PFI Technical School has provided intensive technical skills training to 486 indigents and out-of-school youth and 185 AG&P employees upgraded as in-house trainees for welding, pipefitting, millwright, and scaffolding.

Even AG&P employees having zero knowledge on welding, pipefitting, millwright, and scaffolding are given the opportunity to learn these technical skills in order to be a part of the company’s workforce. These employees are referred to as In-House Trainees.

In-House trainees, who attend school during the night shift, include the general workers, maintenance, canteen crews, and some supervisors. Their training is fully subsidized by AG&P.