GOOD NEWS PILIPINAS - February 20, 2009

<< back to news

Japan: Hiring of Pinoy nurses continues

More than 500,000 jobs will be opened to skilled and unskilled workers in the construction industry starting this month.

The Department of Public Works and Highways will host a job fair next week for the new hires as part of the government’s pump-priming program amid the global economic crunch.

Among the positions open are civil engineers, construction foremen, skilled carpenters, masons, heavy equipment drivers/operators, steelmen, painters, skilled technical personnel, quantity surveyors/estimators, helpers and other construction-related jobs.

The DPWH said qualified applicants would be fielded in 3,414 infrastructure projects, including construction of new roads, bridges and school buildings, road and bridge repair and rehabilitation, flood control and farm-to-market road projects.

Job seekers must bring resumés, transcript of records, NBI and police clearances and other requirements.

The department will hold job fairs starting Monday, February 23, in DPWH district and regional offices in time for the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement among the National Constructors Association of the Philippines (NACAP), Philippine Contractors Association (PCA) and the Department of Labor and Employment.

The MoA aims to provide skilled and nonskilled workers a chance to secure positions with the contractors, given the need for increased manpower to accomplish the government- awarded contracts.

The DPWH assured the hired personnel will receive at least the minimum wage in their respective areas of designation or possibly more depending on the firms that they will work for.

“Their rights as employees will be protected by the contractor, and they will be given due benefits,” a public works official said.