DSWD Funded Talibon Center Caters Community-Based Skills Training

Pantawid Pamilya partner-beneficiaries in Talibon avail free skills training through the town’s Community-based Skills Training and Processing Center (CSTPC), a facility funded by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB).

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As of October 2017, a total of 535 partner-beneficiaries graduated from various skills trainings conducted by the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) like shielded metal arc welding, driving, masonry, refrigeration & air conditioning, cookery, hilot (wellness massage), automotive servicing, cellphone repair, hair cutting services, pedicure and manicure services.

Currently, there are ongoing skills trainings like dressmaking, tailoring, food & beverage, construction painting and landscaping at the center.

Constructed in 2015 to address the lack of skills training centers in Bohol, the CSTPC lies in a one-hectare lot owned by the Local Government of Talibon. It can accommodate 120 persons.

The Php 10,588,235.29 worth facility is strategically located in Barangay San Isidro, which is accessible to the partner-beneficiaries.
The center houses the working area with complete equipment for every corresponding course, a briefing area, offices of instructors, Registrar and Director.

As implementing partner, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ensures the quality of skills training provided to the partner-beneficiaries.

Talibon Mayor Restituto Auxtero imparted that with the TESDA certified skills training, the graduates can apply for jobs either locally or abroad.

He further said that some may opt to be self-employed or be engaged in their own business using the skills they have acquired in the center.

Aside from SLP initiated skills training, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have also been conducting trainings and seminars on food processing at the center. Members of different People`s Organizations (POs) in Talibon have been trained on Banana Chips Processing, Seaweeds Cracker Processing, Ube Processing, and Squash Noodles Processing, among others.