CMDF-CTU PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILD BUILD BUILD

In 2017, the Construction Manpower Development Foundation (CMDF), one the
 implementing boards of CIAP forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the
 Cebu Technological University (CTU) and DTI Region 7. The CMDF-CTU Regional
 Training and Assessment Center aimed at providing skills training on Civil Works in the
 Visayas region in response to the Build Build Build Program of Pres. Duterte. The target
 participants are residents within the communities near CTU-Pinamungahan campus in
 Cebu. CMDF will provide the equipment and tools to CTU to add to its existing capacity
 in conducting construction related training specifically on Civil Works and Heavy
 Equipment Operation. Aside from the additional equipment, CMDF will also capacitate
 the present trainers of CTU as part of its commitment.
 
To date, The DTI CMDF-CTU partnership has produced 203 graduates in 5 courses
 namely: Hydraulic Excavator NC II - 61; Driving NC II - 30; SMAW NC II - 27;
 Scaffold Erection NC ll - 69; Carpentry NC II – 14 and Electrical Installation and
 Maintenance NC II- 2. For this year, new courses on Tile Setting, Bulldozer and Motor
 Grader Operation will be added to the existing offering the Center. The graduates who
 will be assessed by TESDA will be farmed out to different construction firms in Visayas.
 The closing ceremony for the second batch of trainees will be on March 2, 2019.
 Thus Train, Train, Train for Build Build Build!