THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao Region, in celebration of Labor Day on May 1, will conduct a two-day skills training under the Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) program together with the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) Davao Region.
Different skills training will be conducted by DTI Davao Region. These are Abaca Novelty Making and Flower Arrangement training which will both be on May 1 at SM City Davao and Gaisano Mall Davao respectively. On May 2 will be the Balloon Making training at the Gaisano Mall Davao.
“The skills training are of great help to lessen the underemployment rate, in order for the people to make alternatives thru making products and earning income,” said Gema Estrada, Trade and Industry Davao Development Specialist.
A pre-registration for the skills training will be done from April 26 to 30 still at the same malls. DTI is expecting 80 trainees for every training.
In the previous year, DTI Davao Region was recorded to have assisted a total of 1,894 Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) thru the skills and entrepreneurship trainings under the TNK.
On top of this, the DTI has also prepared other activities for the Labor Day such as Financing Clinics/Assistance, Business Consultancy Services, and Presyo Diskwento Caravan among others.
The skills training will simultaneously happen with the Jobs Fair conducted by Dole Davao Region in the same malls. Still simultaneous with the pre-registration on April 26 to 30 is the mini-jobs fair for the applicants. (Yvonne C. Masloc, FSUU intern)