PARACELIS, Mountain Province – A Japanese employer selected two construction workers from the municipality to work in Japan under the Join Us for Progress: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs program of the Manila-based Philippine Human Resource Global Information Center (PHGIC) and the Dominguez family.
Flora Awingan, local coordinator of the Nihongo language training center in the municipality, said that the two construction workers were chosen by the Japanese employer from the more than 50 individuals who are currently undergoing the Nihongo language training in preparation for their selection by their prospective employers and eventual deployment for their overseas work in Japan.
At present, there are 29 males and 19 females from the municipality that are undergoing the 4-month Nihongo language training and awaiting further interviews to be conducted by Japanese employers.
Awingan disclosed that the two selected construction workers are awaiting their schedule of further Nihongo language training at the Bulacan-based Sage Asian Language Center in preparation for their expected deployment to their Japanese employer by January next year.
The local Nihongo language training coordinator expressed hope that more locals will be selected for deployment to Japan once employers will resume the conduct of interviews among the prospective applicants next month as they have to take a temporary lull from the selection process this August.
Earlier, the Nihongo language training center was established in Paracelis following the enormous demand for the put up of a similar training center in eastern Mountain Province to cater to interested applicants from the eastern municipalities who want to have a gainful job in Japan.
The other Nihongo language training center is based in Tadian serving interested trainees from the western towns of the province although it has yet to open for the next batch as the center is attending to the deployment of the trainees who complete their language training.
Awingan claimed that the future deployment of the earlier selected construction workers will definitely boost the interest of more residents from the eastern towns to undergo the Nihongo language training as a step towards seeking opportunities for gainful employment in Japan in the future.
Individuals who are selected by their prospective Japanese employers after an extensive interview will be required to further master the Nihongo language at the main campus of the Sage Asian Learning Center before they will be deployed to Japan for them to work for their chosen fields of expertise.
Under the program, the beneficiaries will be working in Japan for three years under a special visa which could be extended up to five to ten years depending on the pleasure of both parties.
