TADIAN, Mountain Province – Some seventy individuals from the different parts of the province started their 4-month language training as part of their possible deployment for their overseas work in Japan.
Michelle Kinaod, coordinator of the Nihonggo language center in the municipality, said that the 70 trainees compose the second batch of individuals that signified their intention to avail of the said training to enhance their knowledge of Nihonggo which they will use to their advantage once they will pass the stringent screening process for their possible deployment in Japan.
She said that the Nihonggo language training started on January 15, 2023 and will commence 4 to 5 months after depending on the pace of the trainees.
Earlier, some 41 individuals composed the first batch of completers of the Nihonggo language training which commenced last December 15, 2022 in a private training center that was established in the municipality.
The local Nihonggo language training is being supervised by the Philippine Human Resource Global Information Center (PHGIC) and the Bulacan-based Sage Asian language Center.
Moreover, the deployment of qualified overseas workers to Japan is part of the Join Us for Progress program initiated by the Dominguez family over 3 years ago in partnership with the Manila-based PHGIC.
Previously, caregivers were the ones that were prioritized for deployment to their prospective employers in Japan but lately, the same expanded to farm workers and other skills that are in demand in the said foreign land.
Clark Dexter Badaran, PHGIC president, claimed that skilled workers from Mountain Province are the ones that are being prioritized for deployment because of their desire to land in gainful employment and due to their interest to work for the upliftment of the living condition of their families that they have left behind.
He admitted that there is a snowballing demand for farm workers in the various parts of Japan that is why there is also the ongoing recruitment being done to be able to get the right people for the job that is waiting for them in the developed nation amidst the issues being raised against the deployment of the skilled workers.
Last year, several individuals who were able to pass the stringent screening process were already deployed to the different companies that are in need of their services and they are now doing well with their employers although there are some issues on alleged home sickness that had been immediately given the necessary attention by the company for them to stay and finish their work in the said country.
Badaran asserted that completing the prescribed Nihonggo language training is just a part of the overall screening process that must be hurled by the applicants wanting to be deployed to Japan as the same will be an advantage for them to address the projected language barrier between the skilled workers and their employers once they will be deployed for work in the said country.
He expressed his gratitude to individuals who continue to show their interest in availing of the free Nihonggo language training being offered in batches because of the evident limitations because it only shows how people want to recover for the heavy impact inflicted by the ongoing pandemic to their sources of livelihood over the past 2 years.
