DOLE to develop 'mother' of all skills registries

 

DOLE to develop 'mother' of all skills registries
Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Department of Labor and Employment is developing a skills registry system that will capture grassroots skills and employers' data that will make it easier for the government to assess the demand situation for skills in the labor market and enable it to make relevant policy for employment facilitation and generation.

At the press conference launching the DOLE's Six Priority Deliverable Projects from July 2009 to June 2010, Acting Secretary Romeo Lagman said the envisioned skills registry has been piloted in select regions, and the first wave of implementation will kick off in October.

Once set into place, Lagman said the National Skills Registry System, or SRS (SRS), will combine the existing skills registries of the Phil-Job Net and the Public Employment Service Office.

"The Skills Registry System will be so comprehensive it will be the 'mother' of all skills registries in the country," he said.

The SRS is a technology-based (computerized) system which captures and updates in a Register skills and qualifications of interested workers. The system also lists down establishments and their job vacancies in the country for quick access by jobseekers and employers, both local and foreign.

Unlike the existing skills registries of the PHIL-JobNet and the PESOs, and the SRS is 'live' and dynamic because it will be regularly updated and tied up to the relevant educational background of jobseekers and needs of the employers.

It combines the functions of the existing Comprehensive National Manpower Registry of Skills (CNMRS) as a labor market information facility and the PHIL-JobNet as a job matching tool.

Lagman also explained that the SRS will empower the PESOs nationwide enrich their labor market information gathering skills; enable universities and colleges make correct decisions on courses and curriculum to offer, and help students make correct career choices based on labor market demand.

"Ultimately, the SRS will serve as a potent toll that would help solve the country's perennial problem of jobs mismatch," Lagman said.

source: Information and Publication Service

 

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