Thursday 17 June 2010

AG&PFI signs MOA with Rotary Club of Makati Heather Kinross Center for Skills training

After being awarded as the Most Outstanding Club-Overall in D3830, The Rotary Club of Makati sprung forward in eulogy over another skills livelihood project sponsored by the Heather Kinross Center (HKC). The aim is to educate eight (8) young Out-of-school-youth from their adopted Gawad Kalinga communities in Villa Paraiso, Parañaque City to Welding and Pipefitting in the southern part of the country, Batangas. Mr, Renato M. Alarcon, AG&PFI Executive Director and Ben S. Aclan Marketing and Information Manager, attended the regular RCM 3830 meeting at the Hotel Peninsula in Makati, on June 15, 2010, to meet with all the members of the Rotary Club of Makati. Greeted by Rtn Dean Velasco, also Chairman of the Heather Kinross Committee, Mr. Benjie Aclan signed amidst the entire school of committees the formal alliance between RCM and AG&PFI. The partnership between the AG&P Company of Manila Foundation, Inc and Rotary Club of Makati-Heather Kinross Center was sealed by a Memorandum of Agreement binding both to the program and each selected trainee. For taking the Heather Kinross Center to new heights with training and employment programs Rtn. Dean Velasco was awarded RCM leadership distinctions. The credit was attributed to the success of HKC Commercial Cooking Course with the Asian F&B Center and TESDA and the Basic Welding Program that graduated 3 groups of trainees just recently. Still swinging to get appraisal, the HKC partnered with the Atlantic, Gulf Company of Manila Inc., through AG&PFI, to develop their newly graduates one step up in Welding and skills advancement. The Flux Cord Arc Welding (FCAW), an upgrade course from Shielded Metal Arc Welding and SMAW 6G position in pipe welding, were Mr. Dean Velasco’s urgent focus. English proficiency, engineering designs reading, symbols interpretations, math and safety education were highlighted subjects the partners expect to emphasize in the new syllabi. AG&P being a fabrication yard, with 110 years of world quality experience would bring RCM graduates to a better place to compete commercially in Welding and Pipe Fitting aside from the better chance in finding employment thereto. A closer look into a brighter future of the Villa Paraiso, Gawad Kalinga OSY scholars, under the guidance of AG&PFI, would make HKC fulfilled in their quest to deliver services and education worthily. The trainings are expected to commence on July this year.