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News Release
Department of Labor and Employment
Bureau of Local Employment
5 August 2014
At Phil-JobNet, local construction and engineering jobs tally 979 as of date
Baldoz assures the public, OFWs there are local jobs for Libya repatriates
Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday said
repatriates from Libya and from other crisis-stricken countries who will come home to
the Philippines and decide to seek employment in the local labor market will find jobs
to their liking as long as they are qualified and willing to work.
"A tally made by the Bureau of Local Employment on the job vacancies available for
Libya repatriates between 4 July and 4 August 2014 reveal that there are 979
construction and engineering-related job vacancies posted in the Phil-Jobnet
website. Of this number, 854, or 87 percent, are available positions located in the
Philippines (local), while the remaining 125, or 13 percent, are abroad," said Baldoz.
She reiterated this assurance following the DOLE's intensified public awareness
initiatives on the availability of local jobs that may be accessed through the
Enhanced Phil-JobNet System (E-PJN). The E-PJN is the government's web-based
job matching facility and labor market information portal.
Last week, the DOLE Secretary offered OFW repatriates from Libya free job referral
assistance and other local employment services, including access to relevant labor
market information.
Locally, Baldoz said the available positions are in Region 8, National Capital Region,
and Caraga which account for two-thirds of the total local job vacancies.
The top 10 in-demand vacant jobs are construction carpenter (219 vacancies); civil
engineer (154); construction laborer (137); construction foreman (93); production
engineer (73); mechanical engineer (62); cadet mechanical engineer (51);
engineering aide (30); and building construction engineer (28).

In the NCR, the vacant jobs are as follows: construction carpenter (99 vacancies);
network engineer (25); civil engineer (24); computer engineer (15); communications
engineer (8); mechanical engineer (6); electronics and communications engineer (4);
engineer II (3); industrial engineer (3); materials engineer (3); electrical engineer (2);
sales engineer (2); cadet mechanical engineer (1); engineer I (1); engineer V (1);
engineering and maintenance supervisor (1); and maintenance engineer (1).
In the CAR, the needs are as follows: construction manager (1); electrical engineer
(5); civil engineer (3); cost engineer (1); electromechanical equipment engineer (1);
and safety engineer (1).
In Region 1, the vacancies are as follows: civil engineer (12); electrical engineer (2);
mechanical engineer (2); and cadet electrical engineer (1).
In Region 3, there are needs for construction carpenter (7 vacancies); construction
bricklayer (2); production engineer (60); building construction engineer (20);
engineering manager (10); cadet mechanical engineer (50); engineering and
maintenance supervisor (1); and maintenance engineer (1).
In Region 4-A, there are vacancies for production engineer (10) and civil engineer
(6); In Region6, the vacancies are for general civil engineer (5); general electrical
engineer (1); and general mechanical engineer (1). In Region 7, there is a need for
16 construction carpenters. In Region 8, the vacancies are for construction laborer
(111); construction carpenter (97); and construction foreman (1).
In Region 12, there is a need for 26 construction laborer; construction foreman (8);
construction and maintenance foreman (1); and construction foreman (1). In Caraga,
78 construction foremen; 50 civil engineers; 50 mechanical engineers; and 8 building
construction engineers are needed.
Overseas, the Phil-Jobnet database reveals that employment for construction and
engineering-related professions are available in Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and
Malaysia.
In the latter, there is a need for 2 chemical engineers. In Qatar, the vacancies are for
construction foreman (6); construction equipment operator (4); site engineer (3);

production engineer (2); production engineering assistant supervisor (2); equipment

control engineer (1); industrial engineer (1); and electrical engineer (1).
In Saudi Arabia, the vacancies are for construction painter (2); civil engineer (3);
mechanical engineer (3); high voltage electrical engineering technician (2); heating,
ventilation, and air condition engineer (2); materials engineer (2); structural engineer
(2); civil engineering draftsman (1); cost engineer (1); electrical engineer (1);
engineer (1); production engineer (1); production engineering supervisor (1); and
sanitary engineer (1).
Finally, in Singapore, the vacancies are for 50 civil engineers and 30 engineering
aides.
Job referral assistance is one of the services the DOLE offers under the Assist WELL
Program, a package of comprehensive assistance and services to ensure that
returning OFWs are immediately integrated in the mainstream of Philippine society.
The Assist WELL Program, a component of the National Reintegration Program, is a
convergence of services and assistance of various DOLE agencies, namely, POEA,
OWWA, TESDA, BLE, BWSC, ILAB, and the Labor Communications Office.
Baldoz urged repatriated OFWs anew to stay in the country, saying the government,
through the DOLE, continues to intensify its efforts in providing all necessary
intervention for their safe and smooth return.
"We are ready for their arrival and subsequent reintegration in their home country.
We have many job opportunities for our OFWs here. Opportunities that will help
them move forward in life; and aside from giving a boost in our local economy, they
will be with their loved ones here, she finally said.
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