The linemen received their National Certification II for Electric Power Distribution Line during the recognition ceremony held recently at the Davao Light’s Maa Training Center here in Davao City.
Also, Davao Light’s Training Officer, Leo Claros, passed TESDA's Provincial Lead Assessment for Davao City and Davao del Sur and the first lead assessor of TESDA in the Davao Region. Claros is nowqualified to assess other linemen training for national certification in Region 11, DLPC announced in a statement.
“Our dream is for you to become a role model with whom TESDA can share its expertise to train, assess, and come up with more qualified workers in [Electric Power Distribution Line]. We’ve all studied this, we’ve experienced it in our job, and we’d like you to transfer what you have learned to the younger generation so that [Davao City] will always have linemen,” Adonis Culas, the Davao City Provincial Director of TESDA 11 said in his speech.
During the two-day assessment, the linemen took a written examination and then demonstrated their skills by erecting a utility pole using a pole pipe. After erecting the utility pole, the linemen installed construction units, transformers, and service wires so that the electricity can reach the consumers. Lastly, the linemen had undergone oral questioning regarding their output, DLPC said.
“We performed to the best of our abilities and finally passed the assessment. There were a few hurdles along the way, but we all continued to perform - we easily adapt and overcome challenges because that is the heart of a lineman,” Claros said at the event.
The Davao Light and Aboitiz Foundation partnered with TESDA to set up a lineman training facility at TESDA Regional Training Center - KorPhil in Tibungco, Davao City in 2016.
The facility is the first TESDA lineman training center in Mindanao. The partnership included the refurbishment and equipping of TESDA’s Electrical Installation and Maintenance Workshop Laboratory, DLPC said.
DLPC, the third largest privately-owned electric distribution utility in the Philippines in terms of customer size and annual kWh sales, covers a population of about 1.8million with a total of 467,933 customers in its franchise area of 3,561 square kilometers. Photo DLPC
The 14 linemen from Davao Light who received their National Certification II for Electric Power Distribution Line.
Davao Light linemen erect a utility pole using a pole pipe as part of the demonstration during the TESDA assessment.
Davao Light linemen demonstrate how they install transformers and service wires to provide electricityto consumers.
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