TESDA Tarlac Holds 2017 Provincial Skills Competition
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac – TESDA Tarlac in cooperation held the 2017 Provincial Skills Competition at the Provincial Training Center – Tarlac (PTC – Tarlac) and United School of Science and Technology – Tarlac (USST – Tarlac) on August 2-4, 2017.
The event kicked off with a parade from the Uniwide Sales parking area to F. Tañedo St., right to Tarlac – Pangasinan Road and ended at the USST – Tarlac covered court.
After the usual program preliminaries, Dr. Mina Tabamo welcomed the participants to her school.
TESDA Tarlac Provincial Director Ben-Hur B. Baniqued exhorted the participants to perform their utmost best keeping in mind that the activity is an avenue to further their aspirations through excellence in their chosen Tech-Voc career.
Honorable Arsenio Lugay, Jr. congratulated the organizers for job well done and assured those present of his support in the years to come.
PCCI President Dr. Alvin Belarmino expressed optimism for the future of tech-voc graduates as investors start putting up businesses in and around the province of Tarlac in anticipation of the multiplier effect of infrastructure projects of the government.
The competition was formally opened with a chain cutting presided by Honorable Arsenio Lugay, Jr. with PCCI president Dr. Alvin Belarmino.
Chef King Pual Gabertan administered the oath of sportsmanship which was immediately followed by the lighting of the competition fire by the Tarlac Association of Technical Vocational Institution (TATVI) President Tristan K. Tabamo, DTI.
After three days of neck on neck competition made extra challenging by the torrid weather, the results were as follows:
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 1 | AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY | FTTI | GIAN CARLO T. DELA CRUZ | OSMUNDO F. CORDOVA | GOLD |
| PTC-TARLAC | ALLEIN CHRISTIAN M. MUÑOZ | FERNANDO Q. HERNANDEZ | SILVER | ||
| PIT | JUDITH L. TRINIDAD | JERRY R. GROSPE | BRONZE | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 2 | COOKERY | PRIMADELICULINARY INSTITUTE INC. | FELIX GAIUS L. BESAÑEZ | KING PUAL B. GABERTAN | GOLD |
| PWU | MARIE NITZ M. LALU | RIA SALUZ V. MACARAEG | SILVER | ||
| CONCEPCION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL | RON ADRIAN P. EBDANI | DR. LERMA P. LLORENTE | BRONZE | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 3 | ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION TECHNOLOGY | PTC-TARLAC | JHON CHRISTOPHER T. MELCHOR | ALVIN T. CASTRO | GOLD |
| CONCEPCION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL | JONADAV B.PABLACIO | MARLON A. FELX | SILVER | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 4 | GRAPHICS DESIGN | TARLAC SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES | AARON D. BALAOING | EMIL A. CARO | GOLD |
| ST. PETER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | JOYCE MARIZ J. LLANETA | ERIS C. CUNANAN | SILVER | ||
| USST CAMILING | BILLY JOE A. CRUZADA | DANIEL DULAY | BRONZE | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 5 | HAIRDRESSING | TARLAC SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES | JOHN ERNEST T. FLORES | REY P. ROSETE | GOLD |
| AHHP | MARK CHARLIE G. GRAGASIN | JESUS B. APOLTO | SILVER | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | |
| 6 | IT SOFTWARE SOLUTION | ST. PETER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | RACELYN P. SERRANO | RAYMART V. MANGILA | GOLD |
| TARLAC SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES | JOHN MICHEAL F. DE JESUS | JOHN ANDREW Q. SALVIEJO | SILVER | ||
| 1st INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE. | JULLIE ANN A. GEBANA | MARK JESSEL P. MALVAR | BRONZE | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 7 | RAC | PTC-TARLAC | RICO JAY S. FELICES | ARCADIO F. SABATIN | GOLD |
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | |
| 8 | RESTAURANT SERVICES | TARLAC SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES | JUDY-ANN G. DIPASUPIL | JONATHAN D. GOTIDOC JR. | GOLD |
| PWU | JEDELYN P. TONGOL | APRILLE M. ORTEGA | SILVER | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 9 | WEB DESIGN | TARLAC SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES | ALLEN JOSEPH D. CANDELA | MARK ROBERT A. TAMAYO | GOLD |
| ST. PETER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | JEAN ALYZA M. MANUBAY | RANNEL D. SAYCO | SILVER | ||
| 1st INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE. | KRISTAL MEASERY AMOR S. DIONISIO | GERALVIN T. TANEDO | BRONZE | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 10 | WELDING | JDCFI (TTC) | JEROME C. ARCEO | RAMON L. TIPGOS JR. | GOLD |
| PTC-TARLAC | ZEDRICK S. DUQUE | PEPITO V. SUBA | SILVER | ||
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 11 | BEAUTY THERAPY | TARLAC SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES | DOMINICK B. PEREZ | EVELYN D.L. BALAOING | GOLD |
| No. | TRADE AREA | INSTITUTION/SCHOOL | NAME OF COMPETITOR | NAME OF EXPERT | Award |
| 12 | ELECTRONIC | AIT | JERIC MIRANDA | FERDINAND S. TIBAYAN | GOLD |
The first two finishers will now prepare to represent Tarlac in the 2017 Regional Skills Competition this September 2017 at Bataan
The competition was designed to select the best that Tarlac TVET and Philippine TVET can send to represent the country to the ASEAN Skills competition and the World Skills Competition in Dubai next year.
