May 5, 2011

The Hidden Wealth of TESDA

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So often, mothers would write me to ask, "How can I find work I can do from home?"

Well, it depends on what skills you have. Can you cook? Can you fix stuff? Can you design Web sites? Can you sell?

Here's the straight, unsugared truth: if you have no skills, stop dreaming that you can work from home -- or from anywhere else. You need to have a skill you can sell.

Now if you don't have skills, learn one.

Today, as I was doing research for one of my clients, I came upon the TESDA site. And there I found a treasure trove of short-term courses one could take in order to have a very marketable skill!

I wanted to list them all, but they were so many, I eventually gave up. Anyway, here's my partial list of the courses you can take from TESDA:
  • Caregiving
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Medical Transcription 
  • Animation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Housekeeping
  • Food & Beverage Service
  • Restaurant and Coffee Shop
  • Healthcare Services
  • Practical Nursing
  • Business & Information Management
  • Computer Based Accountancy
  • Computer Hardware Servicing
  • Bookkeeping
  • Internet Technology
  • Programming
  • Finishing Course for Call Center Agents
  • Commercial Cooking
  • Front Office Services
  • English Proficiency Course
  • Contact Center Services
  • Bartending
  • Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
  • Refrigeration and Airconditioning Servicing
  • Automotive Servicing
  • Driving
  • Process Engineer
  • Process Technician
  • Length Calibration Servicing
  • Electrical Installation and Maintenance
  • Basic English Language
  • Massage Therapy
  • Dressmaking
  • Shielded Metal Arc Welding and
  • Carpentry
  • Consumer Electronics Servicing
  • Building Wiring Installation
  • Machining
  • Food Processing
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding
  • Plumbing
  • Japanese Language and Culture
  • Mechatronics Servicing
  • Stewarding/Steward
  • Travel Services
  • Security Services
  • Pipefitting
  • Heavy Equipment Operation
  • Heavy Equipment Servicing
  • Tour Guiding Services
  • Baking/Pastry Production
  • Scaffold Erection
  • Heavy Equipment Servicing
  • Automotive Mechanical Assembly
  • Diploma in Applied Industrial Technology
  • Agricultural Crops Production
  • Biomedical Equipment Servicing
  • Engine Seafaring
  • Animal Production
  • Deck Seafaring
  • Computer System and Network Technology
  • Overhead Transmission Line (OHTL) Training
There are more TESDA courses out there. If you want to know what TESDA courses are available in your vicinity, click here.