Trainers Methodology Level 1 Trainee Requirements

Trainers Methodology - Trainee Requirements

According to the Trainers Methodology Level 1 Training Regulations (TR), the prospective Trainers Methodology Level 1 Trainee must meet the following requirements:

1. A  Graduate of baccalaureate degree or equivalent in training/experience along the field of Technical -Vocational Education  and Training (TVET);
2. Certified at the same or higher NC Level in the qualification that will be handled (for technical trainers);
3. Able to communicate orally and in writing;
4. Physically fit and mentally healthy;
5. Proficient in quantitative and qualitative analysis; and
6. Proficient in verbal reasoning.

In 2013, during the time when I first started as a Facilitator for Trainers Methodology Level 1, what we Facilitators normally debated upon is in regards to the stated Trainee requirement that says “equivalence of a baccalaureate degree," which the TR states as,

 "...equivalent in training/experience along the field of Technical -Vocational Education  and Training."

This is so, given that the equivalence were never defined properly which causes debates among ourselves, since there are some Facilitators who keeps on insisting that only College Graduates are allowed to undergo the Trainers Methodology Level 1 Training Seminar.

In my own experience, being a former two-year TVET graduate in Electronics my self, I really find it hard to accept this definition from my fellow Facilitators since my simple stand is “ If I can make this far, what makes them not being able to?”

Although I had already finished my degree in IT and have already taken units in Masters in Education Major in Education Management and was about to complete my Academic Requirements for a Masters Degree in Business Administration at that time, the same stand remains, even to date.

Given this, and with the frequent discussion that my fellow facilitators and I keeps on debating,  the one that always prevails is the one that our team had predefined earlier which allowed the group to accept for TM Training even those who have not competed a baccalaureate Degree until such a time that it was formally defined by the TESDA Board.

Given that this problem keeps on coming out every time we are to conduct a Trainers Methodology Level 1 training, what the team did was to notify the TEDA  Central Office through the TVET-TVI Organization President regarding this matter, thus last year after a public consultation was conducted by the Regional TESDA Office, the TESDA Board was able to release a board approved resolution that defines the equivalence of a baccalaureate degree.

To our surprise however, not only did the TESDA Board allowed two-year TVET graduates and two-year College undergrad  to take the TM-1 training, but it even included, graduates of the 10-year  Basic Education program to undergo the Trainers Methodology Training provided that they meet the required Industry Experience and they accept the limitation of where they can eventually teach/train, as clearly shown in the the TESDA board approved resolution which I here to include.

Figure 1. TESDA Board Resolution Defining the baccalaureate degree equivalence. 

To with I believe is self explanatory, which I will no longer discuss on this blog, but should you have further questions to ask, feel free to ask at the comments section bellow.


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