Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HousE BILL No.  8 61 1
AN ACT
ESTABLlsHING IN TIIE MUNlclpALrry OF RApu RApu, pROvlNCE OF ALBAy, A
TECHNlcAL EDucATloN AND sRIIAs DEVEropRENT AUTHORITv TRAINING
AND AssEssMENT CENTER, To BE InToWN AS THE RApu RAnr, ALBAT TESDA
TRAINING AND ASSESSRENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Introduced by AKO BICOL PARTYIAST Representatives Elizaldy S. Co and
Raul Angelo ".il" D. BongfLlon
E=DLANATORY NOTE
This measure seeks to establish the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) Training and Accreditation Center in Rapu Rapu, Albay, to be known
as the Rapu Rapu, Albay TESDA Training and Assessment Center.
The convenience and availability of the training center in the Municipality of Rapu
Rapu will provide the out-of-school youths and our constituents with the opportunity
to  develop  themselves  to  be  serf-reliant  and  learn  new  techniques  geared  towards
earning  a  livelihood.  Likewise,  it  provides  the  necessary  atmosphere  where  inborn
talents are developed into serf-reliant individuals.
Through  the  Center,  high  school  students,  college  graduates  and  ordinary
citizens who want to continue their education, will avail of accessible, high quality and
efficient technical education and skills development programs.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HousEBILLNo.   8611
AN ACT
ESTABLlsHING IN TIIE MUNlclpAlmy OF RApu RApu, pROvurcE OF ALBAy, A
TECHNlcAL EDucATloN AND sKIIIs DEVEIommNT AUTHORITv TRAINING
AND ASSESSMENT CENTER, TO BE KNOWN AS TIIE RAPU RAPU, AI;BAY TESDA
TRAINING AND ASSESSRENT CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREF`OR
Introduced by AKO BICOL PARTYIAST Representatives Elizaldy S. Co and
Raul Angelo ".il" D. Bong?lob
Be it eruncted by the serlate and House of Represerdatiues of the    Philippines   in
Congress assembled:
SSECTI0N 1. Estabttshmen± Of a Training and Assessrne"± Ceriter in Rapu Rapu,
Azbagr.  - There  is  hereby  established  a training  and  assessment  center,  under  the
supervision of the Technical Education and Slalls Development Authority (TESDA), to
be known as the "Rapu Rapu, Albay TESDA Training and Assessment Center". It shall
be located in a highly accessible area in the Municipality of Rapu Rapu,  Province of
Albay, pursuant to the purposes of this Act and to the agreement between the TESDA
and the concerned local government units (LGUs).
SBcrTOJV  2.   GenenaEZ  J4andhate.  -  The  Rapu  Rapu,  Albay  TESDA  Training  and
Assessment  Center,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  Center,  shall  primarily  provide
technical-vocational  education  and  training  (TVET)  programs  to  students  and  local
residents from low-income families and out-of-school youths, including persons with
disabilities and indigenous peoples to help them become productive, self-rdiant, and
globally competitive labor assets.
The Center shall provide effective employment interventions through training programs
on relevant skills in trade competencies, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurship activities
to help hasten the development of the host area and its adjacent localities into human
resource and productivity hubs.
The Center shall also provide technical-vocational training for teachers and curriculum
desigri  assistance  to  the  secondary  schools  in  the  province  offering  the  technical-


vocational  hivelihood  track  under  the  K  to   12  FTogram,  in  coordination  with  the
Department of Education and the TESDA.
SEcrroIV 3. rrulndng Thpgna[ms. -The Center shall offer short-term certificate courses
and modular tralnings in preferred technical-vocational shills and trades specialization.
To this end, the Department of Ifabor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade
and  Industry  (DTI),  Department  of Science  and  Technology  (DOST),  Department  of
Agriculture  (DA),  Department  of the Interior and I,ocal Government  (DILG),  National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) , business-industry partners, and other
relevant agencies and instmmentalities, both local and international, shall provide the
necessary assistance to enable the Center to develop  skilled manpower to achieve a
robust and inclusive economy in the host area and its adjacent localities.
The Center may establish research and technology hubs, technology development farms,
satellite   or   extension   training  centers,   promote   mobile   training  programs,   and
strengthen linkages among the industry partners, the academe, and the Center geared
towards the acquisition by residents of practical livelihood, employable skills,  gainful
employment,  and entrepreneurial capabilities in priority areas in the Municipality of
Rapu Rapu and neichboring localities in the FTovince of Albay.
The  Center  shall  offer  the  following TVEr programs  with  competencies  assessment
leading to National Certification Levels I-Ill:
a)   Skills  training  in  industrial  technology  and  hard  trades  such  as  metal  and
steelwork,  machine  fabrication  and  operation,  heavy  equipment  operation,
automotive mechanical assembly, refugeration and air conditioning, electronics,
and operation of power tools and equipment for both medium skills grade and
industrial purposes;
b)  Agriculture and aquaculture-related trainings and  skins  development in  such
areas as fining technology, fishing operations technology, backyard farming
and home-based aquaculture and propagation innovations, mechanized farming,
fishing tools and equipment operation, agribusiness, agri-aqua trade technology
and innovations,  and relevant training seminars for farmers and fisherfolk to
encourage entrepreneurship and thus increase their productivity;
c)   Livelihood skills development courses for preferred skills employment and small-
scale entrepreneurship, including practical skills education in arts and crafts,
workmanship   and   design,   high-speed   sewing,   dressmaking   and   talloring,
horticulture, livestock raising and breeding, food processing technology, home
technology, culinary arts and commercial cooking, cosmetology, and health and
wellness training;
d)  Basic  business  literacy  training  in  financial  management  and  marketing,
practical accountancy, bookkeeping and office procedures, business processes
and application procedures,  including  registration,  licensing,  documentation,
business   patent   and intellectual property regulation, business financing and
investment  opportunities  sourcing,  import-export  accreditation,  online  home-
based business operation and social media business marketing;
e)   Technical-vocational occupation and trades sldlls such as carpentry, masonry,
plumbing,  welding,  practical electricity and installation,  automotive  servicing,


electronics  servicing,  personal  computer  servicing,  and  such  other  relevant
practical shills courses;
f)    Computer literacy and information technology-related skills,  digital technology,
web design, animation, photoshop or online photography, computer design and
advertising;
g)   Social communication skills and language proficiency courses in English and
other languages for business process outsourcing employment and overseas job
placement;
h)  Seminars  in  personality  development,  career  counseling, job  placement,  and
work ethic and values; and
i)    Other preferred skills and trades training that may be needed by the people of
the  Municipality  of  Rapu  Rapu  and  of adjacent  localities  to  enhance  their
capacities  for  practical  livelihood,  gainful  employment,  and  entrepreneurial
activities.
SEcrTOJV 4.  Coapzzarioe  zutth  rESZIA Requirements. - The provisions of this Act
notwithstanding, the Center shall become operational only upon the issuance  by the
TESDA of a   forlnal recommendation and certificate of compliance attesting that the
Center  has  satisfactorily  complied  with  the  minimum  standards  of quality  it  has
prescribed governing the following:
a)   standard procedures and guidelines for the establishment and operation  of a
Center;
b)   operational sustainability of the Center, in terms of licensed faculty-trainers and
personnel, equipment, training and laboratory facilities, instructional materials ,
and other standard requirements of a Center;
c)   sustainable funding source and allocation of the budgetary requirement;
d)   full aligriment of the training programs offered with the minimum standards of
competency-based quality technical-vocational skills technology and the needs of
the  host  area  and  adjacent  communities  served  within  the  context  of  the
Association   of   Southeast   Asian   Nations   integration   and   the   Philippine
Qualification Framework for TVET; and
e)   compliance with such other TESDA conditionalities and standards as may be
necessary and applicable in establishing a Center.
SEcrloIV 5.  Admfndstrarfuon  a/ tJie  Center.  -  The  Center  shall  be  headed  by  a
Technical-Vocational   Administrator   who   shall   render   full-time   service   and   be
responsible for its administration and operation, under the supervision of the TESDA.
The  Technical-Vocational  Administrator  shall  be  appointed  by  the  TESDA  Director
General in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission
and the qualification requirements for such ofrice.


The Technical-Vocational Administrator may enter into agreements with locally-based
private and public counterpart agencies, instrumentalities or persons, and seek such
assistance as may be necessary to effectively implement this Act, subject to the approval
of the TESDA Director General.
SEC"OIV 6. Appropriattoiis. - The Director General of the TESDA shall include in the
Authority's program the operation of the Center, the funding of which shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.
The LGUs concerned, in consultation with the TESDA, shall set aside from any available
local revenue an amount deemed appropriate as annual counterpart fund to support
the operation of the Center herein established.
SEcrroJV 7. J7rplementi7tg fit.Zes and Regrzarfuons. - Within ninety (90) days after
the approval of this Act, the TESDA shall, in coordination with the DOLE, DTI, DOST,
DA, Department of Budget and Management, DILG, NEDA, the concerned LGUs, and
such  other  relevant  agencies  and  industry-business  partners  of  the  host  locality,
prepare and issue rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SECT[OIV 8. Separab€[€tE/ C!oulse. - If, for any reason, any section or provision of this
Act shall be deemed unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions thereof
shall not be affected and shall remain in force and in effect.
SEcrlo. 9. Repeaz€iig C[ou.se. -All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules
and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this Act are repealed
or amended accordingly.
SECTIOIV  ]0.  E#ect!utty.  -  This  Act  shall  take  effect  fifteen  (15)  days  after  its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,