"The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has announced that it is going to give an on-site assessment to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are bound for the Middle East.  Secretary Guiling ""Gene"" Mamondiong, TESDA Director-General said that the Onsite Assessment Program (OAP) aims to find out if the OFWs possess the competencies required in a preferred work.  Mamondiong disclosed that a delegation from TESDA will go to the Middle East to conduct the onsite assessment in coordination with the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO).  The TESDA onsite assessment is scheduled at Comsofil in Riyadh; POLO, Dubai;  ICSA, Kuwait City and Total Care International in Jeddah. OFWs who are interested in the onsite assessment may visit the POLO in the scheduled areas. Jeddah and Dubai have already submitted a list of assessment candidates, Mamondiong said.  Workers may take the assessment in the following qualifications:   Riyadh:  Technical Drafting NC II;  Visual Graphics Design NC II  and Computer Systems Servicing NC II for    Dubai:  Technical Drafting NC II,  Visual Graphics Design NC III,  Massage Therapy NC II and Caregiving NC II.   Kuwait: Technical Drafting NC II  Visual Graphics Design NC III  Computer Systems Servicing NC II.   Jeddah:  Massage Therapy NC II   Caregiving NC II."
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