The government has made the shoe sector one of the priority areas under the National Technical Education Skills Development Plan (NTESDP) of the National Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.
This would include the development and upgrading of skilled shoe craftsmen, alongside efforts to modernize and reinforce the global competitiveness of the country's footwear industry.
Among the skills needed for the Philippines to compete with other countries according to the Labor Market Intelligence Report (LMIR) of the TESDA are 622 skiving operators, 1,324 upper makers, and also 662 involved in sewing and closing, lasting, assembly bottoming, finishing and pattern making or a total of 5,958 workers to enable it to achieve a growth rate of five percent from 2005 to 2007.
To overcome the stiff competition in both the local and overseas footwear markets, the Philippines' shoe manufacturing industry is turning to niche marketing by concentrating production for the mid-range to high-end markets.
Likewise, the government is encouraging the industry to modernize, step up human resources development and reinvigorate the globally renowned Filipino shoe craftsmanship.
The Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has also been tapped to address the need for production-related training and assistance according to the LMIR.
The report reiterated the need to link up with local government units on the training of workers, setting up of appropriate standards for the proper certification of shoe craftsmen, and ensuring work-values formation and productivity to sustain the growth of the country's footwear industry.
This would include the development and upgrading of skilled shoe craftsmen, alongside efforts to modernize and reinforce the global competitiveness of the country's footwear industry.
Among the skills needed for the Philippines to compete with other countries according to the Labor Market Intelligence Report (LMIR) of the TESDA are 622 skiving operators, 1,324 upper makers, and also 662 involved in sewing and closing, lasting, assembly bottoming, finishing and pattern making or a total of 5,958 workers to enable it to achieve a growth rate of five percent from 2005 to 2007.
To overcome the stiff competition in both the local and overseas footwear markets, the Philippines' shoe manufacturing industry is turning to niche marketing by concentrating production for the mid-range to high-end markets.
Likewise, the government is encouraging the industry to modernize, step up human resources development and reinvigorate the globally renowned Filipino shoe craftsmanship.
The Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has also been tapped to address the need for production-related training and assistance according to the LMIR.
The report reiterated the need to link up with local government units on the training of workers, setting up of appropriate standards for the proper certification of shoe craftsmen, and ensuring work-values formation and productivity to sustain the growth of the country's footwear industry.
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