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PCG’s training of 4K recruits doable

By Gail Momblan

November 16, 2019, 9:43 pm

<p><strong>TRAINING RECRUITS.</strong> Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Vice Admiral Joel Garcia says on Friday (Nov. 15, 2019) the training of the 4, 000 officers and recruits of the PCG is assured. He said training will not only be confined in Manila as Iloilo in Panay, Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental, Laguindingan in Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga can also host the same. <em>(PNA Photo by Gail Momblan)</em></p>

TRAINING RECRUITS. Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Vice Admiral Joel Garcia says on Friday (Nov. 15, 2019) the training of the 4, 000 officers and recruits of the PCG is assured. He said training will not only be confined in Manila as Iloilo in Panay, Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental, Laguindingan in Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga can also host the same. (PNA Photo by Gail Momblan)

ILOILO CITY -- The top official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday gave assurance that the planned 4,000 recruits of officers for commissionship and personnel for enlistment before the end of 2019 will all be included in the training.

PCG Commandant Vice Admiral Joel Garcia, in a media interview, said the PCG recruitment has been approved by the Department of Budget and Management, provided it will be expedited until December 2019.

“We are required before the end of the year. The challenge there is where to accommodate (trainings). What we will do is we will spread the training nationwide,” Garcia said.

Among the locations eyed to hold the recruitment training are Iloilo in Western Visayas, Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental, Laguindingan in Cagayan de Oro, and Zamboanga.

Garcia noted that coast guard districts in these areas are equipped with the facilities needed for training recruits.

He said the 4, 000 recruits will come from the different ethnic sections of Filipinos.

“We conduct examinations in towns and in different regions to get the correct representation of Filipinos,” he said.

Despite the required number of recruits and the target date set, Garcia assured the quality of the officers and the personnel will not be compromised.

“We will not merely distributing the salary from the government. We will choose who are really qualified,” Garcia said.

He said applicants must be natural-born Filipinos who are physically and mentally fit, as well as of good moral character to apply as a PCG officer or enlisted personnel by processing an application in any of the Coast Guard District across the country.

Those who wish to apply for a PCG officer shall have a four-year college degree, professional civil service eligibility, and a passing mark at the PCG Aptitude Battery Test (ABT) for commissionship.

Applicants for PCG enlisted personnel, on the other hand, shall have at least 72 completed units or a six-month Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) course certificate as a proof of skill or expertise in a field of practice. He/She also needs to pass the PCG ABT for enlistment.

Applicants for commissionship or enlistment shall submit the following documents to the nearest Coast Guard District for processing: Accomplished PCG ABT application form and personal information sheet that are downloadable at the PCG Recruitment Branch Facebook page, photocopy of transcript of records, photocopy of certificate or diploma, and photocopy of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) authenticated birth certificate.

Schedules for examination are on Nov. 30, 2019; Dec. 7, 2019; and Dec. 14, 2019, in identified Coast Guard Districts across the country. (PNA)


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