Guam Contractors To Train Filipino Labor For Buildup

Guam Contractors Association Wary of Training Too Many Guamenians for construction work

Guam - The Guam Contractors Association says there is such a thing as training too many local skilled laborers.

GCA president James Martinez tells the Pacific News Center during interview that their goal is to train just enough skilled laborers to handle Guam's current construction needs and it's construction needs after the buildup.

The reason for this according to Martinez is because h-2 workers can simply go home when the buildup wanes and jobs run thin. The same can't be said for local skilled laborers who might end up jobless once the construction boom ends.

This is another indicator that Guam officials are realizing that it simply is impractical to prepare their people for a job that will last for three to four years only. That they rather prepare their people for a more perment job which is after the construction phase.

This is good news to our manpower force especially in the construction sector because it simply means that Guamenians will not be interested in filling-up the construction requirement and that they will refocus their preparations to the manpower requirement of facility maintenance.

In another article by By Jeff Marchesseault of Guam News Factor entitled:

Guam Contractors To Train Filipino Labor For Buildup

It Says That Island Firms Are Teaming Up With RP Government

Guam-based contractors will "serve as resource speakers" during government- and industry-sponsored training programs for Filipino construction workers.

The Philippine Construction Association and the Department of Trade and Industry have coordinated the training with Guam contractors.

This is what we are working on, the latest visit of Mayor Bong Gordon and Senator Richard Gordon to Guam and our Sisterhood Alliance with Guam are geared towards ensuring that necessary preparations for Guam Buildup are taken cared of and the long-term relationship of the two entities are well planned to ensure that both will equally benefit.