ASSIGNMENT

ACCREDITATION

The main accreditation requirement

is that a field engineer should first

undergo the Comprehensive Training for

DPWH Field Engineers. The score in the

examination of the said training

constitutes 35% of the criteria in the

accreditation, as provided for in

Department Order No. 73, Series of

1998.

In 2007, recognizing the need to

review and improve the Department’s

accreditation system, certain provisions

of Department Order No. 73, series of

1998, were amended thru Department

Order Nos. 41 and 61, series of 2007,

resulting to the accreditation of many

field engineers from the regional offices.

The Table below shows the Status of

Accreditation of Project Engineers and

Inspectors as of May 2009.

— Engr. Imelda Q. Ramos (BRS)

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provide the public with safe structures

which can withstand all threats, natural

or otherwise.

It is in this light that Department

Order No. 73, series of 1998 on the

Accreditation and Assignment of DPWH

Project Engineers and Inspectors was

created, in order to ensure that only

qualified and competent field engineers

will be assigned to supervise the DPWH

projects. Pursuant to the said

Department Order, guidelines were

adopted for the continuing professional

upgrading of Project Engineers/

Inspectors. Criteria on the accreditation

requirements of the applicant regarding

field of education and eligibility, training

and exper ience , per fo r mance ,

accreditation examination, and other

aspects were provided, and have to be

complied with by any Field Engineer

requesting accreditation.

The DPWH constantly faces

mounting challenges as more and more

responsibilities to provide extensive vital

social infrastructure are provided by the

Government each year, and the biggest

challenge that we are facing is how to

build good quality infrastructure.

Sometimes, the increasing pressure

to step up the completion of an infra

project can lead to compromising its

quality. It goes without saying, however,

that the highest quality should always be

g u a r a n t e e d e v e n w h e n t h e

implementation of various infra projects

are being rushed. Building good quality,

apart from ensuring increased benefits

from the maximum use of strong, reliable

and functional structures, is much more

cost-efficient in the long run. Our

mission and responsibility as public

servants in the DPWH is not just to build

structures which can accommodate a

great number of people. We also need to

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& Project Engineers and InspectorsProject Engineers and InspectorsProject Engineers and InspectorsProject Engineers and Inspectors

REGION NUMBER OF ACCREDITEES

TOTAL Failed PE-III PE-II PE-I PI-II PI-I

NCR 91 36 48 15 30 220 17

CAR 64 41 44 8 50 207 42

I 101 60 57 23 45 286 15

II 79 45 72 3 29 228 13

III 108 63 61 2 27 261 20

IV-A 119 65 53 3 21 261 8

IV-B 59 35 41 4 33 172 16

V 127 80 31 34 49 321 14

VI 102 63 61 18 58 302 15

VII 98 45 44 30 49 266 12

VIII 102 55 58 11 56 282 29

IX 82 40 39 20 55 236 16

X 57 29 39 16 57 198 20

XI 86 40 26 25 44 221 16

XII 89 26 26 16 13 170 7

XIII 50 34 29 16 31 160 18

CO 64 31 77 0 36 208 8

PMO 148 21 52 7 20 248 4

TOTAL 1626 809 858 251 703 4247 290

Status of Accreditation of Project Engineers and Inspectors BRS Director Antonio V. Molano, Jr. lectures during the comprehensive

training for DPWH Field Engineers

Internet website:

The MIS continues to make every

effort to enhance and add more features

to the DPWH website, in order to benefit

its stakeholders and to attract more local

and foreign investors, thus, contributing

to the improvement of our economy. The

improvement on the DPWH Website is

undoubtedly one more step that brings

the Department closer to its vision of

becoming a model government agency.

— Arnhel Alfred M. Ballocanag, Kresha

Janelle L. Bantolo (MIS)

Information Technology and IT-

enabled applications play a significant

part in the reform efforts of the

Department of Public Works and

Highways and the DPWH website is one

of its Department’s most useful and

important tools.

The DPWH website not only serves

as a reservoir of information but above

all as a testament to the Department’s

effort toward greater transparency in the

conduct of its transactions and

administration, which benefits not only

the DPWH employees but serves, most

especially, its external stakeholders.

The MIS-Web TWG with the

collaboration of the Public Information

Division, reviewed and evaluated the

content and appearance of the DPWH

Website, keeping in mind –and adhering

strictly- to the NCC guidelines during the

redesign process. One of its main

objectives was to improve the way the

DPWH Website can help facilitate and

support a more convenient, efficient, and

transparent way of doing business with

its Stakeholders. As a result of this

endeavor, the MIS Web Administration

Section, has successfully implemented a

makeover of the DPWH website.

The New look of the website gives a

clearer overview of the Department and

makes vital information commonly

required by the browser a lot easier to

find and peruse. It highlights more

pertinent fields that browsers visit the

most such as current News,

Announcements, information about the

department (About us), Infrastructure

and more importantly, Doing Business.

Information that is vital for research and

knowledge are immediately accessible

right there at the homepage. In relation

to Doing Business, daily updates are

done to provide real-time data to

stakeholders. The Department also looks

toward e-Commerce in near the future.

No austerity program could –and

would– deter the MIS from its effort in

promoting the expansion of Information

Technology knowledge and in advocat-

ing the use of IT for a more efficient and

responsive service to the public. The

MIS accepts special training requests

from offices within the Department, to

conduct IT courses, on the condition that

the requesting office takes care of the

reproduction of Training manuals and

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other incidental expenses relative to the

training. The IT Training Section can

also customize a training program ac-

cording to the requesting office’s needs.

In fact, while awaiting for the approval

of the IT Training Calendar programmed

for 2009, the IT Training Section’s first

training course was a series of seminars

on Introduction to IT, MS Windows, MS

Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint

requested by ADB-PMO and attended by

their selected personnel. The course

started on January 19 and finished on

February 6, 2009.

As soon as the ITTS received a go

signal from AMMS to start conducting

its calendared training courses, the IT

Training for District Engineers and As-

sistant District Engineers on Introduction

to IT, MS Windows, MS Word, Basic

Networking and MS Outlook was con-

ducted to the first batch on April 1 – 3

and to the second batch on April 22 – 24.

Participants of this training consisted of

DEs and ADEs from the 45 DEOs that

will be connected to the DPWH Commu-

nications Network under the National

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The new look and feel of DPWH Internet website

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to the next level

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To ensure the Department's

continuing compliance with Republic

Act No. 7192, otherwise known as the

“Women in Development and Nation

Building Act," Secretary Hermogenes E.

Ebdane, Jr. has reconstituted the DPWH

Committee on GAD (COGAD).

GAD, which is short for Gender and

Development, is the program centered on

all efforts to unify the women of DPWH

across the country, in order to address

their concerns in a male-dominated

infrastructure agency of the government.

Assistant Secretary for Planning

Maria Catalina E. Cabral, Chairperson of

DPWH-COGAD, said that it is high time

that GAD policies be given importance

for women employees in the department

to raise awareness on their role on

development and nation building.

To fully operationalize GAD

activities, plans, programs, and projects,

Assistant Secretary Cabral stated that the

department would provide an office

space for GAD at the Central Office.

Necessary equipment shall also be

procured, Assistant Secretary Cabral

said.

Preparation of Department Order

integrating all Department Orders (DOs)

on GAD, updating on gender based

statistical data and publication and

distribution of primers will also

undertaken.

To help reduce women’s workload

in household by providing water supply

in all barangays and conduct inventory of

existing facilities, the department will be

restructuring water supply projects.

The department will also be

providing evacuation centers in Munay,

Kauswagan and Kalambingan, Lanao del

Norte for the security of women and

children in time of disasters and conflict.

Monitoring and Information Service

Director B. Elizabeth E. Yap, DPWH-

GAD Vice-Chairperson said that,

“although we have heard of GAD for the

past years, we have yet to see the

empowered women of DPWH go into

real action.”

“With the accomplishments of GAD

for the past years taking into

consideration the implementation of

projects attributed to women, such as

roads, bridges, water supply projects and

other infrastructure, this time we have to

focus on the ‘warm bodies’ – the

working DPWH women, regardless of

status,” Director Yap added. (PID)

Road Improvement and Management

Project (NRIMP2). More IT Training for

this group were scheduled in the second

semester. Last year, eight (8) batches of

DEs and ADEs completed the IT Train-

ing for DEs and ADEs Part I. Starting

June 2009, the DEs/ADEs who com-

pleted Part I will be taking the IT Train-

ing for DEs and ADEs Part II, which

will cover MS Excel and MS Power-

Point, which will run for 5 whole days

(or a total of 40 hours). The topics and

duration of the course were based on the

participants’ requests and feedback last

year. In fact, as of this writing, one

batch of DEs/ADEs have just concluded

their 5-day training.

From the last week of April to the

first week of May, the MIS devoted its

efforts to the ongoing IT training and

updating of the DPWH Regional and

District Network Administrators. These

trainings are in preparation for the forth-

coming changes and developments in the

Department’s IT infrastructure. The

three-day training entitled “NetAd

Workshop and IT Forum” was con-

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ducted to a total of eight (8) batches of

Network Administrators. The topics

included in the said course were: Voice

Over IP (VOIP), Telephone Systems

Fundamental, Virtualization (with an

Overview on VMWare), Network Emer-

gency Response Team (NERT) 1 & 2,

etc. The IT Forum on the last day tack-

led the IT issues, questions, and concerns

encountered by Network Administrators

in their respective areas. These were

addressed, clarified, or responded to by

the MIS technical specialists, resource

speakers, and the MIS management.

The IT Training Program conducted

by the MIS is a testament to its commit-

ment in raising the awareness and appre-

ciation of the Department’s personnel on

the power and benefits that can be de-

rived from using IT. But the successful

propagation of the use of IT begins with

increasing the IT literacy/proficiency of

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IT Training for Asian Development Bank-Project Monitoring Office (ADB-PMO) Personnel

Every day we face health risks in the

workplace, whether it is contagion, heavy

lifting, repetitive motion, or plain old

stress. It doesn’t have to be flu pandemic

to remember to protect ourselves on

safety and health while on the job.

Here are some reminders that you

can use every day to stay healthy at

work.

First, let's take a look at your

personal workspace. Being tied to a desk

has its own health risks, and if you are

constantly sitting, typing, or mouse-

clicking, you could be in for an array of

aches and pains. At the very least, make

sure your chair, your keyboard, your

mouse, and your monitor are

positioned for your greatest comfort.

Take advantage of ergonomically

designed equipment for your particular

needs. It might not seem like a big

change, but over time, those little

adjustments can greatly reduce physical

strain. In addition to optimizing your

physical environment, remember to get

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up every few minutes to stretch, walk

around, and rest your eyes.

Lastly, unless you work in a lab,

don't let your workspace become a

breading ground for germs, insects, or

other creepy crawlies. You might not

have that much control over others'

hygiene, but try to keep

your own equipment

and workspace

reasonably clean.

Furthermore, if you

have or recently had a

cold, periodically wipe

down your monitor,

keyboard, and phone.

And, use tissue paper

and dispose them

properly.

Since germs can

live on surfaces anywhere from a few

minutes to several hours, make sure you

regularly wash your hands or use hand

sanitizers. This will help keep you

protected as you roam around or from

office to office, touching potentially

infected keyboards, desks, and other

equipments.

Most importantly, avoid touching

your face or eyes, until you've had a

chance to wash or disinfect them.

Keeping yourself healthy

and safe at work is mostly

common sense, but we

tend to get so busy and

stressed out that we

sometimes forget to take

the basic precautions.

Remind yourself that no

matter how busy you are --

if you get sick or become

injured, you'll only make

things worse. This also

goes for those times when

you realize you're already

ill. If you are - stay home and avoid

spreading it to your coworkers. Not only

will you recover more quickly, you’ll

also do everyone in the office a big

favor!

Staying healthy at work!Staying healthy at work!Staying healthy at work!Staying healthy at work!

RIMSS TAMBULI is a quarterly publication of

DPWH’s Road Information and Management

Support System Project with editorial business

address at:

DPWH Central Office

IT Help Desk - MIS

G/F ICC Bui lding

Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila

Phone: 3043202 / 3043558 Fax: 3043185

http://www.dpwh.gov.ph

IT in the public sector and we have one

of the most developed communication

and information network, that is the envy

of many government agencies. With

these resources at our disposal, we in-

deed have a powerful ally in increasing

the efficiency and transparency of our

transactions and operations. Let us make

the most of these resources and put a stop

to the negative perceptions of the public

by giving them the kind of service that is

worthy of admiration and respect. Hand

in hand, let us work together and reclaim

the honor that the DPWH truly deserves.

— Zorahayda Paz D. Abreu, Josephine

P. Publico, Annabelle S. de los Reyes

(MIS)

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the Department’s workforce in all levels

– from the Executives down to the rank

and file.

The DPWH is one of the leaders in

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