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Company Profile
Berkman International, Inc. is a professional consulting and project
management firm which has evolved from the consulting service innovations ofDaruma Technologies, Incorporated and its predecessors. Berkman International
provides expertise in the areas of Sustainable Development, Management and
Capacity Building, Infrastructure and Facilities Engineering, Urban and Regional
Planning. The stronger organization translates to better capacity to offer a wider
arange of services and to more efficiency in providing solutions. We are
committed to understand our clients needs and challenges by providing business
solutions that are sustainable, relevant, innovative, and efficient. We optimize
our clients resources by providing consistent, value-added performance; and we
provide customized services of global excellence to ensure our clients
satisfaction.
Berkman International Incorporated is a global service
provider that strives to provide world class specialized
services and business solutions through innovation,
timeliness, relevance, and cost effectiveness. Since its
establishment in the late eighties, Berkman International is
committed to the highest level of quality and service. We
have a diverse, well-rounded and highly-motivated
professional corps who are seasoned with long years of
experience to respond to our clients multi-faceted and
multi-dimensional concerns and problems. We believe
that we can make a difference in developing innovative
ways of meeting our clients needs as we take their
success and satisfaction very seriously.
The firm maintains a consultant pool who are experts in the fields of
project management, clean development mechanism, climate change, local
governance and capacity building, institutional development, community
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development, education, training program development, curricular development,
monitoring and evaluation, socio-economics, water supply and sanitation, rural
and urban planning, natural resource management, land use planning,
coastal/marine resource management, environmental assessment, water
resources and watershed management, remote-sensing and GIS, systems and
database development, web and multimedia development, network integration,
among others.
The staff and associates are fully equipped with high-caliber training and
have long years of practical experience in numerous undertakings. In addition to
the in-house staff, it has extensive network of international and local consultants
who can provide specialized skills and experience that supplement the in-housecapability.
We build long-term and value-added relationships with our clients as we
develop innovative ways of meeting our clients needs. Over the years, Berkman
International has provided a wide range of multi-disciplinary services to
government entities, multilateral agencies as well as the private sector in the
Asia-Pacific Region. Berkman International has worked in various significant
projects in the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia. It is a multi-market, multi-disciplinary consultancy firm which offers professional services in
various fields.
Berkman International is registered under the Philippines Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) and had done various projects with the multilateral
and bilateral financing institutions such as the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP), World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan
Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) (formerly OECF), Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA), and AUSAID. It has established a very strong
linkage with national government agencies and has been implementing projects
with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), Metropolitan Water Works and
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Sewerage System (MWSS), the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), the
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), Palawan Council for Sustainable
Development (PCSD), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Power
Corporation (NPC), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG),
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and numerous Local
Government Units (LGUs) in the country.
CORE SERVICES
CONSULTING
1. Sustainable Development
At Berkman International, we initiate a concerted action to maximize the
benefits of mobilizing and catalizing resources for sustainable development. We
develop innovative approaches and business solutions that showcase our
Companys adherence to the principles of participation, interdisciplinary and
intersectoral collaboration, and a landscape approach to resource and
environmental issues. We impress on our clients the need for sustainable
development that is crucial to local as well as national conditions, markets and
policies. Our relevant efforts to address the environmental challenge of the
rapidly industrializing economies today are demonstrated in the specialized
services that we offer, namely, Environmental and Natural Resources
Management, Health and Environment, Agriculture and Education.
Environmental Management
o Environmental Policy Studies
o Resource Assessment
o Renewable Energy Studies
o Clean Development Mechanism
o Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Natural Resources Management
o Coastal Resource Management
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o Watershed Management
o Integrated Water Resource Management
o Mining
Health and Environment
o Water and Sanitation
o Health Impact Assessment
o Family Health Policies and Programs
Agriculture
o Sustainable Farming
o Sustainable Livelihood
o Market Access, Credit and Finance
o Livestock and Poultry Management
o Aquatic and Marine Resource Management
Education
o Alternative Learning Systems
o Basic Education Access
o Teachers Skills Development
2. Urban and Regional Planning
The Urban and Regional Planning Services are enriched by the
cumulative years of experiences in contemplation of the universal agenda of
promoting ecological growth or eco-growth as the cornerstone of sustainable
and responsible development. We help our clients meet their social, financial
and spatial development objectives within a sustainable environment.
Planning for sustainability and growth has been our philosophy inproviding urban and regional planning services. We work closely with our clients
to understand the range of issues they are facing and offer options and
processes for achieving their objectives in a sustainable environment. Our
systematic, integrated, and results-focused approaches are tailored to our clients
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needs and concerns to build their competitive advantage while reducing
environmental and societal risks.
The services that demonstrate our capabilities are:
Comprehensive Land Use Planning (GIS-Assisted)
Local Development Planning
Integrated Catchment Planning
Protected Area Management Planning
Tourism Planning (Ecological Tourism)
Central Business Detailing
3. Infrastructure and Facilities Engineering
Berkman International relentlessly pursues excellence by setting new
benchmarks and breaking new grounds. We draw from our extensive experience
in planning, engineering, and management of infrastructure elements in bringing
innovation to our engineering solutions. Our experts and technical personnel are
equipped with a thorough knowledge of current engineering practices using
advance technologies in solving our clients problems. We offer the following
specialized services:
Engineering Design and Detailing
Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Studies
Construction Supervision/Management
Regional Hydrogeology and Hydrological Studies
Geotechnical Studies
Infrastructure Planning and Development Water Resources/Supply Development
Drainage and Flood Control System
Utilities Planning
Site Planning and Landscape Design
Transport and Traffic Planning
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4. Management and Capacity Building
People and institutions are critical instruments of change. Our emphasis
is to enhance vital qualitative changes at the organizational and individual levels
toward creating well-organized, fully aware, and more empowered groups
capable of self-determination and active participation in all aspects of the
sustainable development process.
Berkman International is always striving to innovate and help clients
progress and succeed. We take concrete steps toward institutional
strengthening and we vigorously pursue strategic communication as well as
knowledge and financial management, which are our added value. We
underscore the importance of strengthening the capacities of the clients, and
where appropriate, the institutions and stakeholders, in all project undertakings.
Our specialization is grouped into the following services:
Organizational Development and Strengthening
o Socio-Economic and Cultural Survey (Baseline Survey)
o Impact Assessment
o Monitoring and Evaluation
o Strategic Assessment and Planning
Strategic Communication
o Information, Education and Communication
o Public Awareness and Advocacy
o Social Marketing and Community Mobilization
o Community Development
Knowledge Management
o Information and Communications Technology
o Database Design and Development
o Software Development
Finance Management
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o Rural and Micro-Financing Studies
o Market and Feasibility Studies
o Technology Commercialization
o Tariff Studies
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Berkman International plans, organizes, directs, and administers
resources to deliver and achieve objectives within the defined scope, quality,
time, and cost constraints. We provide a dynamic, professional project
management service to meet the needs of our clients. Partnership with all
stakeholders is highly valued because we believe it is the key component in the
successful completion of projects.
Berkman Internationals experience in anticipating project and issues and
accelerating resolutions through partnership is a definite benefit to our
customers. Our team of multi-disciplinary experts ensures our partners and
clients that all project requirements are managed properly. We operate a flexible
approach, which is tailored to the specific needs of the project and the client,
ensuring that we optimize allocation and integration of inputs to meet the pre-
defined project objectives. We provide unique services that bring about
beneficial change to mark a difference. Our specialized services encompass:
Project Planning and Design
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Management Information System
Procurement of Goods
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
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OUR BUSINESS GROUPS
Berkman International is linked with its other business units to strengthen
the services for consulting, project management, and outsourcing operatingwithin the framework of state of the art technologies to provide the client a one-
stop menu of services and the generation of solutions in the most efficient
manner. These business groups are:
Berkman Systems, Inc. is the leading environmental management and
monitoring service provider in the Philippines. They designed their operations to
provide their clients with a holistic and timely response to their concerns and
requirements.Certeza Infosys Corporation. is a pioneer in 1964 aerial photography since 1964
in the Philippines and also the first local surveying company to use satellite-
based Global Positioning System (GPS) in 1989. Certeza offers geographic
information system and mapping services which integrates and customizes
hardware, software and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying
all forms of geographically referenced information.
Berkman International Australia. (Perth, Australia) is an engineering solutions
provider specializes in detailing and drafting services.
Center for Environmental Studies and Management (CESM) since the time the
company was organized it has become a major player in the consulting and
advisory fields of institutional strengthening, policy study and formulation,
governance, risk management, community development, training and
environmental studies.
Elarsi, Inc. (Laboratory) organized in 1988 to provide technical and laboratory
analytical services to both the public and private sectors. The company offers the
most reliable environmental analyses available.
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Inclusive Dates of Training
Date Time In Time Out
19-Apr-12 8:00am 6:00pm 9:00:00
20-Apr-12 8:00am 5:00pm 8:00:00
23-Apr-12 7:45am 6:00pm 9:00:0024-Apr-12 7:55am 6:00pm 9:00:00
25-Apr-12 7:45am 5:00pm 8:00:00
26-Apr-12 7:50am 5:00pm 8:00:00
27-Apr-12 8:07am 4:30pm 8:00:00
30-Apr-12 7:50am 5:00pm 8:00:00
2-May-12 8:10am 5:00pm 8:00:00
3-May-12 7:55am 5:00pm 8:00:00
4-May-12 8:00am 5:00pm 8:00:00
7-May-12 8:00am 5:00pm 8:00:008-May-12 8:00am 7:00pm 10:00:00
9-May-12 8:00am 5:00pm 8:00:00
10-May-12 8:00am 5:00pm 8:00:00
11-May-12 8:00am 5:30pm 8:00:00
14-May-12 8:10am 6:00pm 9:00:00
15-May-12 8:10am 6:00pm 9:00:00
16-May-12 1:00pm 6:30pm 5:00:00
17-May-12 8:20am 6:20pm 9:00:00
18-May-12 9:00am 5:00pm 7:00:00
21-May-12 8:45am 6:00pm 8:00:00
23-May-12 8:00am 6:00pm 9:00:00
24-May-12 8:00am 6:00pm 9:00:00
28-May-12 9:30am 6:00pm 7:00:00
205:00:00 Time Consumed
200:00:00 Time Required
Names of Personnel Involved in the Training
Berkman International, Inc. Personnel
Regidor P. Sastre Project Manager
Diana A. Virtusio Business Development Specialist
Carl Sastre Office Clerk
Domingo Servaez Utility
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DPWH Personnel
Dr. Lope R. Villenas Consultant/Team Leader
Dr. Emmanuel M. Luna Consultant
Rosemarie B. Del Rosario Supervising Environmental Management
Specialist William S. Vitor Computer Operator I
Richard B. Delos Santos Computer Operator I
Cynthia M. Jayson Book Binder III
Silvestre B. Cario, Jr. Book Binder III
Roderick Novencido Liaison Officer
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Objectives
General
To seek an opportunity to be exposed to an actual workplace related to
the Chemical Engineering degree
To be able to finish the on the job training required for the degree
Specific
To be able to learn the specifics of being in an office
To be able to render services to the company that would be commendable
and comparable to an actual employee
Schedule/Timetable
Start Date End Date Task
19-Apr-12 24-Apr-12 Immersion in Office Work
25-Apr-12 11-May-12 Designation as Research Assistant for DPWH
14-May-12 23-May-12 Immersion in Office Work
24-May-12
Orientation on Climate Change Situation andInstitutions; Climate Change Impact and
Vulnerability, International and National Responses(c/o Climate Change Commission - Office of the
President)
28-May-12 Immersion in Office Work
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Areas of Training
1. Familiarization with workplace activities and ethics in an office
Berkman International, Inc. is primarily an office type workplace. Unlike itssister company Berkman Systems, Inc. that deals with both consultation and
environmental testings and certification, Berkman International, Inc. deals purely
with consultation and project management. This means that no equipment or
apparatus was used during the on-the-job training. The trainee was immersed
purely in office work; including all activities, ethics and proper decorum inside the
workplace. She was required to wear at least smart casual from Monday to
Thursday and casual on Friday.
2. Immersion in actual environmental consultation project (Designation as
Research Assistant)
During the orientation with Mr. Regidor Sastre, he mentioned that the trainee
would be assigned as a research assistant to a specific project with the
Department of Public Works and Highways as the client. The full title of the
project is Conduct of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Management Institutional Capacity Development. The work as research assistant
basically consisted of making annotative bibliographies of secondary documents
for the said project, coordinating the consultants needs and concerns to the
consultation firm and to assist the consultants in completing their reports. The
consultants of the project are Dr. Lope Villenas and Dr. Emmanuel Luna.
3. Familiarization with formal written reports, formal letters and
memorandums
Many formal written documents go about the office and other agencies they
communicate with. For instance, a memorandum is always necessary when
disseminating vital information inside the office. Also, a lot of formal written
reports have to be done in order to update everyone involved in the project of
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what has traversed during a span of time. Example of this report is the monthly
progress report, submitted each month, and the inception report, submitted after
the preliminary assessment of the project.
4. Familiarization with process and documentation of EnvironmentalManagement Plan, Environmental Impact Assessment and
Environmental Impact Statement
One important aspect of the training is the students involvement in making an
EMP, an EIA and an EIS. Many protocols need to be followed strictly because
those documents are the pre-requisite of a project to get and Environmental
Compliance Certificate or ECC.
5. Familiarization with project-related and disaster-related Resettlement
Action Plans
Together with the technicalities of a project, it is also important to note of the
society related aspects. One of the most important documents encountered
during the training was the Resettlement Action Plan. It is a formal written
document that describes how project affected people will be resettled.
Reference Materials
Theoretical References
Year Document Publisher
2011 President's Bridge Program Department of Public Worksand Highways
2011 The National Disaster Risk Reductionand Management Plan (NDRRMP)
Office of Civil Defense
2010 RA 10121: Philippine Disaster RiskReduction and Management Act of
2010
Office of Civil Defense
2010 The Philippine Adaptation Strategyfor Climate Change
Department of Environmentand Natural Resources
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2010 An Institutional Collaboration for theFormulation of the Philippine Strategy
on Climate Change Adaptation
AccBio
2007 Land Acquisition, Resettlement andRehabilitation Policy (LARRP)
Environmental and SocialServices Office (ESSO) -
DPWH2007 Land Acquisition, Resettlement,
Rehabilitation and IndigenousPeople's Policy (LARRIPP)
ESSO - DPWH
2003 Water and Floods: A Look at thePhilippine Rivers and Flood Mitigation
Efforts
DPWH
2003 Roads in the Philippines DPWH, Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA)
2003 Social and Environmental
Management System (SEMS)Operations Manual
DPWH
2002 Resettlement Action Plan ReviewCriteria
DPWH
2000 Technical Guidance forEnvironmental Assessment
Shell Health, Safety andEnvironment Panel
1993 Institutional Development:Effectiveness, Participation,
Sustainability and Accountability
Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Copenhagen
1988 Guidelines for Integrated Regional
Economic-cum-EnvironmentalDevelopment Planning: A Review ofRegional Planning Studies in Asia
Environment Unit - ADB
1978 Settlement Profiles (Luzon, Visayasand Mindanao)
Ministry of Agrarian Reform
1977 Students' Fieldwork Manual in HigherSurveying, Volume II
Pedro B. Dimaunahan
1976 Principal River Basins of thePhilippines
National Water ResourcesCouncil (NWRC)
----- Hydrology and Hydraulics of Bridges Design Science, Inc.
----- Comparative Matrix on National LandUse Act of the Philippines
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Proceedings
Year Document Publisher
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2011 1st Meeting of the NEDA Board -National Land Use Committee (NB -
NLUC) Technical Board
National Economic andDevelopment Authority
(NEDA)
2009 Proceedings: Policy Dialogue onAdaptation to Climate Change -
Challenges for Climate ChangeStrategies of the Philippines
Department of Environmentand Natural Resources
(DENR)
2008 Mainstreaming Disaster RiskReduction in Local Governance
Department of Interior andLocal Government (DILG)
1998 Resettlement Policy and Practice inSouth East Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank(ADB)
Reports
Year Document Publisher
2012 Millenium Development Goals Fund -Climate Change Adaptation Menu
Book
NEDA
2011 Philippine Secondary National RoadDevelopment Project - SNRDP,Roadway Design Services and
Environmental and Social ImpactAssessment (Draft)
US Army Corps of Engineers,Tetra Tech, Gauff Ingenieure
2011 Inception Report on Gender andTransport: From Integration to
Institutionalization Project (Phase I)
DPWH
2010 Flooding Situation in Metro ManilaVol. I (Preliminary Assessment)
Metropolitan ManilaDevelopment Authority
(MMDA)2010 Flooding Situation in Metro Manila
Vol. II (Proposed Flood ReductionProjects/Measures)
MMDA
2010 Flooding Situation in Metro ManilaVol. III (Flood Preparedness
Guidelines)
MMDA
2010 Flooding Situation in Metro Manila
Vol. IV (Annexes)
MMDA
2010 Master Plan and Feasibility Study ofFlood Control and Drainage Projects
of Selected River Basins,Nationwide, Package I (Inception
Report)
Urban Engineers, UnitedTechnologies Consolidated
Partnership
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2010 Master Plan and Feasibility Study ofFlood Control and Drainage Projects
of Selected River Basins,Nationwide, Package III (Inception
Report)
Woodfield Engineers Company
2009 Final Report: Agriculture, Adaptationto Climate Change and Conservationof Biodiversity
Rogelio N. Concepcion, Ph. D.
2009 Interim Report for Part II: Monitoringand Planning of Non-Structural
Measures and Institutional CapacityBuilding
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
2006 The Feasibility Study andImplementation Support on the
Cavite - Laguna (CALA) East - WestNational Road Project
DPWH, JICA
2005 Resettlement Action Plan for Land,Malicboy - Macalelon Section
ESSO - DPWH
2005 Resettlement Action Plan for Land,Macalelon - Mulanay Section
ESSO - DPWH
2004 The Study on the Improvement ofExisting Bridges Along Pasig River
and Marikina River in the Republic ofthe Philippines
Katahira and EngineersInternational
2002 Environmental Management Plan(Kabankalan - Basay Road;Hinobaan - Basay Section)
Katahira and EngineersInternational
1998 Proposed Operations andInstitutional Structure for the
Environmental Management ofDPWH Critical Infrastructure Projects
DPWH
1997 Environmental Impact Statement forthe Camp John Hay DevelopmentProject (Special Economic Zone)
ENR Consultants Inc.
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Significant Achievements
The trainee believes the most significant achievement she had during the
training was that she was able to at least begin with the annotative bibliographies
of the secondary references in DPWH. This is because she was able to providethe best service that she can to the company. She was also able to maximize
what she has learned both in Research I and Research II because her technical,
analytical and creative writing skills were put to use.
Technical Skills and New Technology Learned
Very few technical skills and new technology can be learned from
Berkman International, Inc. Moreover, they can only be learned from the
secondary references encountered during the training. For instance, the trainee
only learned about the different surveying techniques from a workbook at DPWH
and its not even related to her course. If one wishes to acquire new technical
skills and learn new technologies, Berkman International, Inc. is not the place for
them.
Equipment, Machinery, Testing Apparatus, etc. handled
It is very unfortunate that there werent any equipment, machinery or
testing apparatus to be handled during the training. Without any exaggeration,
the only equipment that the trainee came across with are the computer,
photocopy machine, fax machine, binding machine, telephone, scanner and
printer; but even then there was still a lot to learn because sometimes even the
simplest things confuse or amaze me. Moreover, those pieces of equipment were
very crucial when she was tasked to be a research assistant especially when it
came to summarizing reference materials. Some had to be copied or notedbecause they could be used as a main reference for the DPWH institutional
capacity building. The trainee is very appreciative of the chance to handle them
somehow.
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Experience with the Company Personnel Involved In the Training
Working at a consultation firm gives trainees the opportunity to meet many
people, mostly consultants, albeit the fact that sometimes one can only converse
with them a couple of times because most of them never stay in the office. It wasvery exciting to converse with consultants because its not the technicalities of
the work that one learns from them, but the experience from it all; the ups and
downs of a certain project when its already being implemented.
The only ones besides the consultants who stay in the office are the
project manager (Mr. Regidor Sastre), the utility (Mr. Servanez), the office clerk
(Mr. Carl Sastre) and the business development specialist (Ms. Virtusio). The
trainee had no problem with any of the people at the office. In fact, she had fun
because she found herself always giggling at the jokes that they would pull off.
Things are more serious at the DPWH office but she still found the people
there to be very accommodating. She was even given the favor of a ride on the
way home because the chief environmental specialist, Ms. Rose Marie Del
Rosario lived in Marikina where it was only a short jeepney ride away from her
home in Antipolo.
Strong Points
The thing that the trainee appreciated from Berkman International, Inc. is
their initiative to place students in actual projects. This is a strong point and is
very advantageous to students because they will really have a feel of what it is
like to work in the industry.
Weak Points and Suggested Solutions
The weakest point she saw from the company is that they can only offer
the students office work if the student is not assigned to a particular project. This
is dreadfully boring and disadvantageous to the students because they will not be
able to maximize what they have learned at the university.
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Potential of the Company as a Training Ground
Availability and Appropriateness of Facilities, Equipment and Machinery
For those who would really like to explore the full extent of the Chemical
Engineering profession, I dont recommend Berkman International, Inc. as a
training ground because the trainees would only mostly deal with office work. No
hands on activities will be included in the training unless maybe the students
are fortunate enough to be assigned to a project related to the degree. However,
if the trainees wish to delve into various areas of research and development,
particularly environmental studies and management, Berkman International, Inc.
is a good company to get some training. They could be assigned as research
assistants to a particular project. The trainees will be able to come across many
references, reports and documents that are essential to the implementation of
many projects. They will also be able to get a taste of how it is to work on many
projects with different people of an assortment of rankings, from consultants to
engineers and even to office utility men and women.
The company may not be able to provide hands on training but they
provide the experience on how it is to be in an actual training ground because the
company officials really let you do actual work and not just a sort of practice.
They will really let you feel of how it is like to be part of the company. They will
also be able to provide the experience of how it is like to be involved in actual
research and development.
Company Personnel Cooperation
Working at Berkman International, Inc. sometimes gets me pressured
because it is really an office where students are trained to work as if they are
really a part of the company. I really have to get things done on time even if they
dont mention it. On the other hand, it is also one of the most fun filled offices
Ive been to. I highly recomment this company in terms of personnel cooperation
because students are welcomed there with in a very light atmosphere.
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Duration of the Training
From my perspective, the duration of the training is just right for a
chemical engineering student like me. This is because I was exposed purely to
office work and roughly four to five weeks is just enough time for a trainee tolearn about an office. However, if I were assigned to a chemical plant, a testing
and standards firm (like Berkman Systems, Inc.), or something of the sort, I
would think that four-five weeks of training is too short for the reason that a lot of
things have to be learned in terms of hands-on activities. It is advisable for
students to be exposed to this type of training much longer. This way, the student
will be able to maximize what he has learned in school specially the ones related
to laboratory and unit operations equipment.
Suggestions for the Improvement of the Training Program
From the schools viewpoint, I believe that the duration of the train ing
program should be extended; not only for a few more hours but for an entire
semester. However, the student must make sure that he will be able to enter a
company that offers a formal and hands-on training program to ensure that this
time will not be wasted to mere office work. I hope that the school administration
would take this into consideration whenever they revise the curriculum.
From the companys perspective, Id like to suggest that they assign
students to a project that is somewhat related to chemical engineering. However,
this standpoint has its drawback since it can only be done if such a project is
available at the time. The student also has to participate in this project selection
because he will be the one to address his training needs to his supervisor. He isthe one who knows how the training is related to his degree.
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Advise to Future On-The-Job Trainees
Choose a company wisely. Take your time in picking which one but not to
the point that you will start your training late like I did. Be sure to maximize what
you have learned in school and never be satisfied with just office work if you seenothing substantial in it. Yes, I was immersed in office work but I feel blessed
when I entered Berkman International, Inc. because even though I wasnt able to
experience hands on activities, I was still able to learn about the field I would
like to go into someday. Every student should feel the same satisfaction during
his training.
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