Enforcement of the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards on Farm-to- Market Roads

R.A. No. 7934(Consumer Act of the Philippines)

DA

R.A. No. 8559(Philippine AE

Law)BOAE-PRC

R.A. No. 7160(Local

Government Code)

DILG/LGUs

Standards to ensure quality and safety of consumer products

related to agriculture such as agricultural

machinery and equipment, etc. (Article

7, RA 7934)

PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STANDARDS

Code of Technical Standards to be used by AEs in the practice of profession-- planning, designing and

management of agricultural machinery, buildings and

structures, etc . (Sec. 40, IRR, R.A. 8559)

Procurement and Regulation of agricultural support

services and facilities such as agricultural machinery,

buildings and structures should conform to national

standards (Sec. 17d, R.A. 7160)

Policies Governing the Promulgation, Adoption and Enforcement of the --

DA Administrative Order Nos. 10 (2002); 06 (2003); 05 (2005); 07

(2006) , No. 9 (2009) and No. 4(2004);

DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2008-167

BOAE Resolutions Nos. 05(2002; 01 (2003); 01 (2005) ;02 (2006) and

01 (2009); MC No. 2008-18

PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STANDARDS

ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

1. BOAE Resolution No. 1, series of 2009

PAES on Farm-to-Market Roads shall serve as technical reference by all agricultural engineers in the signing and sealing of plans, design and specifications and other related works in the practice of profession

“ The practice of agricultural engineering shall include the following: xxx

2) Management or supervision and the preparation of engineering designs, plans, specifications, project studies and estimates for:

• agricultural, aquaculture and fishery, and forest product machinery,

• agricultural buildings and structures,• farm electrification and energy systems, • agricultural processing equipment,• irrigation and soils conservation systems and facilities, • agricultural waste utilization systems and facilities; xxx

3)  Conducting research and development, training and extension work, and consultancy services on agricultural engineering facilities/services, system and technologies

4) Testing, evaluation and inspection of agricultural, fishery and forest product machinery and other related agricultural engineering facilities and equipment;

Sec. 3(a2), R.A. No. 8559

Note : IRR of the AE Law includes farm-to-market roads as part of agricultural buildings and structures

The Seal of a Registered Agricultural Engineer

Registration No. 42 mm

4 mm

5 mm

The sides of the octagon represents the 8 functional practice of agricultural engineering such as :

1) Planning and designing2) Managing3) Research and development4) Training and Extension5) Testing, evaluation,

inspection and investigation6) Teaching7) Consulting8) valuation

on agricultural engineering facilities, services, system and technologies

ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

1. BOAE Memo Circular 9, series of 2009

All concerned Government Agecies ( DA, DAR, DENR, DPWH, LGUs, ARMM), pursuant to the policy mandates/directives of R.A. No. 8559 shall comply the following:

a) To engage or assign licensed agricultural engineer/s to perform the identification, validation, inspection, monitoring, coordination and preparation or evaluation of feasibility studies, programs of works and cost estimates of farm-to-market roads in their respective offices

ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

2. BOAE Memo Circular 9, series of 2009

All concerned Government Agecies ( DA, DAR, DENR, DPWH, LGUs, ARMM), pursuant to the policy mandates/directives of R.A. No. 8559 shall comply the following:

b) To require the participating contractors in public bidding of FMR projects to have PCAB AE works license or have licensed agricultural engineers as their Sustaining Technical Employee who shall be responsible in the supervision and inspection of FMR projects.

ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

3 . DA Administrative Order No. 28, s. 2009

All DA Units shall enforce the PAES-FMR as integral part in the planning, feasibility studies, inspection, evaluation, procurement and implementation of FMR projects.

The PAES-FMR shall serve as technical reference by all DA agricultural engineers in the signing and sealing of plans, designs, technical specifications and program of works of farm-to-market roads.

ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

4 . DILG MC No. 2008-167

Pursuant to Section 17(d) of R.A. No. 7160, the design, plans, technical specifications and cost estimates used in the procurement and/or implementation of LGU’s programs and projects on xxx farm-to-market roads shall be signed and sealed by licensed and registered agricultural engineer/s in accordance with the BOAE Res. No. 07, series of 2003 and the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards;

4.5 Pursuant to Section 17(d) of R.A. No. 7160, the design, plans, technical specifications and cost estimates used in the procurement and/or implementation of LGU’s programs and projects on agricultural and fishery machinery, buildings and structures, small water impounding projects, post harvest facilities, slaugtherhouses, poultry

dressing plants, farm-to-market roads and other agricultural engineering facilities and systems shall be signed and sealed by licensed and registered agricultural engineer/s in accordance with the BOAE Res. No. 07, series of 2003 and the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards;

ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES

5 . Commission on Audit

COA Memorandum No. 2004-2006 to all its Operating Units put into action COA’s role under implementation of AE Law which is to---

help enforce BOAE Res. No. 7, series of 2007 (signing and sealing of plans and designs by AEs) as part of the auditing of government projects on shallow tube wells, small water impounding projects, other irrigation projects, agricultural and fishery mechanization, post harvest facilities, agricultural and fishery infrastructure and other agricultural engineering projects

Towards the Effective Enforcement of PAES

Putting in place the Compliance Monitoring Structure that works!

PRC- BOAE DILG DA through NAFC

AE Law Compliance

by all sectors

BOAE-PSAE MOA

Directives to all DILG Field Offices

LGU Compliance on AE Law and

PAES

AFMeC and Local AFCs

DA-wide Compliance on AE

Law and PAES

Note : Monitoring Systems shall be established at PRC and NAFC linked up with DILG, COA and other government agencies

COA

Directives to all COA Operating

Units

Government-wide Compliance on AE

Law and PAES

Strengthening the PAES and AE Law Enforcement through aggressive public info campaign via the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Journal and other media forms

R.A. No. 8559 (AE Law)

Management or supervision and the preparation of engineering designs, plans, specifications,

project studies and estimates for agricultural, aquaculture and fishery, and forest product

machinery, agricultural buildings and structures (including farm-to-

market roads) , farm electrification and energy

systems, agricultural processing equipment, irrigation and soils

conservation systems and facilities, agricultural waste

utilization systems and facilities;xxx (Sec.3(a2)

R.A. No. 544 as

amended by R.A. 1582 (CE Law)

Consultation, design, preparation of plans,

specifications, estimates, erection, installation and

supervision of the construction of streets, bridges,

highwaysxxx, canals xxx; buildings, fixed structures for

irrigation, flood protection, drainage, water supply and

sewerage works (Sec. 2); also include any building or structure intended for public gathering or

assembly such as theaters, cinematographs, stadia, churches xxx (Sec. 23)

SCOPE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE