IBPAP Executive Director for Talent Development Frankie Antolin said the industry should work on making employees adapt to the new technologies. This way, they would not be prone to elimination in the age of automation.
“The adoption of next generation technologies will inevitably overhaul the current state of work. However, the transformation will be centered on the redefinition and augmentation of human work rather than elimination,” Antolin said.
“The argument should not be about whether technological disruption will create, or remove jobs. It should be more about finding ways to help humans wield these new tools and one way to accomplish this is to enable the movement of the existing work force up the value chain through upskilling, reskilling and promoting lifelong learning,” she added.
This year the IBPAP is targeting to launch a scaled pilot project with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP). The IBPAP, DICT and the DAP are working on a framework for implementation and monitoring of the proposed program.
Priority skill areas have been identified as well for all six subsectors based on what can be efficiently deployed through digital platforms, support countryside development and improve work from home capacity of the present and future labor force.
The objective for this year is to upskill 1,000 full-time employees and provide a proof of concept for the nationwide program that will try to emulate the success of SkillsFuture in Singapore, TalentCorp in Malaysia and the National Skills Development Corp. in India.
Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/07/17/ibpap-bares-program-to-upskill-work-force/
