Young Cadets

Tomorrow would be the official start of the the training sessions, not for me but for the new cadet engineers of the plant. It is a company program wherein these cadets will be on a 2-year training and a contract was given to them that they cannot resign within this time (bah, security of tenure...ok ah!). After three weeks of interviews with the applicants, if I recall i have interviewed around 15 young graduates (all registered young electrical engineers, fresh, no experiences...wala pang sungay), two were chosen as cadets for the electrical department. One is from Mapua and the other is from PUP (i think they are good students as reflected on their transcipts...high grades and board exam results). Aside from these two, there were two more...one mechanical and the other, a chemical. Cadets...so young, aggresive and not so innocent.

I had a chance to review the scope of the cadetship program and was impressed on the way it has been planned and implemented.

• 1st 6 months: Exploraid, wherein the objective is get familiar with the environment, plant equipment and processes. Exploration & acquintance.

• 2nd 6 months: Tag-in, the objective is to merge with incumbent engineers & employees for a hands-on on the actual work.

• 3rd step: T-conference, wherein all cadets will meet in Malaysia to exchange views on the status of their training (there are actually 20 cadets of the company, 5 plants x 4 cadets, in the philippines and it also involves other plants within Asia which means a lot of cadets of different nationalities)

• Final year: Level 1 Expertise, the objective is for them to identify their competencies, what field they'll excel (automation, instrumentation or process) and that would be the focus on their intensive training for one year to reach their level of expertise. After that...elevated to be an electrical supervisor.

As one of the mentors to these cadets, it would be a great job giving them advises & lessons for two long years. Yah, what the heck, it is our obligation to mould these young guys (kuya na kasi tayo). Nice program (and a decent pay, too) , a very good opportunity to those aspiring young professionals of the land.