Sector Skills PH is the official platform of the A Future That Works (AFW) program and its Sector Skills Councils (SSCs). This serves as an online presence of the SSCs featuring Labor Market Intelligence (LMI) reports, career roadmaps, job vacancies, and vocational training courses which can serve as guide for Filipino workers in their career development, upskilling, and education.

about

A Future that Works

AFW is a workforce development program supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and implemented by Philippine Business for Education (PBEd). It seeks to help address the jobs-skills mismatch in the country and ensure the competitiveness of the industry.

Sector Skills Council

Analytics
and Artificial
Intelligence

The Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AAI) Sector Skills Council spearheaded by the Analytics and AI Association of the Philippines is the first national industry board to be recognized by TESDA for the sector. At the national level, the AAI SSC together with DICT have created the first Philippine Skills Framework for Analytics and AI.

Fruit &
Vegetable
Processing

The Fruit and Vegetable Processing (F&VP) Sector Skills Council is a recognized national industry board under TESDA for the F&VP Subsector - Manufacturing Sector. Supported by the PCCI Human Resource Development Foundation, the council offers In-Company Trainer Qualification Training to further upskill companies with the training demands of the sector.

Healthcare

The Healthcare Sector Skills Council Project (HSSC Project) stemmed from the need to increase Philippine Human Resource for Health due to the shortage healthcare workers. The HSSC Project Technical Working Group was convened by Unilab Foundation and has spearheaded fora that bring together healthcare professionals from public and private sector to discuss current workforce development challenges within Philippine healthcare and explore collaborative ways to ensure the future-readiness of the sector.

Semiconductor
& Electronics

The Semiconductor and Electronics Sector Skills Council spearheaded by the Semiconductors and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (SEIPI) is recognized as the country’s largest Filipino and foreign electronics organization. SEIPI is a national industry board recognized by TESDA for the Manufacturing - Semiconductor, and Electronics Subsector.

Green Building

The Green Building Sector Skills Council spearheaded by the Philippine Green Building Council is involved in the global efforts to improve green building practices and drive sustainable progress in the Philippines’ construction sector. The council has made strides in education initiatives namely, BERDE trainings for individuals to become certified green building professionals and development of green building curriculum to University of San Carlos in Mandaue City and Pamantasan ng Maynila.

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Our Work in the News

PBEd to DOLE: Strengthen labor market data to close skills gap
March 29, 2025

PBEd to DOLE: Strengthen labor market data to close skills gap

Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to enhance the country’s labor market information (LMI) system by integrating industry-driven reports on skills demand and…

PBEd supports efforts to expand microcredentialing for skills-based workforce development
March 26, 2025

PBEd supports efforts to expand microcredentialing for skills-based workforce development

Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) has reaffirmed its support for the adoption of micro-credentialing in technical-vocational education and training (TVET), recognizing its potential to equip Filipino workers with in-demand skills…

PBEd: Industry-led training to boost employment through EBET Law
March 4, 2025

PBEd: Industry-led training to boost employment through EBET Law

Industry-led advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) welcomed the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for Republic Act No. 12063 or the Enterprise-Based Education and Training (EBET)…

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