I. Office Practicum

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a training course applying new and previously developed office skills, abilities

and values in actual training. It also involves classroom instruction characterized by a

review of general office procedures and application through job exercises. Moreover,

sample cases on making decisions and solving problems are discussed.

The highlight of the course in an on-the-job training in an office for 200 hours.

Objectives of the Program

1. Provide employable skills, competencies and work attitudes that will meet

manpower requirements of educational institutions and business for social

economic development.

2. Keep abreast with technological changes affecting lifestyle and workplace to

produce globally competitive graduates.

3. Strengthen research skills to open new line of inquiry and maintain intellectual

leadership in business teacher education.

4. Forster closer ties with community and improves the quality of life of its

residents.

5. Strengthen the values system and enhance aesthetic appreciation of historical and

cultural heritage of the Filipinos.

Course Objectives

General

Prepare for tomorrow’s office by applying the general office procedures in a more realistic

approach.

Specific

1. Recognize the wide range of opportunities for advancement in office work in

preparation for job hunting.

2. Apply previously learned skills and knowledge in actual on-the-job training.

3. Integrate previous learning to the level of competencies required to meet business

standards.

4. Discharge effectively the duties of the secretary in taking down minutes of

meeting.

5. Exhibit the ability to coordinate satisfactorily all occupational training in an

office job.

6. Write application letters effectively.

Values Aims

1. Develop desirable personality traits essential for success as office professionals-

personal hygiene, proper posture and poise.

2. Build character traits such as: love for work, patience, loyalty, sense of

responsibility, cooperation, punctuality, etc.

Vision Statement of the University

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines envisions itself as a pre-indigent national

and international leader in higher education and an innovative global powerhouse

quality and relevant education, dedicated to educating tomorrow’s leaders and scholars

through the highest quality of learning experiences and growth in instruction, research,

and service to our country and the international community.

Mission Statement of the University

The mission of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in the 21st century is to

provide the highest quality of the comprehensive and global education and community

services accessible to all students, Filipinos and foreigners alike.

Goal of the College

1. To transmit knowledge, skills and competencies through, relevant and quality

education and training based on needs, capabilities and aspirations.

2. To discover new knowledge and technology appropriate to the needs of a

developing society.

3. To evaluate continuously curricular offerings, projects, programs and activities,

systems and processes, to make them more relevant, responsive and effective

program.

4. To formulate programs to intensify faculty development to encompass

professional and psychosocial development.

II. Training Station

A. History

Department of Agrarian Reform is the lead implementing agency of Comprehensive Agrarian

Reform Program (CARP). It undertakes land tenure improvement and development of program

beneficiaries. DAR conducts land survey in resettlement areas. It undertakes land acquisition and

distribution and land management studies. The DAR also orchestrates the delivery of support

services to farmer-beneficiaries and promotes the development of viable agrarian reform

communities.

The DAR logo shows the Department's acronym representing the institution and its role

as the lead agency in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

(CARP). The sun radiates its light into the field of green divided into 12c segments representing

the original 12 regions covered by the program. Green stands for fertility and productivity while

yellow represents hope and a golden harvest of agrarian reform beneficiaries who are the

recipients of the services provided by the Department via CARP. Both colors imply that

economic growth and sound rural development can be achieved through agrarian reform.

M a n d a t e

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) leads the implementation of the Comprehensive

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) through land tenure improvement, agrarian justice, and

coordinated delivery of essential support services to client-beneficiaries.

M i s s i o n

"To lead in the implementation of agrarian reform and sustainable rural development in the

countryside through land tenure improvement and provision of integrated development services

to landless farmers, farmworkers and small landowner-cultivators, and the delivery of agrarian

justice".

V i s i o n

"A nation where there is equitable land ownership and empowered agrarian reform beneficiaries

who are effectively managing their economic and social development for a better quality of life".

B. Organization

Bureau Of Agrarian Legal Assistance-Legislative Research and Statistical Division (BALA-

LRSD) is the organization inferred to assist in legal research to improve the implementing of the

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and making an statistical research of how

many legal assistance in each region to be conducted.

C. OFFICE LAYOUT

D. Rules And Regulations

Attendance

-Schedule

You will choose your schedule, you must obey it.

-Late

You choose your own working time, you must follow it. 1minute late is the same with

1hour late.

-Under Time

You must inform the trainer/supervisor/officemates if you will take under time.

-Absences

If you were absent, the time for that day will deduct to your time.

-Excused Early Out.

Just like in Under Time, you must inform the trainer/supervisor/officemates if you will

early to out.

Office Decorum

-Dress Code

Each day have a proper color coding. These are the color coding for each day as follows:

Monday-White Thursday-Blue

Tuesday-Green Friday-Any Color

Wednesday-Yellow

-Wearing IDs

You must wear your ID at all time.

-Breaktime

You must take your break at 12:00nn until 1:00pm

-Trainer-Trainee Relationship

You must obey your trainer if he/she gives any instructions to you.

Submission of Accomplishment Reports(frequency, schedule of submission, signing

authority)

You must pass an accomplishment report every end of the month with a signature of the

chief of staff or employee in charge. So that the coordinator will know what you are doing in the

office.

III. Overall Experience in the Performance of the job.

A. Handling calls

B. Typing, Encoding, Recording

Encode a statistical data. Record the legal assistance, budget, legal opinion given, and related information in each region.

Assist in filing the legal opinions, memorandum circulars, and administrative orders in their

respective cases.

C. Messengerial Job

Record in the log book the outgoing documents and deliver it to their respective destination(s).

D. Handling Visitors

Giving chair to the visitors and lead them to the Chief of Staff of the office.

E. Others.

Assist in returning the tables, chairs, and the computers in their respective places after the

Christmas Party.

Assist in putting a Christmas decorations.

Put a gallon of water to the water dispenser.

IV. Problems Encountered to:

A. Dealing with Supervisors

in most cases, I’m not been anger of my supervisor. Because my work are good But there

are times that I’ve indignant of my supervisor.

B. Dealing with Co-office Workers.

In dealing with my Co-office Workers, there is no problem because our relationship to

each other is good. If there are occasions, as early as one week, we talk about it.

V. Sample of Works

VI. Recommendation for the improvement of the program…..

Their program is good but need some improvements. For example they must ensure that the

trainee must learn from their program (I’m not saying that I not learn from their program), they

must also ensure that the trainee understand what is the purpose why they are taking training in

the office. But having training in their station is one of the most rewarding experiences for me.

VII. Documentation.

A. Daily Time Records

B. Memorandum

Of

Agreement

C. Certificate

Of

Completion

D. Evaluation Sheet.

E. Recommendation Letter

VIII. Curriculum Vitae