Livelihood Training and Seminar Centers in the Philippines – Here’s the list…

1. Sulong Kabayan

10 Greenheights Avenue, Greenheights Village
Sucat, Parañaque City
Tel: 825-6564; 8256162; 8257454
Website: www.ggproductionsinc.com

This center owned by Gerry Geronimo Productions of the famed Kabayan Gerry Geronimo, offers livelihood seminars on hog raising, beekeeping, ice cream making, meat processing, cakes and pastries, candle making, fish processing, tilapia production, herbal soap making, bread making, laundry and detergent making, goat raising, to name a few. If you are a member of The Business Club, you can attend the above seminars with less than P1,000.00, inclusive of membership fee and training information materials.

You can also contact them through SMS. Just text MB Name Seminar You Want To Attend and Send it to 0921-6262793 or 0927-8763526.

2. Ultima EntrePinoy Forum Center

Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines Bldg.
107 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave., Quezon City (infront of Quezon Institute)
Tel: 411-1349; 742-0826; 742-7866
Fax: 742-7866
Email: info@spicesandfoodmix.com and lulu_sfmh@yahoo.com
Website: www.spicesandfoodmix.com

This 1-Stop-Shop for your business needs offers livelihood seminars like condiments making, negosyo sa kendi, hopia varieties, soap making, fruit preserves in bottle, longganisang pangnegosyo & gourmet sausages, dimsun delights, food cart operation, basic meat processing, fruit & vegetables pickling, waffles & pancakes, basic & commercial cup cakes, fish processing, basic and advance meat processing, pastillas making, rice in a box, to name a few. Their seminar fee ranges from P200.00 to P1,200.00.

3. Nego-Skwela (Manila)

CLMI Bldg., North Avenue cor. Agham Road
Diliman, Quezon City
Telephone: 433-0621 -37 / 497-4163 / 924-5111
Mobile: (0917) 831-4477 or (0920) 905-8940
Fax: 426-7952
E-mail Add: nego_skwela@yahoo.com.ph
Website: www.nego-skwela.com.tk

4. Nego-Skwela (Cebu)

Rm. 414 4/F Colon Dev. Bldg.
Osmena Blvd., Cebu City (in front St. Nino Church)
Tel: (032) 256-0600
Mobile: 0917-8713171; 0916-4855176; 0922-2854826

This center, especially the Manila branch, offers livelihood seminars on electronic courses like cellphone repair; computer repair & networking, TV & Monitor servicing, computer basic, web publishing and desktop publishing. They also offers seminars on flavored & fortified juice; foot & hand spa massage; shiatsu massage; pizza, pasta & lasagna making; goat raising; fresh flower arrangement & shop management; car care & other cleaner product; cooking of specified pansit; dehydrated fruits; basic commercial breadmaking & bakery management; silkscreen printing; how to organize tiangge; bazaar & other trade fair in malls; basic balloon; basic beadworks (fashion accessories); accounting and bookkeeping; gum paste design and décor; pares-pares & toppings with rice, to name a few.

To attend their livelihood seminars, reservation is required.

5. Technology Resource Center (TRC)

TLRC Building
#103 J. Abad Santos cor. Lopez Jaena Sts.,
Little Baguio, San Juan, Metro Manila
Tel: (02) 727-6205
Web: www.tlrc.gov.ph

TRC Livelihood Courses Available

Tilapia Culture (with field trip) = Grow-out pond culture, tilapia fingerling production, hatchery and nursery system management (open pond, hapa method on pond, cage and tank systems), feeds and feeding, population control, hybridization, water and soil quality management, production economics.

Fee: 3,289

Layer Production (Table Egg) (with field trip) = Layer breed, production management, housing, nutrition, feeds and feeding management and production economics.

Fee: 3,289

Setting up a Junk Shop Business (with field trip) = Lecture: Trends and prospects of junk shop business, solid wastes and recyclable wastes for junk shop, costing, buying and selling techniques and pricing, tools and equipment requirements, investment requirement, manpower requirement.

Fee: 3,289

How to Operate and Manage Money Changing Business = Lecture: Operating and managing money changing business, identifying suitable location of the business, business permit requirements, tools and equipment, identifying different convertible foreign currencies, determining bogus and genuine currencies, buying and selling foreign currencies, capitalization requirement to start the business, profitability analysis and check rediscounting business as additional revenue source.

Fee: 3,729

Commercial Breadmaking and Bakery Management = Lecture: Functions of ingredients, proportions and product formulations, equipment and material sourcing, costing and pricing, bakery management. Hands-on: pan de sal, monay, ensaymada, raisin bread, buns, bread rolls, loaf bread, and bread with fillings. Bring calculator, apron and canister.

Fee: 4,169

Swine Production (with field trip) = Starting a piggery business, general management for piglets and fatteners, housing and equipment, feeds and feeding, record keeping, analysis and interpretation, health management.

Fee: 4,059

Setting up a Travel Agency = Lecture: role and functions of a travel agent, organizing the business, requirement for travel agency set-up, rules and regulations governing travel agencies, basic travel agency operations and office procedures, professional code of ethics, the travel agency and other providers of travel products – transportation, accommodations, etc.

Fee: 1,375

Basic Reservation and Ticketing for Travel Agencies (with field trip) = Lecture: introduction to travel agency ticketing procedures and preparing a passenger ticket.

Fee: 2,959

SORBETES (Commercial Production) = Lecture: basic technology of ice cream production, material and equipment requirements, product formulation and costing. Demonstration: ice cream-on-stick preparation (pinipig crunch and other flavors). Hands-on: ice cream with assorted flavors. (With field trip to an ice cream plant). Bring apron and hand towels.

Fee: 3,509

Setting up a Hardware and Construction Supply Store = Lecture: History, design and operation, definition of terms, selection of site, organization, nature of the business, stock and inventories control, costing and pricing, terms of payment, market potentials, projected return of investment and assumptive income analysis.

Fee: 2,959

Specialty Cakes and Pastries = Lecture: material and equipment specifications, functions of ingredients, product formulation, costing and pricing; Hands-on: mousse cake, black forest, crema de fruta, sans rival, apple pie, swiss roll, puff and danish pastry varieties. Bring calculator, apron, hand towels and canisters.

Fee: 3,399

Trendy Balloon Decors = Lecture/Hands-on: material requirement and supplier, cost requirement, balloon twisting and how to make balloons as decorations.

Fee: 1,815

Basic Meat Processing = Lecture: meat preservation technology, production and quality control guidelines, packaging, handling and storage, new trends in the business. Hands-on: bacon, tocino, pork and chicken ham, pork sausage (fresh native and canton), corned beef, hamburger and beef tapa. Bring apron and hand towels.

Fee: 3,399

Jewelry Appraisal and Pawnshop Operation = Lecture: gold testing and diamond grading, pricing, valuation and identification of gemstones, government laws and implementing guidelines related to pawnshop operation. Hands-on: determining genuine stones and appraising of gold and diamond, plating of jewelry (gold to gold). Bring calculator.

Fee: 3,399

Accounting and Record Keeping for Small Businesses = Lecture: bookkeeping, reporting and analysis of transaction results for small business operators and owners. Bring calculator.

Fee: 2,959

Hilot (Philippine Traditional Massage) = Lecture: Health concept – mind, emotion, body, balance of the four elements of the body; healing concept – food (herbs), hilot and the value process; how to perform the hilot routine (whole body); herbal applications for different health problems; hilot-based business oportunities. Hands-on: performing the hilot routrine

Fee: 3,729

Event Planning, Marketing and Management = Lecture: basic knowledge of event planning and management for wedding, parties, local trade exhibits, meetings, consumer events (tiangges), seminars, conventions, conferences conceptualization and topical development, etc. and profitability and traffic for the event; a thorough knowledge of management functions is a requisite for successful events.

Fee: 2,959

Basic Digital Photography = Lecture and workshop: fundamentals of digital photography, photo shooting techniques including indoor and outdoor photo activities. Bring digital camera and USB.

Fee: 3,399

Basic Cake Decorating = Preparation and application of boiled sugar icing, sugar flowers, gumpaste figurines and flowers, lettering, bordering and flower bunching. Bring apron and hand

Fee: 3,399

Operating a Laundry Shop Business (Small-Scale) = Lecture: plant layout and design: production flow, job function; customer service and its place in the textile care industry; operating a small laundry washing machine, pressing, laundry washroom chemistry, market strategy including pricing, promotion, site selection. Environmental management concerns.

Fee: 3,289

Fresh Flower Arrangement and Flower Shop Operation and Management (with field trip) = Lecture: creativity, balance, proportion, texture and color harmony, flower shop operation and organizational management, costing, pricing and sourcing of materials. Demonstrations on standing flower arrangements for inaugural, funeral and other important occasions. Hands-on: traditional round center piece, long and low arrangements, floral bouquet, line, plane and mass arrangements. Bring garden scissors.

Fee: 3,729

Catering Business Operation = Lecture: table setting, equipment, menu planning and preparation, costing and pricing. Hands-on: table skirting and napkin folding techniques. Bring calculator.

Fee: 2,959

Silkscreen Printing = Lecture: computer/digital art preparation, photographic stencil making, finishing – curing and drying, pressing techniques. Hands-on: t-shirt, ceramics, decals, glass and metal printing. Bring #0.5 technical pen, ink and USB.

Fee: 3,729

Goat and Sheep Raising (with field trip) = Future of the industry, breeds and breeding, herd management, housing facilities and equipment, feeds and feeding practices, pest and disease control, processing of goat meat and milk production, cost and return analysis.

Fee: 2,959

Commercial Breadmaking and Bakery Management = Lecture: Functions of ingredients, proportions and product formulations, equipment and material sourcing, costing and pricing, bakery management. Hands-on: pan de sal, monay, ensaymada, raisin bread, buns, bread rolls, loaf bread, and bread with fillings. Bring calculator, apron and canister.

Fee: 4,169

Perfumes and Colognes = Lecture: starting a perfume business, formulations, blending of essential oils, types of perfumes and colognes, product requirements, materials specifications, cost and return analysis. Hands-on: oil-based and water-based, cream perfumes for men and ladies, body splash, gel colognes and eaue de toilette.

Fee: 1,815

Laundry Soap and Detergents = Lecture: material specifications, product formulations, costing and pricing. Hands-on: Laundry bar soap, liquid and powdered detergents. Bring calculator.

Fee: 3,399

Animal Feed Formulation and Production (with field trip) = General principles of feed formulation for chicken, duck and pigs. Bring calculator on second day.

Fee: 3,289

Coffee Shop Management and Operation = Lecture: personnel administration, organization, site selection, marketing, materials and equipment, cost analysis. Hands-on: different coffee concoctions/preparations.

Fee: 3,729

How to Transfer Photos/Designs on Ceramics, Glassware and Plastic = Lecture/Hands-on: principle/technology, sourcing and requirements of materials and equipment, costing. Bring 2 x 3 photo.

Fee: 3,399

Design and Operation of a Water Refilling Station Business (with field trip) = Lecture: water concept and principles (hydrologic cycle, types of contaminants, and types of water), water contaminants, types of purification system, market potential, demand (demographic distribution on a per area basis) and supply (WRS/mineral/bottling and community water supply), business aspects of WRS.

Fee: 2,959

Restaurant Business Management (with field trip) = Coffee shop, ethnic, gourmet, seafood and health food restaurants; menu planning; site selection; equipment, furnishings; personnel administration; marketing, advertising; cost control.

Fee: 3,729

Hair Trimming, Perming, Dyeing and Make-up Techniques = Lecture: Structures, divisions, forms, characteristics and styles of hair; purposes of make-up, facial balance and applications. Hands-on: Hair trimming (short, medium and long length), perming, dyeing, make-up (daytime, evening and glamour) Bring model, scissors, cape, towel, hairpins and comb.

Fee: 3,399

Ornamental Plant Production and Practical Landscaping (with field trip) = Types and kinds of garden plants, cultural management practices, control of pests and diseases, landscaping principles

Fee: 3,729

Setting up a Domestic Ticketing Office for Airlines and Shipping Companies = Lecture: industry requirements – accreditation process of domestic airlines, legal process, capital requirements, site selection and office layout.

Fee: 1,375

Indigenous Tropical Wine Production = Lecture: market demand and health potentials and indigenous tropical wine, selection and identification of local fruits in season for conversion into wine, equipment, tools and ingredients, fermentation process, ageing process, branding, labeling and packaging, and cost-return analysis. Hands-on: fruits in season.

Fee: 1,815

Herbal Bath Soap = Lecture: material specifications, product formulation, preparation of extract, costing and pricing. Hands-on: papaya soap, cucumber soap, carrot soap, germicidal and moisturizing bath soap.

Fee: 3,399

Planning and Operationalization of a Day SPA = Lecture: how to get started, design and layout, products and services focused on aromatherapy, Filipino, hilot and reflexology, market strategy and pricing, facilities/equipment and supplies, management and manpower/training requirements, rules and regulations to gain accreditation. Mini-workshop on capital requirement in the operationalization of a Day SPA. Bring calculator.

Fee: 3,729

Establishing an Export Business = Lecture: registering the business, identifying products for export, general export procedures, types of letters of credit, preparing goods for export, collection of export proceeds, types of export financing, preparing and attending trade fairs.

Fee: 1,375

Basic Import Procedures = Lecture: basic requirements when making importation, understanding of terminology, basic documentation requirement, laws and regulations involved from pre-arrival to the release of imported goods.

Fee: 1,375

Basic Culinary Principles and Techniques = Lecture: basic principle of cooking, materials used, learning to substitute ingredients from the traditional to innovative and nutritious food components, suggestions on cost-effective menu preparations, hygienic food preparations, including presentation of meals for family and simple gatherings. Hands-on: different culinary preparations. Bring apron and hand towels.

Fee: 3,399

Broiler Production (Meat Type Chicken) = Breeds, production management, nutrition, feeds and feeding, and production economics.

Fee: 2,959

Coconut Mini-Oil Milling and Refining (with field trip) = Principles of coco oil production; dry, wet and dry-wet process, design of equipment, process and quality control, financial and pricing scheme, industrial development scheme for rural coconut communities.

Fee: 2,959

CARINDERIA: Pinoy Food Outlet = Lecture: planning, organization, management, cost control and pricing. Hands-on: preparation of different menus. Bring apron and hand towels.

Fee: 3,399

Aromatic and Decorative Candle Making = Lecture: types of waxes, formulation, art of blending of essential oils and uses, melting method, proper wick fixing, techniques in forming/moulding candles, design techniques and cost and return analysis. Hands-on: hurricane candle, floating candle, hand-formed candle, and candles in glass containers with application of aromatherapy oil.

Fee: 3,399

Food Cart Business = Lecture: starting, managing and franchising a food cart business to maximize its income potential, food cart conceptualization, menu planning, costing, inventory procedure, supplies procurement, business management and concept of food cart franchising.

Fee: 1,375

Silkscreen Printing = Lecture: basic, photographic and in-process silkscreen printing. Bring #0.5 technical pen and ink.

Fee: 3,729

Christmas Décor = Lecture: material and sources, trends and design, costing, pricing and . Hands-on: shelf sitter, paper bag angel, Christmas goody jar, jester picks, bell pull. Bring sewing kit.

Fee: 3,399

A minimum number of five (5) participants is required per course.

Early reservations are needed, the center will call you for final confirmation three days before the training. Or you may contact Ms. Agnes Cruz at telephone no. 721-0063 and 727-6205 loc. 201.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. ALL COURSE FEES ARE INCLUSIVE OF 10% VAT

THE TRC ADVANTAGES

Expertise gained over 27 years of experience

Expert trainers from the academe and business sectors

Very affordable fees

Hands-on training, with field trips wherever needed

Free materials for hands-on training

Free business consultations

Free attendance in MagNegosyo Forums

Accredited training by national and international agencies

Free attendance in MagNegosyo Forums

Only TRC offers you the expert business and livelihood technology training courses that can transform smart entrepreneurs ideas into practice and profits.

6. BUSINESSCOACH, INC

For seminar fee and reservation, contact:

Unit 201 Richbelt Tower, 17 Annapolis St., Greenhills, San Juan City
Tel.: (02) 727-5628, (02) 727-8860, (02) 496-6949
Mobile: 0908-342-3162; 0915-205-0133
Email: businesscoachphil@gmail.com
Website: http://businesscoachphil.com

BUSINESSCOACH, INC. SEMINARS

*Competency-Based Salary Structure Design – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Catering Business – (P 3,000)
*Basic Supervisory Skills Training – (P 3,000)
*Competitive Selling Techniques – (P 3,000)
*Apartment and Commercial Stall Rental Business – (P 3,000)
*How to Make Elegant Beaded Jewelry – (P 3,000)
*Training Needs Analysis – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Balloon and Party Needs Business – (P 3,000)
*Personality Development – (P 3,000)
*How to Import: Procedures and Documentations – (P 6,000)
*How to Start and Operate a Printing Press – (P 3,000)
*Purchasing Management – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Janitorial Services Business – (P 3,000)
*Labor Laws for Entrepreneurs and Managers – (P 3,000)
*Internet Marketing Seminar – (P 3,000)
*Project Management Fundamentals – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Travel and Tour Business – (P 3,000)
*Customer Service Training – (P 3,000)
*How to Start a Money Changer Business – (P 6,000)
*Starting a Food Cart Business – (P 3,000)
*How to Buy and Sell Real Estate Properties – (P 3,000)
*Business Etiquette – (P 3,000)
*Human Resource Management Training – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Meat Shop Business – (P 3,000)
*How to Start and Operate a Laundry Business – (P 3,000)
*Effective Warehouse and Inventory Management – (P 3,000)
*How to Start and Manage a Manpower Agency – (P 3,000)
*How to be a Canteen Concessionaire – (P 3,000)
*Basic Supervisory Skills Training – (P 3,000)
*Effective Collections Management and Strategies – (P 3,000)
*Training the Trainers – (P 3,000)
*Bookbinding Techniques and Procedures – (P 2,750)
*Business Taxation – (P 6,000)
*Wedding and Debut Planning and Coordination – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Quick Service Restaurant – (P 3,000)
*Telephone Skills Training – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Spa Business – (P 3,000)
*How to Invest in the Stock Market – (P 3,000)
*Total Quality Management Best Practices – (P 3,000)
*How to Franchise a Business – (P 3,000)
*Conducting Interviews, Recruitment and Selection Process – (P 3,000)
*How to Compute Salaries, Wages, & Benefits – (P 3,000)
*Building and Property Management – (P 3,000)
*How to Plan and Operate a Restaurant – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Coffee Shop Business with Barista Training – (P 3,000)
*How to Implement 5S in the Workplace – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Pet Shop Business – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Pawnshop Business – (P 3,000)
*Basic Leadership Skills Training – (P 3,000)
*Competency-Based Development of HR Policies and Procedures – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Drugstore Business – (P 3,000)
*Bookkeeping and Basic Accounting – (P 6,000)
*How to Plan and Start a Business – (P 3,000)
*Real Estate Marketing Seminar – (P 3,000)
*Starting a Preschool or Day Care Center – (P 3,000)
*Starting a School and Office Supplies Store – 0 (P 3,000)
*Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) – (P 3,000)

7. DTI-Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC)

20 Russet St., SSS Village, Marikina City
Tel. 942-0880; 942-3974
Email: citc_dti@yahoo.com

8. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for Women Center

37 East Service Rd.
South Superhighway, Taguig City
Trunkline: 814-4076 loc. 278
Telefax: 818-8062
Email: tesdawomen@yahoo.com
Website: www.twc.tesda.gov.ph

9. BusinessForum

1955 CM Recto Ave. cor Morayta
Manila (2nd Flr. of Yellowcab Pizza)
Tel: 736-6052

This center offers livelihood seminars on setting-up water refilling business; hi-tech printing (billboard, glass, etc.); candle making (scented, décor, etc.); balloon printing and arrangement; beadworks and fashion jewelry; computerized accounting (QuickBooks); basic accounting for non-accountants; how to start and manage a business; import-export business; micro-lending business; reflexology and acupressure; aromatic therapy; Swedish massage and shiatsu massage; bread making and bakery management; cake and pastries; ice cream making (sorbets, stick, cup); basic and advance meat processing; suka, toyo, patis, bagoong, ketchup making; bar and powder laundry soap; soap, dishwashing, softener, etc.; herbal and bath soap; perfume and cologne making; culture of tilapia in tanks, duck raising with egg processing; chicken layer/chicken broiler; goat raising, quail raising, to name a few.

The Business Forum also offers free consultation after the training.

10. Center for Small Enterprise (CSE)

Asian School Institute Bldg.
1518 Leon Guinto Sr. cor. Escoda St.
Malate, Manila
Tel: (02) 523-9776, 524-1879
Email: training@csentrepinoy.org.ph
Website: www.csentrepinoy.org.ph