I am fortunate to have another chance to visit Japan this year (2008), from November 2 to 23, for an IT training sponsored by AOTS, in cooperation with PilNITS. The training is about the Software Design and Development Engineer Exam, or SW for short, which is also being conducted by PhilNITS in the Philippines. The exam is one level higher to the Fundamental Engineer (FE) exam of PhilNITS also. Both SW and FE are recognized by Japan as a valid measure of one's IT competence, and can be used to facilitate getting work in Japan as an IT engineer. For my case, passing the FE exam has allowed me to participate in two advance IT trainings in Japan this year alone.
My current training, SWIT as we officially call it, comes in a good timing for me, as I am also planning to conduct more IT trainings and reviews in Davao. I recently conducted reviews for the October 2008 FE exam in Davao. And hopefully next year reviews for SW can follow.
I plan to write about the technical details of the training in a future entry, but for now let me share the other aspect of our visit here. For the SWIT training, there are a total of 23 participants, from Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. We are lucky to have the most number of participants, a total of 8 came from the Philippines. Most of the participants are working in the academe or educational institutions, and are quite experienced and knowledgable in their respective fields or specialization. Aside from my learnings in the formal lectures, I am sure to learn a lot from my colleagues too.
We are staying here in Tokyo, and our training is conducted at AOTS Tokyo Kenshu Center (TKC). The weather is quite nice, compared to the Philippines it's like being in an airconditioned room anywhere you go, but not yet too cold that you will need gloves already. Our formal lectures are being conducted by NEC Learning Ltd., and they provided us each with individual notebook computers for our use during the training period. The training room is also very nice, with all the necessary facilities you will need for a seminar/training, and more (like a big TV set for film showings, and wireless access points, etc.) How I wish trainings in the Philippines can be as nice as they do it here. In general the lecturers are good, but not all. Some also just looks at their powerpoint and reads everything that is written there. But all lecturers are well experienced in their respective expertise in the IT field, every lecture time is a treasure cove of experience and learning.
More about the training and my acitivities here in the coming days...
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2 comments:
I hope you won't wonder why I posted a comment. Just wanna know how you got into AOTS? I mean, of course, passing the FE Exam's a prerequisite. But, what's the next step? And is it necessary that you already have experience in the industry or in the academe before you take the SW Exam?
All is welcome to share. I'm glad you did.
For AOTS trainings, passing the FE exam is not a prerequisite, but more of a "big advantage." It helps to know schedule of AOTS trainings (usually posted at the www.philnits.org).
I heard minimum age limit usually is 21. Experience (academe or industry) is not required, but in ranking who finally can join, I suppose it might help to convince AOTS how you will share what you learned upon returing home to the Philippines.
I hope you can attend one soon.
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