NEC Seminars

The UP National Engineering Center offers training programs designed to train professionals in both technical and managerial aspects of their work. Certificates of completion are awarded to participants who have completed all the requirements of the course. Companies with specific training needs may also request in-house training seminars. For more information about NEC seminars, please call (02)922-4714 or (02)981-8500 ext. 3008 or send an email to nec.training@up.edu.ph.

Scheduled Events

March 2009

Covered Dates	Fee Philippine Peso	Theme	Brief Description
March 3-6	12,000.00	Effective Communication for Engineers	While recognizing the technical excellence of our Filipino engineers, we also realize that equipping them with necessary skills in speaking and writing gives them an advantage in their workplace. It is for this reason that the National Engineering Center and the Learning for Empowerment and Development, Inc. are combining resources in order to provide a communication training program for engineers to provide them with additional professional leverage to deal with today's complex world.
March 5-6	6,500.00	Failure Analysis for Semiconductor Engineers	This training is designed to familiarize the participants from the semiconductor industry with the basic tools and procedures of failure analysis which are necessary to arrive effectively at the root cause of the failure. A discussion of the common mechanisms in the failure of microelectronic components will further help the participant correctly interpret the findings of the analysis so as to come up with valid conclusions about the most likely cause of the failure.
March 18-20	9,000.00	Project Management in the Construction Industry	A construction project will not be successful without the proper training and exposure of a project manager. Project management involves the crucial ingredients of leadership, motivation, communication, conflict resolution and time management. This seminar is designed to enhance the managerial skills of middle and upper-level executives in the construction industry.
March 19-20	6,500.00	Focused Improvement and Tools	The training is conducted in the environment of Lean Manufacturing and stresses the principles of continuous improvement to achieve competitive advantage. The participant will be immersed in the ways of Kaizen, the Deming tips and 6-SIGMA imperatives. These Focused Improvement disciplines and structure will drive your team/s towards desired levels of excellence. The participant will learn how to use the 7 QC tools and the 7 New Tools, how they are used to communicate, review and monitor, and utilizing inter-creative ways of ideation to shape up an implementation plan.
March 25-27	9,000.00	Maintenance of Rotating Machines	Rotating machines are vital to the operation of most industrial plants. Production stoppage could result to heavy financial losses for the company. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that these machines should be given the necessary and required maintenance by highly qualified and knowledgeable maintenance engineers.

April 2009

Covered Dates	Fee Philippine Peso	Theme	Brief Description
April 15-17	9,000.00	Professional Certificate in Facilities Management Lecture Series I	The program is designed for practicing facilities managers, property and building administrators, engineers, architects, project managers, project coordinators and project supervisors.
April 21-24	12,000.00	Basic Foundation for Operation Risk Management	This four-day course will provide an overview about operational risks from business processes and silo perspectives anchored on safety, health,environments and quality (SHEQ). The focus is on operational risks than financial risks.This course is best for all levels of managers, risk management practitioners and people new to this aspect.
April 27-29	9,000.00	Industrial Maintenance Management System	The drive towards a more effective and flexible industrial system places greater demand on the performance of machinery and equipment. Machines and equipment notonly have to perform at high levels of capacity and reliability but also at minimum cost. The training course on "Maintenance Management" is designed to provide the managers of a maintenance system with the concepts, principles and tools necessary in cost-effective management.

May 2009

Covered Dates	Fee Philippine Peso	Theme	Brief Description
May 13-15	9,000.00	Power Electronics: Switch Mode Power Supply Principles and Applications
May 14-15	6,500.00	Poka Yoke
May 20-22	9,000.00	Professional Certificate in Facilities Management Lecture Series II
May 20-22	9,000.00	Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
May 27-29	9,000.00	Project Management

June 2009

Covered Dates	Fee Philippine Peso	Theme	Brief Description
June 1-5	14,500	Certificate Program on Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management THW 210: Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management
June 3-5	9,000.00	Maintenance of Electric Motors
June 17-19	9,000.00	Reliability-Centered Maintenance
June 23-25	9,000.00	Professional Certificate in Facilities Management Lecture Series III
June 25-26	6,500.00	Material Science for Semiconductor Engineers

July 2009

Covered Dates	Fee Philippine Peso	Theme	Brief Description
July 1-3	9,000.00	Instrumentation and Control for Industrial Applications
July 6-10	14,500.00	Certificate Program on Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management THW 220: Chemical Emergency Response and Preparedness
July 9-10	6,500.00	Admin Excellence through 5S Gemba
July 13-17	9,000.00	Solid Waste Management and Technology
July 22-24	9,000.00	Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring
July 29-31	9,000.00	Statistical Process Control

Auguts 2009

Maintenance and Operation of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Equipment
August 5-7
P9,000.00

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
August 12-14
P9,000.00

Certificate Program on Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management THW 230: Inspection, Compliance and Enforcement
August 10-14
P14,500

Materials & Process Quality Control in Construction
August 18-20
P9,000.00

Analytical Methods and Materials Testing
August 20-21
P6,500.00

Structured Cabling System Design
August 27-28
P6,500.00

September 2009

Biological Wastewater Treatment
September 7-11
P14,500.00

Maintenance of Rotating Machines
September 9-11
P9,000.00

Certificate Program on Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management THW 240: Pollution Prevention
September 14-18
P14,500

Industrial Maintenance Management System
September 23-25
P9,000.00

October 2009

Maintenance of Commercial and Industrial Building Facilities and Utilities
October 7-9
P9,000.00

Basic Foundation for Operation Risk Management
October 13-16
P12,000.00

Failure Analysis for Semiconductor Engineers
October 29-30
P6,500.00

November 2009

Project Management in the Construction Industry
November 11-13
P9,000.00

Maintenance of Electric Motors
November 18-20
P9,000.00

December 2009

Project Management
December 9-11
P9,000.00

In-House

- JAVA 2 for Mobile Enterprises (J2ME)
- Essentials of Computer Security
- GIS Applications for Disaster Risk Management
- High Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing
- Remote Sensing & GIS for Coastal Zone Management
- Overview of Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Management
- Transportation Survey
- Traffic Impact Assessment for Developers
- Transportation Modelling & Travel Demant Forecasting
- Transportation System and Demand Management Measures
- Financial Modeling for Engineering Project