Alfredo
L. Bollido (in white barong), Assistant District Engineer of
the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Biliran
District Engineering Office receives the ASEAN ENGINEER
certification and medal on November 13, 2018 during the 36th
Conference of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering
Organizations (AFEO) on November 12-14, 2018 held at the
Resort World Convention Center, Sentosa, Singapore. |
ADE Bollido of
DPWH-Biliran, the first in the province to be accredited with an
ASEAN engineer status
Press Release
December 6, 2018
NAVAL, Biliran –
Alfredo L. Bollido, Assistant District Engineer of the Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Biliran District Engineering Office
(DEO) is the first in the district office and the first in the
Province of Biliran to be an accredited member of the Association of
South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Engineers.
The accreditation was
conferred to Bollido on November 13, 2018 during the 36th Conference
of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO) from
November 12-14, 2018 held at the Resort World Convention Center,
Sentosa, Singapore. The theme holds: “Engineering Rail Connectivity”
and “Excellence in Engineering Education”.
According to Bollido,
there were a total of 150 Filipino engineers from different
professional engineering organizations who were recognized as ASEAN
Engineers in the recently held conference with the majority from the
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE).
Other professional
engineering organizations are from Geodetic Engineers of the
Philippines (GEP), Society of Aerospace Engineers of the Philippines
(SAEP), Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE),
Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE), Institute of
Integrated Electrical Engineers (IIEE), Institute of Electronics
Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP), Philippine Society of
Mechanical Engineers of the Philippines (PSME), Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers (SONAME), Philippine Society of
Mining Engineers (PSEM), Society of Metallurgical Engineers of the
Society of Sanitary Engineers (PSSE), and Philippine Institute of
Industrial Engineers (PIIE).
In the latest batch of
conferment, Bollido added that he is the only one from Region VIII
who received the ASEAN Engineer Award and become part of the AFEO.
According to Bollido, the
prestigious organization requires high set of standards and
guidelines for the applicants.
Bollido shared that it
took him three years of waiting before his application was approved
during the AFEO Mid-Term Meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia last
August 5-7, 2018.
“You really have to show
your competence, focus on quality and excellence on your
accomplishments,” Bollido said.
To become part of AER, one
must have a degree recognised by the Home Institution, must be full
time member of the engineering or technological association and
licensed to practice in the home country and must have a minimal of
7 years post-graduate working experience in an engineering
environment.
“Becoming a member of the
ASEAN engineer means that you are not just an ordinary engineer, but
an internationally competitive engineer,” said Bollido.
Opportunities of becoming
an AER includes bigger market for expertise, better employment
prospects, and wider networking and strategic alliances among
others.
AER members shall also be
entitled to the exclusive use of the title ASEAN Engineer (ASEAN
Eng.) after their names.
The ASEAN Federation of
Engineering Organisations (AFEO) is a non-governmental body. Its
members are the engineering institutions and organisations of ASEAN
countries with the following main objectives: To promote goodwill
and mutual understanding and to establish and develop an ASEAN
baseline standard for the engineering profession with the objective
of facilitating the mobility of the engineers within the ASEAN
countries.