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Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC)
The CITC provides production-related and skills development training programs, technical assistance, facility servicing, and consultation services for the country’s furniture, gifts and housewares, fine jewelry, and leather footwear industries.

Programs and Services
1. Technology transfer and knowledge development

- Basic and Advanced Handmade Paper Making
- Creative Papermaking and Paper Crafts
- Decorative Paper Making
- Prefab Books and Boxes by Hand
- Stuffed Toys Making
- Shell (capiz/tahong) Lamination/Soldering
- Give-Aways
- Artificial Flower Making
- Paper Product Adaptation
- Flower Arrangements
- Holiday Decors
- Detergent and Laundry Bar Soap Making
- Pottery
- Handloom Weaving Technology
- Advanced Handloom Weaving
- Dyeing of Indigenous Fibers
- Tie-Dyeing
- Basic and Advanced Basketry (utilizing bamboo, rattan, nito,
   pandan, and other indigenous vines/leaves)
- Bleaching and Dyeing of Indigenous Materials for Basketry
- Basic Dressmaking
- Basic Pattern Making for Dressmaking
- Basic and Advanced Beadworks
- Basic and Decorative Candle Making
- Herbal Soap Making
- Mold Making (made of silicon rubber and plaster of paris)
- Floorwax Making
- Meat Processing
- Native Kakanin
- Handmade Chocolate
- Polvoron and Pastillas
- Basic and Commercial Baking
- No-Bake Cakes
- Balloon Arrangement
- Zen Fountain
- Gift Wrapping
- Curtains and Drapes
- Pouch and Reversible Bag Making
- Bed Covers and Pillow Cases
- Scents and Fragrances
- Personal Care Products
- Beadworks
- Flower Arrangement for Weddings
- Siopao and Dimsum
- Fiesta Dishes
- Scrap Booking
- Dough Craft
- Sweet Pies
- Novelty Items
- Christmas Décor
- Ham and Bacon
- Holiday Goodies
- Handmade Paper Arts and Crafts

- Woodworking Machine Operations, Maintenance, and Millwrighting
- Furniture and Builders Woodwork Technology
- Basic Furniture Carpentry
- Jig Making Technology
- Furniture Furnishing
- Finishing Carpentry
- Wooden Picture Frame Making
- Bamboo Furniture Making (round component)
- Laminated Bamboo (engineered bamboo)
- Bamboo Novelty Items Making
- Cane Weaving (Solihiya)
- Bamboo and Wood Furniture Finishing
- Metalworking Machine Shop Operation
- Mixed Media Furniture
- Welding Technology (electric and gas)
- Threading
- Tig Welding

- 15-month Fine Jewelry Technology Course
- Basic Jewelry Design
- Stone Setting
- Wax Model-Making
- Jewelry Casting
- Jewelry Polishing and Finishing
- Electroplating
- Master Pattern Making

- Basic Pattern Cutting
- Product Knowledge
- Shoe Upper Costing
- Basic Bone Structure and Measurement of the Last Plant
  Management Layout
- Leather Appreciation
- Finishing Room Process
- 3-Year Footwear Manufacturing Technology Course
 

2. Technical Consultancy Services to MSMEs on:

- Tools and equipment design and fabrication
- Raw materials selection, propagation, and harvesting
- Product development
- Technology upgrading

- Tools and equipment development
- Bleaching and dyeing of indigenous materials
- Product design and development
- Production layout and operations systems development
- New equipment/accessories utilization techniques

- Materials, tools, and equipment selection
- Shell softening/bleaching
- Assembly/finishing techniques
- Product design and development

- Tools and equipment selection
- Equipment installation
- Factory diagnostics
- Raw materials selection, treatment, and preservation
- Finishing applications

- Harvesting, treatment, and preservation
- Tools and equipment selection
- Machine layout, installation, and testing
- Factory diagnostics
- Finishing techniques

- Tools and equipment selection
- Treatment, preservation, and proper storage of raw materials
- Finishing techniques
- Product development
- Market linkages

- Materials selection
- Product and equipment design and prototyping
- Machine layout, installation, and test run

- Tools and equipment selection
- Equipment installation
- Factory diagnostics
- Integrated jewelry assistance

- Pattern/design troubleshooting
- Leather assessment
- Organization of clicking room
- Closing/stitching room organization and troubleshooting
- Lasting room organization and troubleshooting
- Finishing room organization and troubleshooting

3. Common Facility Services for Small-scale Producers

How to avail yourself of these services:
Technical Training Services
CITC provides technical skill training programs in two modes:

Write, visit, or call the assigned contact person for the field or sector that covers your business. For walk-in clients, fill up a Technical Consultancy Service Request Form for evaluation. He/she can be referred to the most appropriate CITC expert who can help on his/her needs. If the expert is not available at the time of visit, it is necessary to get an appointment and  agree on the date and venue of the consultancy service together with the corresponding fees and other concerns to be settled (e.g., traveling expenses, board and lodging, etc. especially if the service will be done outside Metro Manila).

However, if the expert is available at the time of visit, then the clients can right away avail of technical consultancy service. Payment can be made in CITC cashier before or after the service either in cash or in check. Official receipt shall be issued right away after payment.

Common Facility Service
Send a letter of request to the CITC Executive Director stating the nature of work to be done utilizing CITC facilities, duration of the project, knowledge and skills level of workers and the company profile. The feasibility of the request will be evaluated by CITC in terms of the concerns to decide if and when the facilities and personnel needed will be available on the proposed date. For a project, which will take one year to complete, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) will be signed between CITC and the client. On the other hand, for walk-in clients or those whose project will be completed in less than a year, a Job Order will be prepared by CITC to be conformed to by the client. The said Job Order contains the form/nature of the service requested or product/s to be manufactured and total production cost (based on the current equipment utilization cost).

To avail of common facility services, the client shall record the equipment usage time on the equipment utilization report or EUR form issued per equipment to be used in the project. For work, which requires to be done after 5:00PM on ordinary working days (Monday to Friday), the client shall be required to secure a Permit to Work duly approved by the concerned division head prior to the proposed overtime period. However, Permit to Work on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays must be secured a day before the weekends or holidays.

For computation of billing for MOA clients, a summary of charges based on the EUR submitted and be prepared by the project supervisor of the concerned workshop/division providing/facilitating the CFS which will be forwarded later to the Finance Division for notice of billing/billing statement preparation. On the other hand, the amount to be paid by walk-in clients for the availed CFS will be based on the approved gate pass indicating the amount of payment. MOA clients can first secure his/her notice of billing/billing statement from the cashier to check on the correctness of the amount to be paid appearing therein and for other details. For payment, submit notice of billing/billing statement back to the cashier together with the gate pass and pay the necessary fees. Official receipts will be issued to clients upon payment.

Cottage Industry Technology Center
20 Russet Street, SSS Village, Marikina City
Tel. Nos.: (+632) 942.3974 / 948-2875 / 941.4516
Fax No.: (+632) 942.0107
Email: citc_dti@yahoo.com
          citc_dti@hotmail.com

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Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC)

The PTTC designs and develops training curricula and corresponding instructional materials and conducts training programs for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), business support organizations, and the government sector. It provides post-training advisory and counseling services; customized in-company training programs and services; a venue for MSMEs and large enterprises to promote their products by marketing, renting out and maintaining exhibition facilities; and events management support.

Programs and Services:
Training Programs

1. Entrepreneurship Briefings

- Expanding Business Through Exports
- Import Procedures and Documentation
- Product Costing and Pricing
- Understanding Customs Valuation
- Competitive Export Management
- Market Opportunities (Selected Countries)

- How to Improve your Selling Skills
- Strategic Marketing
- Building Brand Value for Market Positioning
- Developing an Effective Purchasing System
- Business Plan Preparation for Beginners
- Effective Market Research
- Developing an Effective Financial Plan
- Market Intelligence: How to Compete Effectively
- Logistics Management
- Basic Business Recording and Cash Flow Management
- How to Participate in Trade Fairs
- Dynamic Negotiation Skills
- Effective Customer Service
- Improving Business Key Accounts Selling
- Setting Up an Effective Customer Payment System for your
  Business
- Creating a Brand Culture for Strong Image
- How to Monitor and Improve Collection System for Customers
- Customer Relations Management

- Doing Business on the Web: E-commerce Made Easy for SME
  Exporters
- Build Your Own Online Store Workshop

- Basic MS Word
- Basic/Advanced MS Excel
- Basic/Advanced MS Powerpoint
- Basic Webpage Development Using Dreamweaver MX
- Web Graphics Design and Production Using Adobe Photoshop
- Webpage Development: Creating Interactive Content and
   Animation using Flash
- Webpage Development: Creating Interactive Content using
  Macromedia Fireworks
- Webpage Development: Advanced Dreamweaver MX
- Basic Printed Advertisement Design Using Pagemaker

- Japanese Business Language
- Let Your English Work at Work
- Chinese Mandarin Business Language
- French Business Language

4. Quality and Productivity Seminars

- Materials Management and Inventory Control
- Production and Operations Management
- Effective Leadership Skills
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
- Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Techniques
- An Introduction to Ergonomics
- Supervisory Effectiveness for Improved Quality and Productivity
- Process Optimization through the Design of Experiments
- Time and Motion Study
- Total Quality Management
- Statistical Process Control

- ISO 9000 Quality Management System
- ISO 9000 Quality Management System Documentation
- Internal Quality Audit
- ISO/IEC 17025 Standard for Laboratory Competence
- ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory Internal Audit

- Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP)
- Food Packaging and Labeling
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)
- Documentation of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points

- Production Management for the Garments Industry
- Fashion Merchandising
- Quality Management for the Garments Industry
- Physical and Chemical Testing for Garments
- Quality Control for the Garments Industry
- Basic Patternmaking
- Advanced Patternmaking
- Fabric and Thread: Selection and Usage
- Sewing Machinery Repair and Maintenance
- Color Merchandising
- Fabric Sourcing
- Fashion Illustration

Training Services:
1. Information Access Center (IAC)

- General overhead lighting
- Standby generator sets for general lighting and outlets

- Public address system
- Podium, flag and outdoor flagpoles
- Opening ceremony reception area
- Use of show window

- LCD Projector (with separate rental fee) or OHP and screen
- Desktop or Notebook computer (with separate rental fee)
- Audio system with microphone
- TV monitor and VHS/DVD player

How to avail yourself of these services:

Seminars in Metro Manila are held at the PTTC building. Interested participants may pre-register by calling PTTC, or by sending a fax or e-mail. Walk-in participants are also allowed. Participants must pay the seminar fee before the seminar date, or on the first day of the seminar. Seminar fees are paid in cash or company check (manager’s/cashier’s check). The quarterly schedule of seminars is published at the PTTC website and the DTI website. You may also request for a schedule of seminars by e-mail. Regional seminars are generally conducted in co-sponsorship with the DTI regional or provincial offices, or as requested by local government units (LGUs) and regional/provincial trade and industry associations or chambers of commerce. Announcements concerning seminar schedules and registration of participants are done by the DTI regional and/or provincial offices. All training programs and projects, trade fairs and exhibits and other events held at the PTTC must clearly promote the business activities of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as well as large enterprises, whether these activities are intended for the domestic market or the international market. PTTC-organized seminars and trade events are given first priority in the use of the seminar rooms and exhibition halls. As such, seminar rooms and exhibition halls may be rented out to public and private sector organizers only in the absence of any scheduled PTTC as well as DTI activity.

For inquiries on training programs, you may contact the Trade Business Management Division (TBMD) for entrepreneurship briefings and trade business management seminars [Tel. No.: (+632) 831.9988]; or the Testing and Inspection Division (TID) for quality and productivity briefings and seminars [Tel. No.: (+632) 833.7337]. For inquiries on the rental of seminar rooms and exhibition halls, you may contact the Trade Exhibition Division (TED)  [Tel. No.: (+632) 834.1350].

For inquiries on the Information Access Center and the WTO Reference Center, you may contact the Planning and Programming Division (PPD) [Tel. No.: (+632) 833.9913].

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