Filipino registered professionals top 3.

2 million as Baldoz cites their role in

nation-building and
Date Posted: November 19th, 2012 10:57 AM

Filipino registered professionals top 3.2 million as Baldoz cites their role in nation-
building and development

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday cited the

Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for the growth of the country’s professional
sector, members of which has now reached some 3.2 million in 50 registered
professions.

Baldoz, citing data from the PRC disseminated through the Bureau of Labor and
Employment Statistics (BLES) and released during the celebration of the 12th National
Statistics Month, observed that the 3.2 Filipino professionals are the cream of the
Philippine workforce.

These professions and the number of their registered members are as follows:
Accountancy (145,209); Aeronautical Engineer (942); Agriculturist (14,920); Agricultural
Engineer (7,192); Architect (29,892); Chemical Engineer (28,408); Chemist (11,463);
Chemical Technician (665); Civil Engineer (123,872); Criminologist (69,071); Customs
Broker (6,121); Dentist (51,446); Dental Hygienist (118); Dental Tech (925); Registered
Electrical Engr. (49,245); Registered Mast. Elec. R.M.E. (39,619); Assistant Electrical
Engineer (31,787); Associate Electrical Engineer (3,656); Master Electrician (17,274);
Electronics Engineer (51,541);

PEE Engineer (695); Electronics Technician (1,263); Environmental Planner (815);

Fisheries (1,396); Forester (9,789); Geodetic Engineer (8,906); Junior Geodetic
Engineer (5,781); Geodetic Engineer Aide (1,775); Geologist (1,796); Geologic Aide
(66); Guidance and Counseling (2,063); Interior Designer (1,948); Landscape Architect
(286); Librarian (6,411); Master Plumber (6,252); Mechanical Engineer (78,678); Prof.
Mechanical Engineer (4,480); Mechanical Plant Engineer (2,070); Certified Plant
Mechanic (9,882); Air Condition and Ref. Specialist (65); Medical Technologist (58,670);
Medical Laboratory Technologist (4,334);

Metallurgical Engineer (800); Metallurgical Plant Foreman (93); Midwife (169,469);

Mining Engineer (2,925); Certified Mine Foreman (669); Certified Mill Foreman (191);
Certified Quarry Foreman (69); Naval Architect (585); Nurse (756,624);
Nutritionist-Dietitian (14,718); Dietitian (1,410); Optometrist (10,621); Ocular
Pharmacologist (51); Pharmacist (61,091); Chinese Druggist (485); Physician
(114,099); Physical Therapist (24,233); Occupational Therapist (2,815); Physical
Therapist Technician (78);

Occupational Therapist Technician (120); Radiologic Technologist (10,300); X-ray

Technologist (9,033); Real Estate Appraiser (3,255); Real Estate Broker (14,991); Real
Estate Consultant (74); Sanitary Engineer (2,665); Social Worker (19,424); Sugar
technologist (183); Veterinarian (7,782); Professional Teachers (1,141,770); Marine
Deck Officers (73,250); Marine Engineer Officer (63,879).

The PRC, in cooperation with the Philippine Association of Professional Regulatory

Board Members, Inc. (PAPRB), has successfully concluded the First Professional
Summit of the Philippines in October on the theme, “Convergence of Professionals for
Nation Building and Global Competitiveness”, with over 500 key sector representatives
of the country’s professional corps participating in the event.

“The First Professional Summit highlighted the continuing growth and relevant role of
the Filipino professionals in nation-building and economic competitiveness”, Baldoz
said, adding:

“The Summit is consistent with the overarching goal enunciated by President Benigno
S. Aquino III, in his 22-point labor and employment agenda, to “invest in our country’s
top resource, our human resource, to make us more competitive and employable while
promoting industrial peace based on social justice.”

Related to this, President Benigno S. Aquino III declared the annual observance of the
Philippine Professionals Competitiveness Week on October through Proclamation No.
487 issued on 02 October 2012.

During the Summit, the PRC and the PAPRB presented competitiveness roadmaps for
most of the country’s professions, including accountancy, aeronautical, agricultural
engineering, architecture, business education, civil engineering, dental profession,
Filipino physicians, Filipino professional teachers, fisheries, health and allied
professions, metallurgical engineering, midwifery, nutrition and dietetics, optometry,
psychology, nursing, pharmacy, real estate services, medical technology, radiologic
technology, engineering technology-foresters, and others.

“Basically, the First Professional Summit achieved the second tier dual convergence
that had been structured under the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, specifically
on (1) career guidance and (2) the employment, welfare and protection of the Filipino
professional workers, embodied in the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan 2011-
2016.”