ACTUAL WORK IMMERSION AT SERI CULTURE CENTER

Sitio Agbaliw, San Jose, Ibajay, Aklan

A WORK IMMERSION PORTFOLIO

Presented to the Faculty of Technical Vocational and

Livelihood Track of the K to 12 Senior High School
Program

Naisud National High School

Naisud,Ibajay,Aklan

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Work

Immersion Subject of TVL-Agricultural Crop Production
NC II

JACKY JUN S. CLAUD

FEBRUARY 2019
 APPROVAL SHEET

Work Immersion Portfolio

Title: ACTUAL WORK IMMERSION EXPERIENCES IN TVL-

AGRICROP AT AGBALIW SERICULTURE CENTER

Name: JACKY JUN S. CLAUD

GRADE: 12, TVL-AGRICROP STRAND

Accepted: Date

MS. RUPELMA S. PATNUGOT

Tech-Voc Agricrop Adviser ____________

MRS. MAGDALENA A. TALADTAD ____________

Work Immersion Teacher

MRS. AIZA UNSAN ____________

Adopt-A School Coordinator

Recommending Approval:

____________

Approved:

THELMA A. SITIOCO ____________

Principal I

SHS Focal Person

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

Title Page----------------------------------------

Approval Sheet------------------------------------

Table of Contents --------------------------------

Acknowledgement-----------------------------------

Introduction-------------------------------------

Work Immersion Rationale-------------------------

Work Immersion Objectives------------------------

Agricrop NC II Competencies----------------------

Problems/Issues Encountered and Resolutions------

My Journal---------------------------------------

Pictures-----------------------------------------

Reflection---------------------------------------

Appendices---------------------------------------
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all, I would like to thank our Almighty God for

giving me courage and strength of body and mind to accomplish
this work immersion positively and also for giving the
understanding and patience that contributed a lot in my ten-day
immersion. For hearing my prayer when I am about to give up
because of the hardships in doing this immersion.

To Mrs. Magdalena A. Taladtad, our beloved teacher in Work

Immersion, for her continuous support and for guiding us to acquire
valuable knowledge and skills before, during and after of the said
work immersion.
To Mrs. Thelma A. Sitioco, our Principal, for her
encouragement and motivation, and also for believing in us.

To Ms. Rupelma S. Patnugot, our Grade12 TVL Agri-Crop Adviser

for her never ending support and guidance.

To my parents who are my inspiration. For motivating and

helping me all throughout this work immersion. And for providing
me moral and financial support.

Mr. Jesry S. Maquirang, the Consultant /Industry supervisor

and Mr. Dan M. Gregorio, the President of Sericulture Center for
accommodating us in their workplace and for sharing their wisdom
about the things that we have to do in order for us to fulfil our
dreams.

I would also like to thank all the staffs of the Sericulture

Center especially the lecturers and laborers who have been part of
our work immersion for imparting their time to teach and share
learnings regarding the different aspects and world of
Agriculture.
 INTRODUCTION

The K-12 Curriculum – TVL Agri-Crop strand is offered to

Senior High School learners. Agriculture is very important to
the people because it is the main source of our basic necessity
to survive. Food is a necessary for the human body, most
especially the vegetables and other crops that are rich sources
of nutrients and minerals which have a greater impact to the
nutritional condition of the Filipinos.

It has been observed that vegetables and other crop products

mostly come from the commercial vegetable growers in the country.
When those vegetables and other crops are being sold in the local
market, these become expensive. The production of vegetables in
the school and backyards can help augment the supply of vegetable
to the family and even the neighborhood.

This program of the Naisud National High School (SHS) “Work

Immersion” of Grade 12 TVL - Agri-Crop in partnership with
Sericulture Center, enables the learners to appreciate and develop
the skills required in Agri- Crop production.

WORK IMMMERSION RATIONALE

Work Immersion will provide learners with the following

opportunities;

1. To become familiar with the workplace.

2. For employment simulation
3. To apply the competencies in areas of
specialization/applied subjects in authentic work
environments.

Work Immersion is a requirement for graduation in

Secondary Education.
WORK IMMERSION OBJECTIVES

Work Immersion aims the learners to:

1. Appreciate the importance and application of the principles

and theories learned in school;
2. Enhance their technical knowledge and skills;
3. Enrich their skills in communications and human relations;
and;
4. Develop good work habits, attitudes, appreciation and respect
for work.

AGRICROP NC II COMPETENCIES

I. Perform Nursery Operations

Prepare nursery tools, farm implements and

simple equipment, maintain nursery facilities,
handle seeds/planting materials and conduct
propagation activities

II. Plan Crops

Prepare land for planting, conduct field lay-out,

and dig holes.
Perform direct seeding and transplant seeding.

III. Care and Maintain Crops

Apply pest control, apply fertilizer, water crops,

perform pruning, and perform physical growth and
enhancing practices.

IV. Carry-out Harvest and Post-Harvest Operations

Perform pre-harvest, harvest, post-harvest

operation and monitor storage pest and diseases.
 Problems/Issues Encountered and Resolutions

PROBLEMS:

1. The first problem I encountered is the distance of Sericulture

Center from our school.

2. The second problem, are the limited facilities like chairs and
tables and even shed to protect us from the hot weather.

3. The third problem is; it is a little bit hard for us to cross

the river especially when the water current is very strong.

4. The fourth problem is the insufficient tools and materials

needed for farming.

5. The last problem is; it takes more than a half-hour hike for us
to reach our immersion site.

SOLUTIONS:

1. We hired a tricycle for our service.

2. Sharing with our classmates.

3. We ride “balsa” if the current of water is strong and have flash

flood.

4. If the tools and materials are not present in the farm site, we
just used our hands.

5. Patience is the only solution and we also need to bring water

to fuel our body.
 MY JOURNAL

DAY 1 (February 4, 2019)

It was the first day of our work immersion, , Monday; we

had our short orientation with Mr. Jesry Maquirang. Before the
orientation starts, we introduced ourselves and gave the reasons
why we choose this strand. Our first speaker orients us about
the business processes of company, he also discussed the
importance of patience. He also talked about sericulture, it is
a culturing worms where it can produce an expensive silk.
According to him “indi kinahangean do aeam, basta maghugod
eang”.

DAY 2 (February 5, 2019)

Second day, another day has come, we also practice how to use
a hand tractor. Before doing so, our immersion teacher and partner
supervisor gave us the instruction first and demonstrate how to
use it correctly. And in the afternoon we performed healing up in
the sunflower garden.

DAY 3 (February 6, 2019)

Third day, we performed and prepared the land for planting;

conduct field lay-out and constructed a canal.

DAY 4 (February 7, 2019)

Thursday, we performed hardening in the Sampaguita garden.

Mr. Jesry Maquirang demonstrate us the proper way of hardening.

DAY 5 (February 8, 2019)

It’s Friday morning same as yesterday we performed a hardening

in the sampaguita garden. We also experienced on how to prune a
sampaguita plant.
DAY 6 (February 18, 2019)

It was Monday, the sixth day of our immersion, as requested

by Mr. Maquirang we collected stones in the river for the designs
in sunflower garden. On the afternoon we tried to harvest mulberry
fruits.

DAY 7 (February 19, 2019)

During that day, again we harvest a mulberry fruit, and after

harvesting Mr. Maquirang taught/demonstrate us on how to feed a
silkworm properly.

DAY 8 (February 20, 2019)

It was Wednesday morning we practiced on how to use a sprayer

for insecticide. Before doing so, our immersion teacher and partner
supervisor give us the instruction and demonstrate on how to use
it correctly. I honestly enjoy this activity. We also performed on
how to pruned a mulberry plant.

DAY 9 (February 21, 2019)

It was Thursday, during the entire day, we performed a under

grassing in the sampaguita garden. We really tired, but as well as
enjoyed in the experienced that we had.

DAY 10 (February 22, 2019)

It was Friday and the last day of our work immersion. We

performed again the under grassing in the mulberry garden. And in
the afternoon we tried to harvest a cocoon. Having a work
immersion, we are grateful and lucky to have an experienced on
that activity. We learned new skills and knowledge, from this it
can be our weapon for facing a new challenge in the near future.
We are also blessed to have our mentor who are always there to
guide us and our principal to support for our future.
 REFLECTION

Work immersion program provide us student a “real place”

experience, giving us a set of technical-vocational and livelihood
skills that can help us to make informed a career choice and
improved our employment prospects.

Work immersion give an important role to us, it helped me to

shaped and developed my skills. My training enhanced my
understanding of what is really happening outside the four corners
of our classroom.

During the Work Immersion, I’d really value the time and work
that we do with my classmates. It made me understood that
“Experience is the best Teacher”. It helps us to build our hidden
talents and skills that we have in the field of agriculture. The
challenges that we’ve experienced made us to learn and know the
right thing to do. Unbelievable! Thinking that it is hard to
finished those amidst of difficulties that we had during the
immersion
but we “made it”.

Preparing the documents is one of the challenging part needed

in our immersion. But I’m grateful that became familiar to those
agencies that are responsible for releasing the required
documents, not just for immersion but also for my future use.

Success!
 DOCUMENTATION

Mr.Jesry Maquirang, Seri-Culture Technician Consultant,

discussing about time management.