Introduction
The Filipino overseas workers are favored for their dedication to their jobs, expertise in their respective fields industry and the advantage of having the command of the English Language and the Charisma as compared to their Asian counterparts.
These, among other things helped make the Philippines a fertile hunting ground for overseas employers. The most recent development in the field is the demand for Filipino overseas Casino Workers.
Luxury cruise liners with casino on board and land based casino operators regularly recruit gaming personnel from the Philippines. The demand grows dramatically each year, the Peoples Republic of China (PROC) , wherein key coastal cities that has more than 300 five Star Hotels and the coming 2008 Olympic Games and with the growth comes along the rigid qualifications imposed by casino operators for a more professional gaming work force. For prospective candidates, gaming skills is a necessity and those who does not possess the necessary skills and knowledge lose the opportunity.
The absence of a gaming career training institution in the country results to sub-standard, unqualified training and inadequate facilities for individuals who have no choice but to resort to illegal, fly by night gaming instructors.
The need for a professional, structured and institutionalized training for casino workers is at hand if we are to compete in the field.
The global gaming industry is dynamic and it is high time to tap its’ full potential and resources and these are but just some of the issues of the Philippine International Gaming Training Center, Inc. aims to address.
Philippine International Gaming Training Center, Inc. practices its business with the highest degree of professionalism and ethical standards, a product of our vast and combined experiences we have gained for the last 30 years in the casino industry. The officers and principals are pioneers in establishing the casino in the Philippines last 1976 and responsible in setting-up the 9 casino branches all over the Philippines. Its Faculty spearheaded the Human Resources Department (HRD) of the Philippine Amusement And Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) for 9 years.
