BS To SUBJECT Constitution Hills, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Diliman 1126 Quezon City 109 Years of Service; Republic of the Philippines eigease ieee ison Civil Service Commission MC No. _G@__,s, 2010 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR ALL HEADS. OF CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES; DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS AND AGENCIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS; GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS; AND STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Amendment _to MC No. 3, s. 2008 (Grant of Eligibility; Revised Schedule _of Skills Tests and Civil Service Eligibilities; Skills Certificate Equivalency Program) In CSC Resolution No. 100319 dated February 24, 2010, the Commission has adopted the amendment to CSC Memorandum Circular No. 3, s. 2008 as follows: 1. The Data Encoder eligibility shall continue to be appropriate eligibility for the following IT positions: Computer Operator Computer Operator | Computer Operator I! Computer Operator III Computer Operator IV Data Encoder Data Encoder | Data Encoder I! Data Encoder III Data Encoder IV Senior Data Encoder - Data Encoder - Controller Data Controller/Encoder Senior Data Encoder - Controller ‘Supervising Data Encoder - Controller Data Controller Data Controller | Data Controller Il Data Controller Ill Data Controller IV ‘W 931-7935/931-7939/931-8092 © B [email protected] * @ www.csc.gov.ph2. Those who passed the PC Operations 1! Skills Test whose names are found in the master list to be provided by TESDA, and whose Certificate of Competency are still valid, may apply for the conversion of said certificates to Data Encoder eligibility until end of December, 2010. ‘Supervising Data Controller Senior Computer Operator ‘Senior Computer Operator | Senior Computer Operator I! Senior Computer Operator Ill Data Entry Machine Operator | Data Entry Machine Operator II Data Entry Machine Operator III Data Entry Machine Operator IV Accounting Machine Operator | Accounting Machine Operator II ‘Accounting Machine Operator II! Auxiliary Machine Operator | Auxiliary Machine Operator Il Auxiliary Machine Operator III Auxiliary Machine Operator IV This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately. 26 NAR 2010 Chairman ISCO T. BUQUE Ill, MD, MSc| 109 Years of Service; Republic of the Philippines Civil Service at Is Best Civil Service Commission ale Constitution Hits, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Oliman 1128 Quezon City (arate Qualification Standards \ Re: Amendment to MC No. 3, s. 2008 (Grant of Eligibility; Revised Schedule of Skills and Civil Service Eligibilities; Skills | Certificate Equivalency Program RESOLUTION No,_ 100319 WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission, as the central personnel agency of the Government, is mandated by the Philippine Constitution to ensure that all appointments in the civil service are made only according to merit and fitness to be determined, as far as practicable, by competitive examination; WHEREAS. Sec. 22, Chapter 5 of Executive Order No. 202 states that "A qualification standard expresses the minimum requirements for a class of positions in terms of education, training and experience, civil service eligibility, physical fitness, and other qualities required for successful performance. The degree of qualifications of an officer or employee shall be determined by the appointing authority on the basis of the qualification standards for the particular position”; WHEREAS, Sec. 4, Rule IV of the Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of E.O. 292 and other pertinent Civil Service Law provides that: “The Commission shall adopt qualification standards for service-wide positions in the first and second levels and shall review and update, whenever necessary those already established.”; WHEREAS, Item 4 Part | (General Policies) of CSC Resolution No. 030962 dated September 12, 2003 provides that: “Qualification Standards for positions with generic or specific titles shall be established based on the set of duties and responsibilities indicated in the Position Description Foim (PDF), which the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) used in the classification’ and salary grade allocation of — the _position.”, peat. Supervising vo sn omnia Secretariat and Office ord Seca Colada $@ 931-7098/031-7A20/931-ANAD © Gracnhil@eannnynhe @uwwcscanvohWHEREAS, the Commission issued Resolution No. 072244 dated December 4, 2007 which provides, among other things, |the exclusion of 47 positions under the management information systems group from Category | of CSC MC No, 11, s. 1996. Under said resolution, an aspirant to a data encoder position and other functionally related positions should possess a career service professional/ subprofessional eligibility in order to be considered for appointment to said positions. The above Resolution was published on/ January 23, 2008 in Malaya newspaper and was circularized through CSC MC No. 3, s. 2008 dated February 7, 2008; WHEREAS, MC 3 likewise provides that those who passed the TESDA skills test which ‘are covered by the SCEP before the effectivity of CSC Resolution No. 072244 may still be conferred the equivalent eligibility based on CSC MC No. 11 of 1996 until the end of December 2008 provided that their TESDA skills certificate are still valid. The TESDA skills ¢ertificate is valid for three (3) years reckoned from the date of its issuance; WHEREAS, the above-said circular is not consistent With the provisions of Baias Pambansa Blg. 225 which provides that ‘those who acquired civil service eligibility by virtue of having passed civil service examinations or having obtained their equivalents may avail of said eligibilities at anytime during their lifetime”, WHEREAS, since the issuance of CSC MC Np 3, s. 2008, the Commission has been receiving a number of requests to reconsider the appropriateness of the Data Encoder eligibility for purposes of appointment to data encoder positions and the functionally related positions, WHEREAS, a review of the DBM's Index of Occupational Service (IOS) shows that Data Encoder positions still appear in the Infrastructure and Utilities Groups (IUGs) and Government Financial Institutions |(GFls) while other functionally related positions appear in the national and local government using IT positions as parenthetical titles; i WHEREAS, an inventory conducted on the existing Data Encoder and other functionally related positions shows that there are 5,622 IT positions nationwide; WHEREAS, an evaluation of the competencies measured by the TESDA Skills Test for Data Encoder and PC Operations I! shows the relevance or appropriateness of said trade tests to certain IT positions in government, NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the Commission RESOLVED to amend the policy as follows: CSThe Data Encoder eligibility shall continue to be appropriate eligibility for the following IT positions: POSITION SG/PGISG Computer Operator 9 Computer Operator | 7 Computer Operator I! 9 Computer Operator III 12 Computer Operator IV 14 Data Encoder 7 Data Encoder | 6 Data Encoder II 8 Data Encoder Ili " Data Encoder IV 13, Senior Data Encoder 9/3NM Data Encoder — Controller 10/3 NM Data Controller/Encoder 8 Senior Data Encoder - Controller 11 Supervising Data Encoder - Controller 13 Data Controller 9/PG-4 Data Controller | 6 Data Controller II 8 Data Controller Ill 4 Data Controller IV 13 Supervising Data Controller 19 Senior Computer Operator 14/13/4NM Senior Computer Operator | 16 Senior Computer Operator I! 18 Senior Computer Operator III 19 Data Entry Machine Operator | 6 Data Entry Machine Operator tI 8 Data Entry Machine Operator III "1 Data Entry Machine Operator IV 13 Accounting Machine Operator | 5 Accounting Machine Operator Il 7 Accounting Machine Operator III 10 Auxiliary Machine Operator | 4 Auxiliary Machine Operator II 6 Auxiliary Machine Operator Ill 8 Auxiliary Machine Operator IV 42. Those who passed the PC Operations 1! Skills Test whose names are found in the master list to be provided by TESDA, and whose Certificate of Competency are still valid, may apply for the conversion of said certificates to Data Encoder eligibility until EO December, 2010. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. Quezon City, 24 FEB 2010 Official Business FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III Chairman Commissioner Commissioner Attested by: DOLORGS B. BONIFACIO irector IV Commission Secretariat and Liaison Office APEIPCTane SANAO, AMEER Date encoder reso cupervising Personnel Specialist orem ggic retariat and Office hn Seem ah i