March 2007 Technology Resource Center (TRC) COURSES

Organizing Party Funfare as a Business (with Balloon Decors)
Lecture: creativity, balance, proportion, textures and color combination, party needs operation and organizational management, costing, pricing, sourcing materials and business requirements. Demo: clown balloons arrangements for the stage and garden, party entertainment, clown make-up and magic trics. pinata. Hands-on decorative balloons.
March 3-4
8-4:30 3,399

Commercial Breadmaking and Bakery Management
Lecture: Functions of ingredients, proportions and product formulations, equipment and material sourcing, costing and pricing, bakery management. Hands-on: pan de sal, monay, ensaymada, raisin bread, buns, bread rolls, loaf bread, and bread with fillings. Bring calculator, apron and canister.
March 3-6
8-4:30 4,169

Reflexology
Lecture and hands-on: familiarization on Philippine laws governing massage modalities, basic concept on reflexology, basic concept on human anatomy and physiology, giving a complete reflexology treatment, actual application of reflexology.
March 5-6
8-4:30 3,399

Setting up a Travel Agency
Lecture: role and functions of a travel agent, organizing the business, requirement for travel agency set-up, rules and regulations governing travel agencies, basic travel agency operations and office procedures, professional code of ethics, the travel agency and other providers of travel products – transportation, accomodations, etc.
March 7
8-4:30 1,375

Vermiculture and Vermicomposting (Guided Tour)
How to start the vermicomposting business, basic procedure and state-of-the-art of vermicomposting, various vermin products and its utilizations, various techniques in vermiculture and vermicomposting, how to evaluate composting system, marketing practices and how to formulate ratio of carbon and nitrogen sources of the compost materials and guided tour and exchange to various commerical farms. March 8-9
8-4:30 (NEW) 3,399

Laundry Soap and Detergents
Lecture: material specifications, product formulations, costing and pricing. Hands-on: Laundry bar soap, liquid and powdered detergents. Bring calculator.
March 10-11
8-4:30 3,399

Fresh Flower Arrangement and Flower Shop Operation and Management (with field trip)
Lecture: creativity, balance, proportion, texture and color harmony, flower shop operation and organizational management, costing, pricing and sourcing of materials. Demonstrations on standing flower arrangements for inaugural, funeral and other important occasions. Hands-on: traditional round center piece, long and low arrangements, floral bouquet, line, plane and mass arrangements. Bring garden scissors.
March 10-12
8-4:30 3,729

Coffee Shop Management and Operation (with field trip)
Lecture: personnel administration, organization, site selection, marketing, materials and equipment, cost analysis. Hands-on: different coffee concoctions/preparations.
March 12-14
8-3:00 3,729

Corsage and Bouquet Making
Lecture: creativity, ribbon making and wiring techniques. Hands-on: corsage, headdresses, flower baskets, boutonniere and bouquets for the maid of honor, bridesmaid and bride, wrist and car bouquets, Bring garden scissors and pliers.
March 13-14
8-4:30 3,399

Fruit Juices and Purees
Lecture: Product formulation, processing techniques, quality control guidelines, material and equipment sourcing, cost and return analysis. Hands-on: processing of fruits in season. Bring apron and hand towels.
March 14-15 8-4:30 3,399

How to Start and Manage a Preschool (with field trip)
Lecture: legal requirements, resources in setting, managing concerns and the preschool program. March 15-16
8-6:00 3,289

Swine Production (with field trip)
Starting a piggery business, general management for piglets and fatteners, housing and equipment, feeds and feeding, record keeping, analysis and interpretation, health management. March 16-19
8-3:00 4,059

Basic Meat Processing
Lecture: meat preservation technology, production and quality control guidelines, packaging, handling and storage, new trends in the business. Hands-on: bacon, tocino, pork and chicken ham, pork sausage (fresh native and canton), corned beef, hamburger and beef tapa. Bring apron and hand towels.
March 17-18
8-4:30 3,399

Restaurant Business Management (with field trip)
Coffee shop, ethnic, gourmet, seafood and health food restaurants; menu planning; site selection; equipment, furnishings; personnel administration; marketing, advertising; cost control.
March 19-22
8-4:30 3,729

Animal Feed Formulation and Production (with field trip)
General principles of feed formulation for chicken, duck and pigs. Bring calculator on second day. March 20-22
8-3:00 3,289

SORBETES (Commercial Production)
Lecture: basic technology of ice cream production, material and equipment requirements, product formulation and costing. Demonstration: ice cream-on-stick preparation (pinipig crunch and other flavors). Hands-on: ice cream with assorted flavors. (With field trip to an ice cream plant). Bring apron and hand towels.
March 22-23
8-4:30 3,509

Operating a Laundry Shop Business (Small-Scale)
Lecture: plant layout and design: production flow, job function; customer service and its place in the textile care industry; operating a small laundry washing machine, pressing, laundry washroom chemistry, market strategy including pricing, promotion, site selection. Environmental management concerns.
March 24-25
8-6:00 3,289

Jewelry Appraisal and Pawnshop Operation
Lecture: gold testing and diamong grading, pricing, valuation and identification of gemstones, government laws and implementing guidelines related to pawnshop operation. Hands-on: determining genuine stones and appraising of gold and diamond, plating of jewelry (gold to gold). Bring calculator.
March 24-25
8-4:30 3,399

Hilot (Philippine Traditional Massage) (with field trip)
Lecture: Health concept – mind, emotion, body, balance of the four elements of the body; healing concept – food (herbs), hilot and the value process; how to perform the hilot routine (whole body); herbal applications for different health problems; hilot-based business opportunities. Hands-on: performing the hilot routine (whole body massage).
March 26-28 8-4:30 (NEW) 3,729

Ornament Plant Production and Practical Landscaping (with field trip)
Types and kinds of garden plants, cultural management practices, control of pests and diseases, landscaping principles and planning, selection of plants for the garden, styles, watering techniques and system, remodelling a garden, materials and structural elements for the garden.
March 26-28 8-4:30 3,729

Setting up a Travel Agency
Lecture: role and functions of a travel agent, organizing the business, requirement for travel agency set-up, rules and regulations governing travel agencies, basic travel agency operations and office procedures, professional code of ethics, the travel agency and other providers of travel products – transportation, accommodations, etc.
March 28 8-4:30 1,375

Basic Reservation and Ticketing for Travel Agencies (with field trip)
Lecture: introduction to travel agency ticketing procedures and preparing a passenger ticket.
March 29-30 8-4:30 2,959

Commercial Breadmaking and Bakery Management
Lecture: Functions of ingredients, proportions and product formulations, equipment and material sourcing, costing and pricing, bakery management. Hands-on: pan de sal, monay, ensaymada, raisin bread, buns, bread rolls, loaf bread, and bread with fillings. Bring calculator, apron and canister.
March 29-April 1 8-4:30 4,169

Catering Business Operation
Lecture: table setting, equipment, menu planning and preparation, costing and pricing. Hands-on: table skirting and napkin folding techniques. Bring calculator.
March 31 – April 1 8-4:30 2,959

TLRC offers group and corporate trainings with discounted rate.

A minimum number of five (5) participants is required per course.
Please make early reservations, we will call you for final confirmation three days before the training.
Or you may contact Ms. Agnes Cruz at telephone no. 721-0063 and 727-6205 loc. 201.
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. ALL COURSE FEES ARE INCLUSIVE OF 10% VAT
Note: Schedules are subject to change without prior notice. Only cash or company checks will be accepted.

TRAINING VENUE: TLRC Building, 103 J. Abad Santos cor. Lopez Jaena Sts., Little Baguio, San Juan, Metro Manila
TLRC also offers group and corporate trainings with discounted rate.
Please inquire at 727-6205 loc. 208, 209 / 0928-5022684