Operators, EPC contractors and maintenance contractors recruit their Filipino trades, technicians and inspectors the same way: a brief, a tested shortlist from Manila in two to four weeks, certifications verified one candidate at a time, and both compliance chains run in parallel. Here is the process.
Forty years of Gulf contracts: Aramco, ADNOC, QatarEnergy and KOC contractor sites, fabrication yards, refinery turnarounds — plus the Philippines' own refineries, petrochemical complexes and power fleet, and shipyards at Subic and Cebu. TESDA Pipefitting NC II, welding NC II–IV, Instrumentation and Control NC II–IV, Scaffolding NC II and Industrial Painting NC II are the domestic pathways; the international project record is what makes the crews useful on day one.
Certifications, plainly: candidates with prior OPITO BOSIET/FOET, H2S, confined-space, CompEx, NEBOSH and other project-specific certifications are available — validity and project acceptance are verified candidate by candidate, never assumed for a crew. Welder qualification to ASME IX or API 1104, operator approvals, hazardous-area authorisations and offshore safety modules are issued or confirmed at your site or in the destination before mobilisation; we pre-test in Manila to the same parameters so that step confirms rather than filters.
Not just trade-tested — site-ready. Every oil and gas crew we present is screened on the safety behaviours operators audit, in the English the audit is conducted in:
Candidates from Aramco, ADNOC and QatarEnergy contractor sites arrive with this culture; we verify it in a recorded scenario, and destination inductions complete it.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024). Your company — or the EPC or maintenance contractor that employs the crew — is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office for the destination (Riyadh, Jeddah or Al-Khobar; Doha; Dubai or Abu Dhabi; Kuwait; Muscat; Manama; or the office covering your European country), and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. The Philippine ban on direct hiring applies; the employer is always your company, directly.
Everything here is subject to the permit, certification and HSE requirements of the destination country and the operator.
Yes — the entity that signs the employment contract is accredited at the MWO and holds the permits; operators often route recruitment through their contractors.
A tested shortlist typically within two to four weeks of the brief; mobilisation depends on the country.
You employ them directly; we recruit, test, document and coordinate. We never employ or lease workers.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.