COVERAGE OF EXAM IN WORK IMMERSION

You are now in G-12 and therefore you are expected to be equipped with all the skills
you gained from your different subjects. Let’s recall the 3 classifications of subjects in Senior
High School. Yes, they are: Core subjects; Applied subjects; and Specialized subjects. Work
Immersion is one (1) of the nine (9) specialized subjects and it is also allotted 80 hours just like
other subjects.

LESSON

Are you excited for your Work Immersion? Today you will read and learn the content of some
sections of DepEd Order No. 30, s. 2017, DepEd No. 39, s. 2018 and the latest Guidelines for Work
Immersion Implementation during crisis situation found in Memorandum DM-CI-2020-00085 from the
Office of the Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction.

What does Work Immersion mean?

According to DepEd Order No. 40, series of 2015, Work Immersion refers to the part of the
Senior High School (SHS) Curriculum consisting of 80 hours of handson experience or work simulation
which the Grades 11 and 12 students will undergo to expose them to the actual workplace setting and to
enrich the competencies provided by the school under the supervision of the School Head and the
designated personnel of the Partner.”

The Department of Education issued DepEd Order no. 30 s. 2017 entitled Guidelines for Work
Immersion which is the basis for the implementation of Work Immersion in all Senior High Schools
(SHSs). So let us get oriented with the selected sections of DepEd Order no. 30 s. 2017. Read it
thoroughly.

Section 1: Rationale

One of the goals of the K to 12 Education Program is to develop in learners the competencies,
work ethics, and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or joining the world of work. To
achieve greater congruence with the basic education and the nation’s development targets, Work
Immersion, a required subject, has been integrated in the curriculum. This subject will provide learners
with the following opportunities:

1. to become familiar with the work place

2. for employment simulation
3. to apply their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subject’s in authentic work
environments

To achieve those objectives, Work Immersion is therefore a requirement for graduation from
secondary education. Learners are immersed on actual work environments such as workshops, offices and
laboratories in which their prior training is relevant. But this is given clarification on DepEd Order No.
39, s. 2018.

Though the intention of Work Immersion is to provide SHS learners with opportunities to become
familiar with the workplace, simulate employment, and to apply their competencies in areas of
specialization/applied subjects in actual work environments, DepEd recognizes other options that may
equally prepare learners for all curriculum exits.

• For all tracks, schools may opt to devise unique delivery model with a minimum of 80 and a
maximum of 320 hours following the Curriculum Guide.

• All TVL learners shall have completed the required learning competencies of a particular
specialization before Work Immersion.
• The nominal duration of specialization for TVL shall be considered in crafting the delivery model
of the school.

For other tracks:

• Accounting, Business and Management (ABM) learners may have Business Enterprise
Simulation

• Humanities and Social Science Strand (HUMSS) learners may take Culminating Activity

• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learners may take

Research/Capstone Project

• General Academic Strand (GAS) learners may take Research/Capstone Project or Culminating
Activity

• For Sports Track, learners may take Apprenticeship (off – campus)

• For Arts and Design Track, learners may take Performing Arts for Production or Exhibit for Arts
Production
However, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the learners’ physical attendance in school
is prohibited. Consequently, the implementation of Work Immersion given above is greatly affected.
Hence, the Office of Undersecretary set another guideline stipulated in Memorandum DM-CI-2020-
00085 specifically for this school year 2021-2022. Varying suggested activities for all tracks guided by
Most Essential Competencies (MELCs) are provided.

The activities in all tracks can be performed in different schemes which include in-school, home-
based, community-based, and school industry partnership.

Whatever scheme is used, all lessons and activities of Work Immersion or its equivalent
shall be delivered using different modalities applicable to the specific track, strand, learners and
schools.

To get more oriented with these schemes, your Work Immersion Teacher together
with the Focal Person, Grade level Chairman and Principal will meet you together with your
parent via online platform. Your Work Immersion Teacher or your previous adviser will
send you a message and link for an online orientation. This will be done on the 1 st week of
second semester.

What will be the topic they will discuss? Yes! They will explain how you will go about your Work
Immersion using the above-mentioned schemes.

They will do the following:

1. Walkthrough of the Parts of the entire Work Immersion
2. Explanation of contextualized activity and scheme relevant to your track & strand (to be
taken from the new issued Memorandum in response to the crisis)

3. Assessment
4. Other important matters/reminders regarding your Work Immersion

5. Open Forum where you and your parents can ask questions directly to the teachers or even
to the principal.

To prepare for this online orientation, you can already download those apps for online
meeting. When the message and link are given to you, you will just click it to open and join the
meeting. Just remember to make your environment silent because every noise is heard by everyone
in the meeting, so you need to turn off the microphone to avoid destruction to the speaker. Wait for
further instructions.

For now, let’s continue with our module.

Guided Activity:
Being a learner of Work Immersion, you must be familiarized with the different terms and their
definitions. (Section 3 of DO No. 30, s 2017)

Match the definitions below with the terms inside the box provided below:

A. Partnership
B. Work Immersion
C. Partner Institution
D. Work Immersion Teacher
E. Memorandum of Agreement
F. Workplace Immersion Venue
G. School Partnership Focal Person
H. Work Immersion Partner Institution Supervisor

1. Public or private institutions or organizations that are able and willing to lend their expertise and
resources.

2. Refers to the subject of the Senior High School Curriculum, which involves hands-on experience
or work simulation in which learners can apply their competencies and acquired knowledge
relevant to their track.

3. The person authorized to seek partnerships between DepEd and institutions (DepEd Order 40, s.
2015).

4. The school personnel who is assigned to supervise the learners at the Work Immersion Venue in
coordination with the Work Immersion Partner Institution Supervisor

5. A legally binding document, which spells out the specific terms and conditions between and
among parties entering into partnership to implement a program, project or any other similar
undertakings.
6. The place where work immersion is conducted. It shall conform to the law and the rules and
regulations on safety, appropriateness for learning, and availability of facilities and equipment
which are issued by the DepEd (DO 40, s 2015.)

7. The counterpart of the Work Immersion Teacher and may also be the representative of the partner
institution in forging partnership with DepEd schools.

8. The relationship between the partner institution and the school, or any office of DepEd (Central,
Regional or Division) that responds to the needs of K to 12 program in general, and Senior High
School in particular, which is formalized through a Memorandum of Agreement. Kindly check
your answers.

So remember those terms and their definitions since we will use them in our work immersion. To
see how you will respond to the following reflective questions, answer the next activity.
LESSON

Wherever you go, you see a lot of signage’s like these:

Why do we have these signage’s?

Of course, they are for everyone’s safety. According to

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Work Immersion
is an integral part of the K-12 Program in fully realizing its goal to
produce job-ready graduates quipped with industry – base skills.
Likewise, it strongly affirms that while work immersion
contributes to the full realization of the objectives of the K to 12
Program, the safety, health, and morals of SHS students, especially
those below 18 years of age, shall be a paramount area of
consideration.

Pacu.org.ph/wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/2017/06/
MsRuthRodriguez_DOLE-BLE-ESPRD-K12WIP.pdf

Hence, being a Work Immersion student, who will also

become employees or even an employer, or an entrepreneur soon,
you must learn this lesson: Safety in the Workplace.

To learn about this, let us be familiarized with what Occupational

Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) is.

This was formulated in 1978 in compliance with the

constitutional mandate to safeguard the workers’ social and
economic well-being as well as their physical safety and health.

The Department of Labor and Employment under Article

162 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, the OSHS was
promulgated for the guidance and compliance of all concerned. This
body of rules and regulations is referred to as “Standards”

OSHS aims to protect every workingman and woman

against the dangers of injury, sickness or death through safe and
healthful working conditions, thereby assuring the conservation of
valuable manpower resources and the prevention of loss or damage
to lives and properties, consistent with national development goals
and with the State’s commitment for the total development of every
worker as a complete human being.
https://gselodelmsapp.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/
osh_standards_amended_1989_latest. pdf

Here are some definitions you also have to understand:

“Employer” includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the

interest of an employer, in relation to an employee, and shall
include governmentowned or controlled corporations and
institutions, as well as non-profit private institutions or
organizations.

“Employee” shall mean any person hired, permitted or suffered to

work by an employer.

“Safe or Safety” shall refer to the physical or environmental

conditions of work or employment, which substantially comply
with the provisions of these Standards.

“Health” shall connote a sound state of the body and mind of the worker,
which enables him to perform his job normally, in a state of well-being.

“Work Accident” shall mean an unplanned or unexpected

occurrence that may or may not result in personal injury, property
damage, work stoppage or interference or any combination thereof,
which arises out of and in the course of employment.

“Work Injury” shall mean any injury or occupational illness suffered by a

person, which arises out of or in the course of his employment.

” Workplace” means the office, premises or work site, where the

workers are habitually employed and shall include the office or
place where the workers, who have no fixed or definite work site,
regularly report for assignment in the course of their employment.

Duties of Employers, Workers and other Persons:

(1) Each employer covered by the provisions of these Standards shall:

a. furnish his workers a place of employment free from

hazardous conditions that are causing or are likely to cause
death, illness or physical harm to his workers;

b. Give complete job safety instructions to all his workers,

especially to those entering the job for the first time, including
those relating to the familiarization with their work environment,
hazards to which the workers are exposed to and steps taken in
case of emergency;

c. Comply with the requirements of this Standards; and

d. use only approved devices and equipment in his workplace.

(2) Each worker shall:

a. Cooperate with the employer in carrying out the provisions of this
Standards

b. report to his supervisor any work hazard that may be discovered in his
workplace.

c. Make proper use of all safeguards and safety devices furnished in

accordance with the provisions of this Standards for his protection and that of
others, and shall follow all instructions given by the employer in compliance
with the provisions of this Standards.

d. use personal protection and safety equipment as required by the employer

e. Follow work safe procedures

(3) It shall be the duty of any person, including any builder or

contractor or enforcement agent, who visits, builds, renovates, or
installs devices, or conducts business in any establishment or
workplace, to comply with the provisions of this Standards and all
regulations of the employer issued there under as well as with other
subsequent issuances of the Secretary.

Now that our country is in time of crisis, here are some SPECIFIC
GUIDELINES that DOH implements:

1. The
employer must
ensure that the workspace is properly disinfected, ventilated,
and maintained.
2. The employer shall also provide proper
visual reminders for safety policies around the workplace to
improve compliance.
3. Other prevention and control measures are:
a. Conduct daily temperature and symptom monitoring
and recording of all staff who report for work.
b. Establish referral network for employees who will
develop symptoms.
c. Employers must enforce infection control procedures
such as physical distancing, wearing of masks, meticulous
hand hygiene, and cough etiquette.
Appropriate PPE shall also be worn based on the setting
of their work (e.g. face shields and masks for those who
render service via face-toface encounters, full PPE for
frontline healthcare workers, etc.).
d. Employers shall implement activities to promote
physical and mental resilience among their employees
and workers, and ensure other measures to reduce
transmission, contact rate and risk of infection.
(DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM No. 2020-_ 0220) \

What is hazard? Hazard is anything with potential to cause injury, illness, or

damage.

Types of Hazards:

1. Physical Hazards. These are brought by unhealthy

working conditions, poor lighting, poor ventilation,
insufficient facilities, inefficient or faulty equipment or
machine, and improper work practices like wrong use of
knives.
2. Biological Hazards. These are brought about by
workers infected with diseases or illnesses, unhygienic
personal practices that can transmit bacteria, parasites, fungi
to other workers and food and equipment being handled.
Hence, it is advised that Covid-19 probable cases should be
isolated right away.
3. Ergonomic Hazards. These are brought by poor
posture when working long periods of standing, bending,
pushing, lifting, carrying that can cause body stress, muscle
pains, and soreness, back injury, numbness of hands, feet
and other parts of the body
4. Psychological Hazards. These are brought by too
much stress from work that may cause mental emotional
strains, anxieties, depression- losing focus on one’s work
and others

When potential hazard is discovered, what does an employee need to do?

• Be sure that every individual in the workplace is aware of

the problem.
• Inform or notify your supervisor. Unless you are the
supervisor, then get going on that safety committee plan.
• Make a follow up. Informing about the hazard is not an
assurance that problem is resolved, unless you make follow ups.
• Record or file any reports or documents about the
problem.

Identifying the hazard is not the only way to make everyone safe. You
and I have to keep ourselves clean, to keep the food clean, and to keep
the workplace clean.

A. To Keep Oneself Clean

1. Wash hands thoroughly.
2. Keep the finger nails short and clean.
3. Always wear PPE while at work.
4. Wear mask anywhere and anytime.
5. Remove all accessories before working.
B. To keep the Food Clean
1. N
ever handle food when you have wounds, cuts, and infections.
2. It is best to work with clean and sanitized gloves all times to
minimize hand contact with food.
3. Refrigerate food, especially perishable ones.
4. Keep food in clean containers with cover.
5. Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly before use.
6. Check food and containers for any possible contamination.
7. Clean the containers of ingredients regularly.
8. Follow the policy of first in, first out. Those stored earlier should
be used first before those stored later.
9. Label package of food to determine information.
C. To Keep the Workplace Clean
1. Do not do personal hygiene activities in the workplace.
2. Do not eat, smoke or spit in the workplace.
3. Do not sit on equipment and worktables.
4. Keep the surrounding areas free from dirt and disorganization.
5. Follow the Japanese philosophy of good housekeeping-sort/seiri,
set-in-order/seiton, sweep/seiso, standardize/seiketsu, and
sustain/shitsuke.

TERM English Term Meaning in Japanese Context

Seiri Tidiness Throw away all rubbish and unrelated materials in
the workplace
Set everything in proper place quick retrieval and
Seiton Orderliness storage
Seiso Cleanliness Clean the workplace; everyone should be a janitor
Seiketsu Standardization Standardize the way of maintaining cleanliness
Shitsuke Discipline Practice 5 S daily- make it a way of life ( also
means commitment)
https://www.slideshare.net/moralescapri/5s-the-practice-of-good-housekeeping-
39501798