Filipino domestic helpers are now leveling up as a professional housekeeper in Japan where they can earn as much as P55,000 in a month. Some Filipinos are now in training as a professional housekeeper for the opportunity to work in Japan. These Filipinos are being trained about Japan's language, culture, and the nature of their eight-hour work a day.
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According to Marisol Abdurahman's report on GMA News "24 Oras" trainees for Japan are some OFWs who previously worked as a domestic helper in Kuwait. Applicants for the job, however, need to undergo a two-month training in the Philippines to learn the Japanese culture and language, and to familiarize themselves with a typical Japanese house.
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The applicants are also taught how to cook and prepare Japanese food.
According to Paolo Guevara, president of the Magsaysay Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, it is very important that applicants understand the culture of Japanese people so that they can assimilate their day to day life.
Meanwhile, Ritsuko Ito of Global Human Resource, Senior Manager, Nichii Gakkan Co. Ltd., voiced his admiration to Filipinos.
He encouraged Filipinos to apply as professional housekeepers.
"Filipinos have brightness like the sun, and the friendliness loved by all. Most of all I have taken note of the Filipinos exceptional motivation for work," Ito said.
On the other hand, Jocelyn Sanchez, Deputy Administrator Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, said Japan is another alternative destination for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Professional Housekeeper in Japan could earn from P40,000 to P55,000 a month and they are not stay-in workers.
Professional housekeepers are only obliged to work eight hours a day and will receive an overtime pay if being required to work more than the prescribed hours.
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