What We Do
Manila Training Facility
At the heart of AG&P’s workforce model is our state-of-the-art training and evaluation facility in Manila, Philippines. This facility is designed to serve the full spectrum of tradespeople:
- 0-6 months experience: newcomers entering the industry
- 1-4 years’ experience: intermediate workers building core trade skills’
- 5+ years’ experience: senior workers looking to advance their skills, leadership prep, and international project readiness.
The facility has dedicated training programs for pipefitters and welders, ensuring that each trade receives specialized, progression-based instruction aligned with Canadian project and regulator requirements.
The Manila facility enables AG&P to:
- Assess and train tradespeople before deployment to Canada.
- Verify technical skills and safety standards against Canadian project requirements.
- Provide trade-specific upskilling so workers arrive site-ready and able to integrate quickly.
- Support certification pathways, ensuring workers are prepared to meet provincial regulator standards and pursue Journeyperson or Apprenticeship recognition where required.
By investing in training and readiness before workers leave the Philippines, AG&P ensures that Canadian employers receive a reliable, skilled, and compliant workforce from day one.
Overview of Training
All Trades: Core Safety & Compliance Training
- CSO/CSTS
- WHMIS
- Fall Protection & Scaffolding Safety
- Confined Space Entry
- Fire Watch & Hot Work Safety
- Formwork Systems training (industrial formwork/shuttering).
Trade Specific Training by Discipline
Structural Fitters
- Orientation to craft, professionalism, safety.
- Hand tools, power tools, oxyfuel cutting.
- Rigging practices (basic & advanced).
- Trade math and trade drawings.
- AG&P MODStruction™ methodology.
- Welding and weld quality basics.
- Crew leadership for senior fitters.
Pipefitters
- Orientation, hand & power tools, oxyfuel cutting.
- Piping systems, valves, threaded pipe fabrication.
- Trade math and P&ID/isometric drawings.
- Pipe hangers, supports, and aboveground installation.
- Rigging practices (basic & advanced).
- Hydrostatic testing, stress relieving & aligning.
- AG&P MODStruction.
- Fundamentals of crew leadership.
Welders
- Orientation, welding safety, oxyfuel cutting.
- Welding processes (SMAW, FCAW, RMD).
- Weld quality, defect identification, repair.
- Rigging practices for welders.
- Advanced techniques: Air carbon arc gouging.
- AG&P MODStruction™.
- Crew leadership for senior welders.
Other Trades & Professions
For disciplines not directly trained in-house (e.g., electricians, instrumentation, millwrights, heavy equipment operators, etc. AG&P partners with external training institutions and certification providers to deliver accredited, regulator-recognized programs meet the same standards of readiness, safety, and compliance before deployment to Canada.