Student Portfolio in Work Immersion
Student Portfolio in Work Immersion
Student Portfolio in Work Immersion
I. Description:
A student portfolio is a collection of documents that provides a description / overview of the work immersion
experiences.
II. Organization:
A. Preliminary Pages
TITLE PAGE
LETTER TO THE READERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
B. The Body
INTRODUCTION
Objectives of the Work Immersion
Duration and Place of Training
THE TRAINING AREA
History of the Training Area
Mission
Vision
Organizational Structure
THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Journal
Observation and Insights
Overall Reflection and Self-Appraisal
C. Appendices
RESUME’
LIST OF TASK
PHOTOCOPY OF DAILY TIME RECORD
PHOTOCOPY OF EVALUATION SHEET
PHOTOCOPY OF PARENTAL CONSENT FORM
PHOTOCOPY OF CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION
WORK ETHICS WORKBOOK
Student Portfolio
JASPER R. DRIZ
March, 2020
LETTER TO THE READERS
Dear Readers:
I made this work immersion portfolio for you to know what I am doing outside the school, in which I
engage myself in the outside world full of various professionals in different fields, it made me to feel what
the reality is outside and maybe apply it inside the school itself. You’ll expect many things in this portfolio,
this includes the objectives of the work immersion and the duration and the work place that is under my
introduction. Next is my training area, in this portion you’ll expect that I’ll tell the history of my workplace,
organizational structure, the mission and also the vision of the company. Followed by my training experience
that includes journal, observation and insights, my reflection, and lastly, my self-appraisal. And the last part
of this portfolio will be the appendices, you will see my daily time record, resume, and my evaluation sheet.
In this work immersion, it enables me to know my strength and also my weaknesses outside my comfort
zone. I found out that I should improve my communication skills so that I can improve the way I talk to the
people around me and around my workplace. Also I found out that I’m good in following instructions that
my supervisors told me. Determining my strengths and weaknesses will help me someday when I am the one
who’ll work not only for myself, but also for my family.
I can say that this school year is the best year for me, because this qualifies me to improve and enhance
my skills for us to be ready in the college world and face the reality outside our comfort zone. This year is
the year for us to ready ourselves to face tough challenges in the reality world where we will encounter
I hope you learn something in this portfolio and I will do my best to make your time worth it reading my
portfolio.
JASPER R. DRIZ
Grade 12 ABM Student- BHNHS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to acknowledge our God for guiding me to complete this work immersion , for guiding me
everything I did inside the company , also I would like to thank him for giving me the strength and knowledge that
makes me to accomplish tasks and improve my skill while I’m inside the MWSS . I also like to thank our teacher
Ms. Juliet Moises for finding us our workplace and to Mr. Carlos Cruz for guiding us what to do inside the
workplace the do’s and don’ts‘s and the things we should improve and remember for us to improve ourselves not
just by gaining knowledge on the things that we are doing but to improve our attitude towards our work and also
for our workmates. He also said that skills is now the basis of life , because knowledge is everywhere while the
skills is the one we need to improve in order to become successful someday. Also I like to thank all the person I
meet inside the company. Thank you Mr. Conrad and Ms. Aika for supervising me in our department, it was a
pleasure to meet you all, also for our head Mr. Ramon, our principal engineer Ms. Isabel and to our COS, Ms.
Daryl. Thank you for making my work immersion to be one of my memorable moments in my life, I hope you all
do a great job in your works and we’re expecting new innovations and changes in our water and sewerage systems.
Also I like to show my gratitude for all of my schoolmates that I meet there , thank you to the fun times we spent
inside and outside the company, I hope we all reach our goals someday . And lastly I would like to thank my
family for supporting me with this , for waking me up early in the morning , for me to go to my workplace as early
as possible . I promise that I’ll be successful someday and cherish all your hard works for me to reach what I want
JASPER R. DRIZ
Grade 12 ABM Student- BHNHS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………………………….
INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………….
History …………………………………………………………….
Mission ……………………………………………………………
Vision ……………………………………………………………..
Journal ……………………………………………………………
APPENDICES ……………………………………………………………
Experience is the first word that comes up to my mind whenever I hear the word “Immersion”, this thing
immerse us with professionals for us to gain apprenticeship and learn new things inside the workplace . At the end
of this work immersion, we students expect that the things we learned while we are inside the company will be
applied also inside the school, all the competencies we improved while we are with bunch of experts and smart
people. Experience is the key for us to know what to do if ever we face tough challenges, not just in our work but
also in our life, it made us to think rationally if we are in difficult situations, work immersion will help us to
develop that kind of characteristics, because of immersion, we are now gaining experience on what the reality is
outside the school and the reality when you are now engaged in the industry. By the apprenticeship I gained from
my supervisor, I’ll now improve myself on doing tasks that is assigned to me.
MWSS (Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System) as known as Pangisawaan ng Tubig ng Alkantarilya
sa Kalakhang Maynila formerly known as the National Waterworks and Sewerage System Authority (NAWASA),
is the government agency that is in charge of water privatization in Metro Manila in the Philippines. It split the
water concession into an east and a west concession with Manila Water being awarded one contract and Maynilad
Water Services being awarded the other. The company was now administrated by Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat, a
retired military general. The agency was located at the Katipunan Road, Balara, Diliman, Quezon City. The agency
was consist of different building and other water services such as Maynilad and Manila Water. The minimum
duration required in this agency is approximately 80 hours that consist of 10 days (8 hours a day). Based on my
experience, the workplace also have churches and canteens, a court for the employees to play and a rooftop and a
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) holds the distinction of being one of the oldest and
most formidable government organizations in the Philippines. Its roots were traced to the first water system laid out
in old Manila in 1878 from funds donated by Spanish philanthropist Francisco Carriedo y Peredo.
The construction of a water system in 1878 delivered 16 million liters of water per day (MLD) to 300,000people.
Its main objective was to improve the people’s health and living conditions through clean drinking water.
The Carriedo System had evolved from the Manila Water Supply System in 1908 to Metropolitan Water District in
1919. Thirty-five years later, it became the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA).
The government changed its nomenclature again in 1972 to Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
(MWSS), by which it is known to this date. From a national agency, attending to water needs of the entire
Philippines, the MWSS by virtue of its Charter was tasked to provide water to Metro Manila and environs.
The MWSS, in spite of all its efforts, through the years has hardly satisfied the needs of the consuming public.
Manifestations of which was the increasing demand for better water services across the sub-sectors. This dilemma
basically paved the way for the government to introduce urgent and significant measures for conservation of the
related to the operation of the water utilities, among others, was the National Water Crisis Act of 1995 (RA #8041).
This law states the need for the government to adopt urgent and effective measures to address the nationwide water
crisis which adversely affects the health and wellbeing of the population, food production and industrialization
process.
These was followed by the enactment of Executive Order No. 286 which affected the reorganization of the MWSS
and Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to enable these agencies to become more effective, efficient and
In March 1996, Executive Order No. 311 was implemented. This policy encouraged the private sector’s
As a result of these numerous adjustments, the MWSS – on its 120th years of continued service to the people- was
privatized. This bold move was aimed at improving the water delivery service.
The responsibility to operate and improve waterworks system was passed on to the two private consortia in
conformity to the Concession Agreement. This contractual agreement was entered into by the Republic of the
Philippines through the MWSS, the Maynilad Water Services Inc. (MWSI) for the West Zone and the Manila
VISION
MWSS is the prime mover and guardian of water security providing adequate, safe, reliable, and affordable water
and sewerage services to Metro Manila and its existing and future coverage areas, while ensuring the sustainability
of its water resources and the intelligent and right use of water.
MISSION
Protect, secure, optimize and expand our water sources, their watersheds and infrastructure
Ensure prudence and efficiency in the implementation of all our plans, including those we accomplish
through our agent concessionaires, and in doing so, deliver affordable water tariffs that will support the
long term water security program for Metro manila and all covered areas.
Inculcate respect in the meaningful roles and contributions as part of nation building to the inter-
Monitor, report, and administer the MWSS loans and perform related functions in connection with existing
projects
Production of audited financial information, ruling on cost allocation and others for rate-setting
methodology
Reviewing water supply and sewerage rates (tariff) and implementing Extraordinary Price Adjustment and
The day that we are getting dispatch for our work immersion, it is not easy for us to go to the agency that we
are in, despite of that, we still have this fun while we are now heading to our workplace. After 1 hour, we finally
make our way inside the MWSS, ride an elevator, going up to the 3rd floor of the building. After we landed on the
third floor, a bunch of employees and the manager, Ms. Pinky, was here to meet us with our teacher and assistant
principal. The manager tells us the things she like and the things she don’t like. After that the human resource
manager deploy us in different departments and the department that I am in is in the Waterworks and Sewerage
Management Department and meet my two supervisors, Mr. Conrad and Ms. Aika. At first I was nervous because
it is my first time been in a place full of professionals. After 10 minutes of waiting, they finally tell my first task. It
is to encode data in Microsoft Excel. After Mr. Conrad explain a few things, I finally start my job as an encoder in
their department. I didn’t finish it in the first day because the numbers was too many but I can tell that this first day
was a good start for us students. Having new friends and new experience was the one that complete my day in
MWSS, I finally know how time cards work. What a beautiful day.
Daryl’s table, and she was absent that time that’s why they tell me
encoding data.
This is now my second day in my work immersion and still nervous but it is not like my first day. I arrive at
my workplace at 6:30 in the morning , there still no employees here because I arrive so early but as soon as my
supervisors arrive in our department, I borrow his laptop to finally finish my task on him . I finished it after lunch
and wait for another job to do . After resting for like 30 mins , Ms. Aika gave me now the Water Service
Connection booklet , and it contains a lot of data from year 2017 to 2018 . Well encoding is fun , I guess. I take my
coffee break and decided to go to other department and look for my classmat their and know what they’re doing
and they’re all busy that time so I decided to go back on my place and continue my job of encoding number and
different kind of data. But I didn’t finish my work at that day because it was now 4 pm and I’m just finish 45% of
my work. Our officemate questioned us that if we want us to join them on their shuttle for us to save more money
for transportation fees . And it looks like my second day was also a nice day .
Figure 8 : This the moment where Ms . Aika is explaining the things that I
Figure 9 : The picture of my laptop that I am using and the booklet that
Ms. Aika gave me . This laptop was full of important documents of Mr.
What a meaningful day today. I arrive at my place earlier than the other as usual. But this time I am with my
classmate when I arrive in my department. I play some games while I’m waiting for my supervisor and stop it
immediately as soon as they arrive. I borrow his laptop again to continue typing the data from the KPI ( Key
Performance Indicators) booklet and start typing the data inside of it . 9 am where our manager call us for a
meeting, so I decided to stop my work and tell my supervisor that I need to go to the seminar. The meeting place
was actually for businessmen because of its round table and projectors above. There, we talk with Ms. Pinky,
telling us a lot of things about the things she experienced and how she become successful, it was a long talk with
her, telling us story that may be applied from the future. She always has this word “sipsip” with her because that is
the key why she becomes successful. After the meeting, I absorb different lessons from her and maybe apply that
lesson in the future and maybe use it to become successful someday. I immediately start my work after that
meeting with her. I’m glad that I finish it before I leave my workplace. I peacefully leave MWSS with my
Figure 11 : The KPI Report that Ms. Aika gave me . There are huge
This day is shaking. Thursday will be the day for us to get ready for the upcoming drill. But before that, I need to
complete the task that was assigned to me by my supervisor. I need to cover those CDs with the logo of MWSS. 9
am drops, the megaphones start with loud noises as an indicator for us to do the drop, cover, and hold. My
supervisors was not there because they attend a conference outside the agency, this means that I’ll be free today, I
only need to finish my work and wait for them to comeback. 3 in the afternoon , my supervisors arrive at our
department with a food with them and gave it to me without hesitation . After I finish eating , I ask them if there is
any task to do now, Mr. Conrad say that I can just rest and wait for my time to leave. I may not have a busy day
today but I can say that this one is memorable because this is the first time I joined an earthquake drill with
different documents.
agency.
Thanks God its Friday. Friday may be a busy day for others but it looks like the table has turned now. All I did is
to wait a command from my supervisor for another job. But while waiting for them, I just writing something in my
table and reading some books in my table. My supervisors just seems busy that moment that they didn’t have a time
to talk to me. I’m just amaze to all their hard works in their projects for the improvement of the agency. Instead
sitting in my table for a long time, I decided to ask them if I can help my other classmate on their works and they
allow me so I look for my schoolmate and it looks like they’re not busy at all because their supervisor attended a
meeting. So I decided to go back from my place and just wait until my time for me to leave.
Figure 17: Me writing the Core Values, Mission ,and the Vision of
Monday is work day. It is hard now to look for a transportation for me to get to my workplace as early as I
usually do. There are many people there waiting for a jeep or for a bus to ride enable for them to go to their work
and maybe consider myself as one of them. But it looks like I get at MWSS in time , 6:48 am . As usual , I am the
only person in my department that time waiting for them to arrive on our department . It was 8 am and we have to
go to the 5th floor to attend the flag ceremony. I meet different students here from different schools. After the
ceremony, I go back to my place immediately and continue my work here. My work to cut papers and label the pages
on what month it was received or conducted , and sorting them in order. I just finish it before break and decided to
go to a mass after lunch. After the mass I decided to go back in my place . After a hour of doing nothing, I finally
decide to ask my supervisor that is there something that I need to do right now? , they answer me no so I ask again
if I can help my schoolmate on their tasks and they allowed me for the 2nd time. I helped my schoolmate to go in
different departments because there is something that they need to receive. After an walking exercise , I decided to
go back in my place and get my things because its now 4pm that time and my supervisors attended a meeting so I
decided to leave a sticky note in their table for them to be aware that I leave the place.
Figure 18: This picture was taken at the 5th floor of the building where
Figure 19: Picture of mine cutting the label for sorting the documents
Figure 20: The picture of the documents that was hardly book bind. It
It looks like I have nothing to do today because my supervisors was out for another meeting. They’re so busy this
week, maybe some important matters are need to be done. So I decided to read a newspaper, a yellow paper that
consist of different products like roofs, metals, woods, etc. I’m bored at that time so I decided to go to other
departments to visit them there and even help them finish their task or may be ask them to join us for a seminar at
the ground floor after lunch. That time I meet my classmate who are working at LWUA , eating at the canteen near
them so I decided to join them and also ask them if they can join us on a seminar after lunch and they said yes so we
head to the church after we eat. After that I decided to go back in our department and my supervisors are still not
there so I decided to talk with my mom. I just wait until 4pm and finally leave the places leaving them again a sticky
note.
Figure 20: Picture of myself reading the yellow paper I saw at my table. I
decided to read the book because I’m curios on what is the content of that
yellow paper.
Figure 21: Another picture of mine reading some news in the newspaper.
Expecting that there is a news there talking about the water conditions in
Philippines
Figure 22 : This time I’m reading a hand book that I just saw at my table ,
My supervisor finally arrived at our department but they didn’t give me a single task for the day so I ask them
that if I can help my friends on their task and they allow me again to leave our department. I go to Engineering
Department and meet my friends that are really busy on their tasks. I help them photocopy some papers and book
bind them. I now learned something new in other department. Also I meet their supervisor, he was so friendly , he
even shows me some of their free hand drafting and sketch of different buildings. After that Mr. Jun ask me if I can
join my friend in other building for them to receive some documents. It was fun working in other department. They
are more task to do here than in my department. But I can’t stay longer in here so I decided to go back in my
department and wait for a task to do and they finally give me one, is to encode the data from the book that Mr.
Conrad gave me . I finish it in approximately 30 minutes .After that work, I’m now listening to some podcast with
my earphone in my left ear while waiting for another job to do but it seems that they didn’t have any work to assign.
I just can’t help myself on being productive in this work immersion , that’s why I go to different departments and
Figure 24: I was now re arranging the paper I photocopied , this shot was taken inside the
Engineering Department.
Figure 25 : Bookbinding the papers I arranged so that the papers will look like a book now
Figure 26 : This time I learned how do the representative receive their documents , this shot
Figure 27: I’m now back at my place encoding some of the data that my supervisor gave
me, I don’t know what this is for, maybe they have their own portfolio.
November 21 , 2019 / Thursday
Another busy day . I was so happy that my supervisor gave me another task to do , to encode the List of all Ongoing
Government & Private Contracts including contracts awarded but not yet started. This one is connected to the project
that they’re doing so I need to be careful typing this one. I finish this before lunch. I am so hungry that time but thank
you to my friend giving me a food that their boss gave them . After lunch , we attended again a seminar and decided
to go back at my place . After one hour of waiting what to do next , I decided to ask them again if I can go to other
department for me to help , and they allow me again. I see my schoolmates coloring some of the blueprints from the
Engineering Department. I think that this task is for Elementary students , but I still color some of the blueprints in
order to be productive in my work immersion. I don’t stay for a long time there. I just finish one blueprint and then
leave . I was in my place waiting again for a job to do , then suddenly my friend just showed up asking me if I can
companion her to give documents in different departments. But before I leave , I ask for a permission in my supervisor
and allowed me with a smile on their faces. It was a walking exercise again , I have now the opportunity to explore
my workplace . After that, I go back to my place and listen again to some podcasts while waiting for a task for me
to do. But it seems I have nothing to do now in my department that time. What a busy day working in other
Figure 28 : Me and my friends coloring some of the blueprint inside the Engineering
Department
Figure 29 : Me photocopying some papers for my friend to book bind these reproduced
papers
Figure 30: Picture of my schoolmate asking the receiver to sign the paper .
November 22 , 2019 / Friday
The last day of my work immersion , it looks like I’ll miss something here . But before knowing that , I’ll tell the
things I did before I leave the agency . First I help my classmate to go to the other building for receiving documents.
I just love when I walk with this record in my hand , going to different buildings , meeting some new employees and
professionals . After that I sort some of the papers for our evaluation form that’ll be given before we leave the agency.
It is lunch time now and I decided to eat with my friends from the Engineering Department with their supervisor ,
The first time I arrived in MWSS , I was amazed on what I am seeing , on how big this place is , consist of
different buildings , a basketball court , a place to eat like canteens and some markets outside of it . Getting there
from our place is not that hard . You just have to take a ride a jeep to Tandang Sora and ride a jeep again going to
UP Diliman / Katipunan . Our training area are fully air conditioned , a clean comfort room and a beautiful waiting
area with a 42” flat screen TV for them to watch some infomercials and gain some information about the agency .
Every floor of the building have their own security guard protecting the employees on that floor. The utilities that
are passionate on their jobs , waking up early in the morning is one of their routine for our workplace to be neat
and clean. Also not just the utilities are the one who are passionate , there is also a lot of professionals in my floor ,
discussing some important matters, I just heard them talking about a huge amount of money. I just love seeing
them smile every time I greet them a happy morning or a good afternoon . The employee was very friendly and
very accommodating . The workplace is also complete on equipment like office computers , xerox machines,
printers, etc. They also have a big area for seminars and meetings , it is where my supervisors go to discuss with
some businessmen . Also they have CCTVs camera for security. I can say that our floor was free from thieves who
B. THE BODY
C. APPENDICES
Resume (1 page)
Daily Time Record (one DTR one page)
Evaluation Sheet (2 pages)
List of Task