Work Experience

On-the-job training, also known as OJT, is a hands-on method of teaching the

skills, knowledge, and competencies needed for students to perform a specific job

within a specific workplace. Students learn in an environment where they will need to

practice the knowledge and skills obtained during their training. On-the-job training uses

the existing workplace tools, machines, documents, equipment, and knowledge to teach

students how to effectively do their job.

On-the-job training is part of our curriculum and it is a six-unit subject. We in

Philippine Christian University must take this course before we proceed to our final year

in college. We are first tasked to prepare our curriculum vitae for our job applications.

Given the fact that our country is still affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, I still want to

experience first-hand how it is to work in an accounting firm that will hopefully respond

to my application. Out of all the firms that I’ve applied, two firms responded, and I chose

Aqubic Company. It has three offices here in Cavite, and I was assigned to their office in

General Trias, Cavite. One of the main reasons I chose this firm is that they allow face

to face internships.

I only experienced face to face internship in my first week because our school

mandated that all of us must be using work from home set-up for our internship. It was a

hassle in the first weeks as we cannot get proper guidance on how to do our tasks

properly. I was tasked to encode expenses and disbursements of some of their clients

for the month of February and March. I also encoded sales for the month of February

and March. I became familiar with Microsoft excel as this is one of the main applications

we use for encoding. I learned certain functions and formulas in Microsoft Excel that is
necessary for keeping and encoding disbursements, expenses, and sales for a certain

period. If I’m done encoding, I will do manual bookkeeping for the other clients. One of

the most exciting parts of internship is meeting new people. I only met them for a week

but even if our set-up is only work from home, my supervisors and other staff in our

office are continuously guiding me into making me a better intern for them. We use

google mail and messenger to communicate and to tell me what tasks I must achieve

for today. We also use the said applications to transfer files and documents. We are

also using zoom for video call meetings. They also taught me how to use how to use

Alphalist Data Entry and Alphalist Validation for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. This

software is used to file taxes online and to submit tax forms.

As of now, we are still continuing our work from home set-up and I already spent

256 hours of internship duty.