Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Resolution NO. 02, S. OF 2007)
The main purpose is to provide guidelines on ocular inspection and monitoring of offices and establishments engaged in agricultural engineering to ensure compliance with R.A. No. 8559 and its implementing rules, and to maintain high professional and ethical standards.
Republic Act No. 8559, known as the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998.
Section 9(b) of Republic Act No. 8981, the PRC Modernization Act of 2000.
Government offices involved in agricultural engineering, agri-fishery establishments, machinery manufacturing plants, agro-processing establishments, agro-industrial firms, financing and banking institutions supporting agribusiness, and consultancy firms related to agricultural engineering services.
All concerned offices and establishments must employ or engage the services of at least one registered and licensed agricultural engineer.
A violator may face a fine ranging from Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000) to Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000), or imprisonment from six (6) months to three (3) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
To determine compliance with the law and rules, to verify employment and working conditions of agricultural engineers, and to assess if facilities and equipment meet Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards (PAES).
The number of agricultural engineers employed, their work conditions including nature and terms of employment, duties and functions, compensation according to the Salary Standardization Law and Labor Code, and the safety and favorability of their work environment.
Such a declaration shall not affect, invalidate, or impair the other sections, provisions, or paragraphs of the resolution.