Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 7 no. 9 (2026)

Gearing Towards Excellence: Empowering The Philippine Coast Guard Non-Uniformed Personnel

Leizl B. Dela Rosa

Discipline: business studies

 

Abstract:

NUPs in the Philippine Coast Guard are unsung heroes in each unit. Most of the NUPs are tasked with document maintenance for their re-spective offices. As such, they fulfill the organization's institutional memory. Their uniformed colleagues are sent to the field. Without the NUPs, the PCG would be severely limited in the operations they are able to conduct. The PCG is unique in that uniformed personnel rotate in and out of each office, NUPs remain constant. This study is entitled “Gearing Towards Excellence: Empowering the Philippine Coast Guard Non-Uniformed Personnel.” The objective is to research the de-mographic information on respondents, assess the current and de-sired qualifications of PCG NUPs, determine the degree of NUP partic-ipation in the functions of POSDCORB, and understand the relation-ship between NUPs and PCG, as well as the current practices of PCG in the areas of deployment, training, promotion, and maintaining a per-sonnel establishment. This study identifies the lack of training and ca-reer progression as the primary issues faced by the Personal Non-Uni-formed Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard. Lastly, this work of-fers suggestions on how to better improve the working conditions of PCG NUPs. The PCG relies on the support of its NUPs as the foundation of their organization. NUPs support the PCG by allowing focused and uninterrupted services. The NUPs help keep track of documents and continuity in the office because they know the history of the unit as part of its regular staff. This makes for more efficient office work. The aim of this research is to encourage the making of policies that ad-vance the career progress of Philippine Coast Guard NUPs so they be-come better established and that NUP meets the goals of PCG.



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