The Institute of Engineering and Applied Technology (IEAT) conducted a two-day training titled “𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐂𝐓-𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐈𝐂-𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬.” on September 19 and 24, 2024. Ms. Ma. Melanie A. Cruz, Director of the Management Information System Office and Foresight and Futures Thinking Office, and Ms. Joy Christine V. Sta. Cruz, Chairperson of the Food Technology Department, led the program in collaboration with the BASC Extension Services Office, Rural Improvement Club-San Ildefonso, and DA-LGU San Ildefonso. The training took place at the Farmers’ Training Center, in the Information Technology Building and Food Innovation Center at BASC, Pinaod, San Ildefonso, Bulacan. It aims to equip participants with skills in processing vacuum-fried foods, from selecting and handling raw materials to packaging and labeling the finished products.