BASIC AUTO-CAD TRAINING SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY OF VICTORIA AND PILA, LAGUNA: ROAD TO ACCESSIBILITY, CIVIC CONSCIOUSNESS, EMPLOYMENT, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT (ACCESS).

A research study and extension service on Auto-CAD Training as implemented by the College of Engineering of Laguna State Polytechnic University, Santa Cruz Campus in the community of Victoria and Pila Laguna is described in this paper. The purpose of research and development unit as well as the extension service is to comply with the goal of the program to further strengthen research and community extension as the major functions of the university and to intensify the organization of community extension programs and services that are relevant and responsive to the needs of depressed communities in the Province of Laguna, through these, the attainment of the University?s vision of transforming lives and communities by imparting knowledge of the faculty member as well the students through technology transfer. Participants was assessed in terms of the knowledge and attitude being developed, skills they have learned throughout the training, the aspiration being introduced as a desired to more rigorous work, and finally assessed the economic status of each individuals, that after the training, an enormous changes in their lives happened.