During her tenure there, she became involved in the sector by training processors and also providing laboratory support. In this position she obtained firsthand knowledge of the issues that affected the agro-processors as she visited the various establishment and provided them with in-house training.

Ms. Philgence is also a trainer for the Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) and Menu-Safe HACCP model which included Project Management. She is also a Certified Assessor, Auditor and Verifier for Vocational Qualifications up to level IV. She also worked on several projects including development and implementation of standards and certification system for selected agricultural products and training. She undertook others which included technical assistance for training of micro and small enterprises in Trinidad and Tobago in international quality standards and other HACCP implementation projects.

Ms. Philgence has worked as a consultant on the Small Farmers Assistance (SFA) 2006 project implemented by Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and funded by the European Union. She served as the Project Coordinator for that same project after this project she has continued to work with agro-processors in conducting assessment of facilities and skills, conducting training.

She is also working with several farmers’ organisations and groups to develop capacity and operating procedures In recent years the consultant has been involved in Competency based training in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET). She has served as the Quality Assurance for the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications and has conducted a number of activities in related to TVET. These include assessor-training, auditor-training, CBET training, writing and evaluating standards, conduct, monitor and evaluate training and coordinate, conduct and review assessment.