Equipped with 32 years of serving the department in the field of equipment engineering, Engr. Virgilio A. Arpafo has been the Director of the Bureau of Equipment since 2004.

He started as an Automotive Mechanic in 1975 and worked hard for 22 years to become Area Equipment Engineer (Engineer IV) at the DPWH 11^th Regional Equipment Service in Davao City. With his vast experience as Equipment Engineer especially in Mindanao Area, Engr. Arpafo was then transferred as the Regional Equipment Engineer of 10 Regional Equipment Services at Cagayan De Oro City, which he has served for four years prior to his appointment as Bureau Director.

Engr. Arpafo has attended various trainings both on technical, administrative and management not only in the country but also abroad, including the Construction Management Course conducted by Japan International Cooperation Agency in November 1989 and Condition Based Maintenance Course Held in India on January to March 1995.

He also attended the Supervisory Development Course Tract I and II conducted by the Civil Service Commission in 2001.

Engr. Arpafo’s integrity as equipment engineer was recognized not only in the department but also in the private sector being an active member of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers and Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Engr. Arpafo earned his Mechanical Engineer Degree at the Cebu Institute of Technology in 1975, Civil Engineer Degree in Rizal Memorial College in Davao City in 1991 and Masters Degree in Public Administration at the University of the South Eastern Philippines in Davao City in 1997.

He passed the Civil Service Career Executive Board Service Board Examination (MAT-B) on December 2000 and the Career Service Executive Exam (CSEE) on November 1999.

He was born on April 27, 1953 in Cebu City and married with then Conchita L. Yap, they are blessed with four children Joseph, Ervin, Joan Marie and Joan Marth.