This glossary of terms intends to provide the TESDA key players, partners, and stakeholders an online and updated TVET information, concepts, to bring common understanding and clarification on the use of TESDA terminologies.

2022 TVET Glossary of Terms



CONCEPT/TERM DEFINITION
ALIEN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT (AEP)

refers to a permit issued by the DOLE to foreign nationals pursuant to employment arrangements with Philippine-based companies, after determination of the non-availability of a person in the Philippines who is competent, able, and willing at the time of application, to perform the services for which the foreign national is desired. This is a document issued by DOLE to a foreigner to enable them to work in the country for more than six (6) months. 


Source: (TESDA Circular No. 124, s. 2019)
ASSESSMENT

process of evaluating an individual’s knowledge, skills, attitudes (competencies) based on the predefined standards.


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BASIC RESEARCH

an investigation on basic principles and reasons for the occurrence of a particular event or process or phenomenon. It is also called theoretical research. 


Source: (TESDA Circular No. 010 s. 2020)
BLENDED ONLINE AND TABLE AUDITING

the process by which auditors perform the audit in the combination of virtual auditing and physical/site auditing. This type of audit will be considered for those areas where internet connectivity is limited, and the movement of people is allowed however limited. 


Source: (TESDA Circular No. 071 s. 2020)
BREAKDOWN

a failure resulting in the non-availability of an item. 


Source: (TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017)
CAREER COACH

a person who has been trained in helping other people develop their career goals. 


Source: (King, Ralph, Get on the Right Career Path with a Career Coach)
CERTIFICATE OF PROGRAM RECOGNITION (COPR)
  • refers to a document issued by TESDA to a concerned Technical Vocational Institution (TVI) as a manifestation that the registered institution-based program which the said institution is offering shifted to any of the flexible learning delivery modes and complied the necessary requirements. (TESDA Circular No. 107, s. 2021)
  • refers to a document issued by TESDA to a concerned Technical Vocational Institution (TVI) as a manifestation that the diploma which the said institution is offering is duly recognized by TESDA for pilot implementation or within the three-year transition period of the diploma program pursuant TESDA Circular No. 38 s. 2017.  (TESDA Circular No. 092 s. 2019)

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CERTIFICATION

refers to a formal process of recognizing that an individual is qualified in terms of particular knowledge, skills, and attitudes based on industry standards. 


Source: (TESDA Circular No. 134, s. 2019)
CLEAN

to reduce contamination to an acceptable condition.


Source: (TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017)
CLOUD COMPUTING

often referred to as simply “the cloud,” is the delivery of on-demand computing resources — everything from applications to data centers — over the internet on a pay-for-use basis. 


Source: (IBM, 2018)


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