Glossary of Terms

are paperless, electronic audits that are conducted without face to face interaction between government and industry. All data is exchanged in electronic formats such as MS Word, Excel, PDF Files, and text files.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 071 s. 2020

employed persons who worked for less than 40 hours during the reference period and wanted to have  additional hours of work
Source: PSA

involves helping individuals learn about opportunities for education, training, and work and facilitating their career planning. It includes vocational orientation and counseling and may be given in schools, training centers, or undertaken in specialized offices or institutions.
Source: NCVER, Australia, VOCEDpIus: Glossary of VET, as cited in TESDA Circular No. 053, s. 2023

refers to the non-registered guidance counselors/personnel of TESDA who shall be designated to manage the implementation of various vocational/career guidance activities, in the absence of a Registered Guidance Counselor
Source: TESDA Circular No. 053, s. 2023

a unit in the public and private TVIs that manages the vocational/career guidance services for their learners and TVET graduates/alumni.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 053, s. 2023

a dimension of the complexity of a Qualification. It is used with the level criteria and Qualification type descriptor to determine the depth and breadth of the learning outcomes of a Qualification. The volume of learning identifies the notional duration of all activities required for the achievement of the learning outcomes specified for a particular Qualification type.
Source: AQF Framework, Second Edition 2013, as referenced by TESDA Circular No. 119 s. 2020

refers to the decision of the student to contribute, at his/her free will, some financial amount to the SUC, LUC, or LGU-run TVI, while availing himself/herself of the free higher education or free TVET provisions in the Act.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 60 s. 2018

workers who are less likely to have formal work arrangements, and are, therefore, more likely to lack decent working conditions and adequate social security, and whose employment is characterized by inadequate earnings, low productivity, and difficult conditions of work that undermine their fundamental rights.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 035 s. 2018, DOLE Department Order No.17 s. of 2017

payment for work done based on the hour or day.
Source: Guidelines in the Implementation of Reformed Apprenticeship Program refers to the amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay the wage earners for the work performed during a given period which cannot be reduced by any agreement or individual contract.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 120 s. 2020

work for pay, in cash or in-kind, under contract with an institution or purely on a commission basis and may not have regular working hours.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 099 s. 2019