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.
CONCEPT/TERM | DEFINITION |
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Certification Rate |
the proportion (in percent) of persons who passed the national competency assessment to the total who took competency assessment for or within a given period.
Source: 2005 IACES |
Certification, Authentication and Verification (CAV) |
a procedure wherein documents are authenticated and certified as authentic by TESDA and conforms to the service standards set by the authentication process of the Office of Consular Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Source: Memorandum of Agreement on Issuance of CAV |
Certified Worker |
an individual who had been assessed and certified by TESDA through the acquisition of competencies of a given qualification
Source: TESDA Circular No. 059, s. 2020 |
Certifying Body | refers to the organizatiion issuing certificates or qualifications formally recognizing the achievement of competencies (knowledge and skills) of an individual following an assessment and validation procedure Source: TESDA Circular No. 041, s. 2024 |
Chamber |
is an association or network of business people designed to promote and protect the interest of its members. It is also known as "board of trade" and is often made up of a group of business owners that share a locale and interest but can also be international scope. They do not have a direct role in creating laws and regulations, though they may be effective in influencing regulators and legislators with their organized lobbying efforts.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 085, s. 2018 |
Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) |
refers to programs or activities contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the community or the enhancement of its facilities, especially those devoted to improving health, education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation, and morals of the citizenry.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 078, s. 2019 |
Class of Worker |
classified to seven categories, namely: work for private household – these are employed persons working in a private household for pay, in cash or in kind; work for private establishment – these are persons working in a private establishment for pay, in cash or in kind. This category includes not only persons working for a private industry but also those working for a religious group, missionary, unions, and non-profit organizations. Examples of persons working for a private establishment are public transport drivers who do not own the vehicle but drive them on boundary basis, persons working in public works projects on private contractors, dock hands or stevedores, cargo handlers in railroad station or piers, etc.; work for government/government corporation – these are persons working for the government or a government corporation or any of its instrumentalities. This category of worker includes the following workers: chaplains in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Filipinos working in embassies, legation, chancelleries or consulates of foreign government in the Philippines and those working in international organizations of Sovereign States of Governments like the United nations (UN), World health Organization (WHO), etc.; self-employed – these are persons who operate their own businesses or trades and do not employ paid workers in the conduct of their economic activities. This category includes workers who worked purely on commission basis and who may not have regular working hours; employers – these are persons who employ one or more paid employees in the operation of their businesses or trades. Thus, domestic helpers, family drivers and other household helpers who assist in the family-operated business, regardless of time spent in this activity, are not hired employees in the enterprise/business. A farm or business proprietor who is assisted purely by such domestic help is not also considered an employer; worked with pay on own-family operated farm or business – members of the family who receive cash or fixed share of the produce as payment for their services in a farm or business operated by another member living in the same household; and worked without pay on own-family farm or business – members of the family who assist another member in the operation of the family farm or business enterprise and who do not receive any wage or salary for their work.
Source: PSA |
Climate change | refers to a change in climate that can be identified by changes in the mean or variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. Source: IRR of Philippine Green Jobs Act of 2016 (RA 10771), DOLE DO No. 180, s, 2017 |
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) |
is a video surveillance camera that is installed practically everywhere for the security and safety of everyone. It also captures images of individuals or information relating to individuals. If the camera surveillance footage is of good quality, a person with the necessary knowledge will be able to reasonably ascertain the identity of an individual from the footage.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 084 s. 2020 |
Closed Programs |
refers to program(s) that were closed/delisted due to closure of TVls, non-compliance with deficiency(ies) after the prescribed period, or non-migration within the prescribed period. The program shall be reported closed after completion of closure proceedings.
Source: TESDA-OP-CO-02 Rev. 00 |
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