Glossary of Terms

refers to Central, Regional, Provincial Offices, and TESDA Training Institutions. 

• refers to a step that is taken to remove the cause of an existing non-conformity or undesirable situation.  The corrective action process is designed to prevent the recurrence of non-conformity or undesirable situation by eliminating cause/s.  It tries to make sure that existing nonconformity and situation does not happen again.  Corrective action addresses actual problems.  Because of this, the corrective action process can be thought of as a problem-solving process. (TESDA-OP-CO-02 Rev. 00)
• an organization’s actions to eliminate the causes of non-compliance in order to avoid recurrence. (TESDA Circular No. 079 s., 2020)

refers to the form used to initiate and record corrective actions on identified nonconformities from daily operations or complaints received.

a systematic group of courses or sequences of subjects required for graduation or certification in a major field of study; or a general overall plan of the content or specific materials of instruction that the school should offer the student by way of qualifying him for graduation or certification of entrance into a professional or vocational field; or c) a body of prescribed educational experience under school supervision, designed to provide an individual with the best possible training and experience to fit him for a trade or profession. 

a designated employee covered by a TESDA Office Order to serve as PAC Officers of the Day; Call Center Agents; official Facebook administrators, and/or Executive Office focal. The CSO is responsible for logging and recording queries, customer information; generating, monitoring, maintaining, and processing data from prescribed feedback forms. 

refers to information required to be controlled and maintained by the organization and the medium on which it is contained. Documented information includes both documents and records. It can be in any format, type, or media, and from any source. 

guideline in the policy formulation and/or procedures that require less time and effort to accomplish the task/activity. 

• the building blocks of a unit of competency.  It describes in outcome terms the functions that a person who works in a particular area of work is able to perform. (Training Regulations Framework per TESDA Board Resolution No. 2014-04)
• the components of the required knowledge, skills and attitude as the basis of performance criteria that an individual must be performed to complete the work activity.

a new occupation or one that consists of a new combination of existing skills and knowledge for which there is considerable existing or projected demand.

include all persons 15 years old and over as of their last birthday and  during the basic survey reference period as reported as either:

• at work - those who do any work even for one hour during the reference period for pay or work without pay on the farm or business enterprise operated by a member of the same or related by blood, marriage or adoption; or
• with a job but not at work – those who have a job or business but are not at work be it temporary or temporary illness/injury, vacation or other reasons. Likewise, persons who expect to return or to start operation of a farm or business enterprise within two weeks from the date of the enumerator’s visit, are considered employed.