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 |
|---|---|
| Green Skills | refers to technical knowledge, expertise, and abilities that enable the effective use of green technologies and processes in professional settings. They draw on a range of knowledge, values, and attitudes to facilitate environmentally sustainable decision-making at work and in life (UNFCCC, 2023). a. Generic/transversal Green Skills - are those skills needed to reduce environmental impacts and support economic restructuring to attain cleaner, more climate-resilient, and efficient economies that preserve environmental sustainability and provide decent work conditions (Pavlova M., 2018). b. Specific/technical Green Skills - are technical knowledge and skills that enable professionals to effectively use green technologies and processes i.e. resource-efficient technologies or processes that reduce waste and minimize the environmental impact of human actions (ETF 2022; Policy Briefing. Skilling for the Green Transition). Source: as cited in TESDA Circular No. 032, s. 2024 |
| Green Technologies | refers to the development and application of products, equipment, and systems used to conserve the environment and natural resources. Source: Philippine Green Jobs Act of 2016 (RA No. 10771) |
| Green Training Regulations/Competency Standards |
refers to the promulgated documents for the implementation of skills training in support of the requirements for skilled manpower of the green economy (RA 10771/ Green Jobs Act of 2016).
Source: TESDA Circular No. 58 s. 2018 |
| Green Transition | A process towards a new development model that ensures environmentally sustainable and fairer societies. Source: ETF 2022: Policy briefing: Skilling for the Green Transition |
| Greening TVET |
an essential and cross-cutting theme for sustainable development. It refers to the efforts to reorient and reinforce existing TVET institutions and policies in order to reinforce the achievement of sustainable development. Thus, greening TVET acknowledges the relationship between sustainable development and green development and clarifies different definitions of green jobs and green skills as well.
Source: Majumdar 2010 |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
measures the monetary value of final goods and services—that is, those that are bought by the final user—produced in a country in a given period of time (say a quarter or a year). It counts all of the output generated within the borders of a country. GDP is composed of goods and services produced for sale in the market and also includes some nonmarket production, such as defense or education services provided by the government. It has become widely used as a reference point for the health of national and global economies.
Source: International Monetary Fund |
| Group Personal Accident Insurance (GPAI) |
personal accident insurance which provides benefits/indemnity in case of losses to the person or physical well-being of an insured individual arising out of an accident.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 091 s. 2019 |
| Hard Skills |
the technical and analytical competencies and know-how that allow the worker to perform the mechanical aspects of a job.
Source: OECD, KRIVET 2012, South Korea |
| Hard-To-Fill Occupations |
job vacancies where the company is having difficulty filling because job applicants are not qualified or there is no supply of job applicants as qualified applicants either prefer to work abroad, seek higher pay or have problems with work schedule or location.
Source: DOLE |
| Hazardous Waste (HW) |
is a waste with properties that make it potentially dangerous or harmful to human health or the environment.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
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