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 |
|---|---|
| Long Term Unemployment |
refers to people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more.
Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
| Maintainability |
a function of the rapidity and ease with which maintenance operations can be performed to help prevent malfunctions or to correct them if they occur.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance |
work required to preserve or restore buildings and equipment to their original condition or to such a condition that they can be effectively used for their intended purpose.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Manual |
collated information and advice on the maintenance requirements of an item.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Personnel |
refers to personnel who support the maintenance and operation of equipment and facilities of the school/centers.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Plan |
structured and documented set of tasks that include the activities, procedures, resources, and the time scale required to carry out maintenance.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Program |
a list allocating specific maintenance to specific maintenance to a specific period.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Schedule |
a comprehensive list of maintenance and its incidence.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Major Findings | refers to adverse findings on a TVI, involving the commission of any act of fraud, falsification, dishonesty, or gross negligence, which results in the following: 1.) Ghost Training; 2.) Ghost Trainees; 3.) Ghost Candidate for Assessment; 4.) Shortened Training; 5.) Falsification on Training and Assessment Results and Documents; 6.) The exaction of Unauthorized Fees; 7.) Offering Unregistered Programs; 8. Incomplete Tools and Equipment as required in the Training Regulations; 9.) Undersized Training facilities/workshop areas; and 10.) Unqualified trainers and/or unauthorized trainers. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| Management Audit |
is a separate evaluation of the effectiveness of internal controls adapted in the operating and support services units/systems to determine whether they achieve the control objectives over a period of time or as of a specific date.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 079 s. 2020 |
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