Glossary of Terms

a qualification that is defined by nationally promulgated Training Regulations and is created by combining units of competency into groups that correspond to meaningful job roles in the workplace and aligning these with a national qualification framework.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 15, s. 2015

it ensures that the established documented procedures are maintained/ reviewed and/or may be revised whenever necessary.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 41 s. 2018

is a program aimed at enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three (3) program components. Its various components are especially designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 078 s. 2019

is the compilation of skills identified as priority requirements by the industry, based on nationally developed plans and roadmaps of the industry, studies, other national references and the area-based skills requirements that need prioritization.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 042 s. 2021

refer to the skills identified as priority requirements by the industry, based on nationally developed plans and roadmaps of the industry, studies. and other national references. These skills are further validated with the industry associations and other concerned industry associations and other stakeholders. It also includes area-based skills requirements that need prioritization at the national level based on the set criteria.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 001 s. 2021

a sectoral development plan which provides directions, sets goals, and provides strategies for the sustainable development of skilled workforce based on broader development policies and key employment generators of a particular area (provincial, regional and national levels) and covers a six-year period
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a document issued to a trainer who is a holder of a National Certificate (NC), a Trainer Methodology Certificate (TMC), and Industry Work Experience as may be provided in Section 3 of the respective Training Regulation.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 33 s. 2017

refer to knowledge, skills, and attitudes required by new and emerging technologies or enterprises in the industry without TESDA-promulgated Training Regulations (TR) as determined and recommended by local and international industry bodies/associations resulting from local and international. researches/studies, authenticated labor market information/publications, among others, that have current or forecasted employment opportunities. These include local in-demand competencies in the local industry that are not identified in key employment generators but have existing employment opportunities evidenced by job orders or authenticated job vacancies or assurance of employment from the industries.

Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024

refers to new and emerging trades or crafts in the industry without TESDA-promulgated Training Regulations (TRs) as determined and recommended by local and international industry bodies/associations resulting from local and international researches/studies, authenticated labor market information/publications, among others that have current or forecasted employment opportunities. These include local in-demand trades of crafts in the local industry that are not identified as key employment generators but have existing employment opportunities evidenced by job orders or authenticated job vacancies or assurance of employment from the industries.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 3, s. 2018

Persons aged 15 years old and over who seek work for the first time or first time unemployed, or those who work for the first time or first time employed, including those who are expected to work for the first time within two weeks after the date of interview
Source: DOLE