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 |
|---|---|
| Opportunity for Improvement (OFI) |
Aspects that will lead to effective and efficient management system enhancement relative to the requirement of the ISO standard and TESDA QMS. This could be an opportunity(ies) where a certain area(s) can be further improved from the result(s)s of internal and external audits. The process owner/auditees may or may not adopt the identified OFIs, but at least review their possibility or impact.
Source: TESDA-QP-03 Rev. 03 |
| Opt-Out |
refers to the voluntary decision of the student to forego the benefits of the Free Higher Education in SUCs and LUCs and Free TVET in Post-Secondary TVIs and instead pay the institution the amount equivalent to the waived subsidy
Source: IRR of RA 20931, UAQTEA of 2017 |
| Originator or Process Owner |
an office that initiated the document creation/revision reflected under the "Prepared by" portion of the document.
Source: ISO 19011:2015 |
| Other Alternative Work Arrangements |
refer to work arrangements consisting of a combination of the skeletal workforce, work-from-home, staggered working hours, and four-day workweek work arrangements appropriate/applicable to the office subject to the prevailing community quarantine in the area where the operating unit is located and the nature of work/job performed by the employee(s).
Source: TESDA Circular No. 056 s. 2020 |
| Out of School Youth (OSY) |
refers to persons aged 15 to 24 years who are not attending school, have not finished any college or post-secondary course, and not working.
Source: FLEMMS, 2013, PSA |
| Out-of-School |
refers to boys and girls who belong to any of the categories: i) 7-14 years old who are not enrolled; ii) 15-24 years old, not enrolled, not employed and not a tertiary level graduate.
Source: FLEMMS, 2013, PSA |
| Outsourced Programs |
these are programs that are sourced out for contracting/subcontracting purposes to provide/conduct training services.
Source: Memorandum No. 209, s. of 2020, TESDA-OP-AS-01 |
| Outsourcing Strategy |
a strategy or a technique used in the recruitment by means of sourcing applicants through a pool of applicants, social media, online recruitment platform, job fair, referrals, within the agency, and next-in-rank.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 119, s. 2019 |
| Outstanding Accomplishments |
those worthy of special commendation such as but not limited to those that have been considered in winning CSC and TESDA Awards.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 119, s. 2019 |
| Overhaul |
a comprehensive examination and restoration of an item, or a major part thereof, to an acceptable condition.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
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