Glossary of Terms

the process of developing or moving towards a more advanced state in a person's qualifications, job, title, position, or profession; it outlines one may follow in order to reach identified career development goals.
Source: IRR of RA No. 10968

a TVI that has demonstrated serious commitment in developing its quality assurance system.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 090 s. 2018

a TVI that has demonstrated superior results and high level of distinction in implementing its quality assurance system.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 090 s. 2018

a TVI that has achieved significant progress in developing and implementing sound processes and procedures in its quality assurance system.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 090 s. 2018

refer to training provisions being undertaken in the TESDA Regional and Provincial Training Centers, local government unit (LGU)-run and private Training Centers and NGO-run training centers in the different regions and provinces in the country.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 131 s. 2019

a certificate issued to a trainee who passed the Institutional Assessment for each Unit of Competency.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 088 s. 2020 certification of learning of a smaller set of courses or modules or units which are designed to provide learners with knowledge, skills, values and competencies in a narrow area of study and/or practice.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 048 s. 2021 refers to a certificate granted/awarded to the learner per module, after satisfactorily completing a module of instruction in a TVET program.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 090 s. 2021

a document issued by TESDA which grants authority to a juridical enterprise to offer a certain program in an apprenticeable or learnable occupation.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 120 s. 2020

refers to a document issued by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to individuals who were assessed as competent in a single unit or cluster of related units of competencies.
Source: Section 4 of the National Assessment and Certification Arrangements of the Training Regulations

is an official document issued by TESDA Regional Director; specifying the credit assigned per specific qualification; as the acceptable evidence of in-service industry experience of trainers.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 7 s. 2016

as used in TESDA, it refers to a document issued by TESDA granting an authority to a TVI and as its partner establishment to implement the DTS Program/DTP.

Source: TESDA Circular No. 31 s. 2012