TESDA OCCUPATION QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION SYSTEM (TOQCS) 

The TOQCS was designed to enhance the existing qualification and certification system particularly as it relates to expanded clientele and qualification requirements under TESDA. It integrates the formal and non-formal modes under one system. This new system calls for modularized and competency-based learning such that each level has a set of qualification requirements. The qualification requirements will correspond to the competencies stipulated in the existing occupational skills standards for each specific trade.

The system has these basic features: recognition of prior learning whether acquired in a learning institution or in enterprise-based work experiences; modularized and competency-based learning based on occupational skills standards' accumulation of certificate of competencies towards a license /certificate through a statement of competency; and self-pacing.