As provided for in Republic Act No. 7796 entitled the “Technical Education Skills Development Act of 1994” or the “TESDA Act of 1994”, there shall be national occupational skills standards to be established by TESDA-accredited industry committees. The Authority shall develop and implement a certification and accreditation program in which private industry groups and trade associations are accredited to conduct approved trade tests, and the local government units to promote such trade testing activities in their respective areas in accordance with the guidelines to be set by the Authority. The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall determine the occupational trades for mandatory certification. All certificates relating to the national trade skills testing and certification system shall be issued by the Authority through the TESDA Secretariat.

As such, the Skills Standards and Certification Office (SSCO) shall be created.  The SSCO shall develop and establish a national system of skills standardization, testing and certification in the country; design, innovate and adopt processes and methodologies whereby industry groups and workers' guilds take on progressively the responsibility of setting skills standards for identified occupational areas, and the local government units actively participate in promoting skills standards, testing and certification; establish and implement a system of accrediting private enterprises, workers' associations and guilds and public institutions to serve as skills testing venues; conduct research and development on various occupational areas in order to recommend policies, rules and regulations for effective and efficient skills standardization, testing and certification system in the country; and perform such other duties and functions as may be authorized.

It is within this mandate that we shall assess your skills in preparation for your deployment overseas.