Are you interested in enrolling TESDA courses this year?
Most TESDA graduates get hired after they finish their TESDA courses and training.
If you have been looking for a job or you want to develop or improve your skills, enrolling in TESDA might be the best option for you.
TESDA offers various courses in different categories.
If you are currently in a similar field of work or you are just starting out, this list of TESDA courses will help you decide what course to enroll in.
Beauty and Grooming
If you’re currently working in a barber shop or a beauty salon and you want to enhance your skills, you may consider taking the following courses. If you don’t have experience in these jobs, don’t worry because you can enroll in these courses too.
- Barbering NC II
- Beauty Care NC II, and NC III
- Beauty Care Services (Nail Care) NC II, and NC III
- Hairdressing NC II, and NC III
Food and Beverage Services
If you are passionate about cooking or you want to work in any area related to HRM or Tourism, these courses are for you.
- BartendingNC II, and Barista NC II
- Bread and pastryProduction NC II
- Commercial CookingNC III, and NC IV
- Cookery NC II
- Culinary Arts Course
- Food and beverage services NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- SHIPS CATERING SERVICES NC I, NC II, and NC III (Ships’ cook)
Office Admin / Call Center
If you want to enhance your admin skills or you want to work in the call center, enrolling in any of the following courses will help you land the job that you desire.
- Contact Center Services NC II (Call Center)
- Customer Services NC II
- Front office services NC II
- Bookkeeping NC III
Foreign Languages
Whether you just want to learn a new language to add to your skill set or you need to learn the language as a requirement for a job opportunity, these courses will help you achieve that goal. TESDA offers 5 foreign languages including:
- Korean
- Japanese – Nihongo
- Chinese
- Spanish
- Arabic
- English
Carpentry, Construction, and Engineering
These skills are highly in demand abroad especially in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Middle East with high salary offer. If you want to increase your chances of getting hired in carpentry, welding, and plumbing, then you should take any of these courses and get the national certification.
- Carpentry NC II and NC III
- Plumbing NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Flux-Cored Arc Welding NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Gas Metal Arc Welding NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding NC II, and NC IV
Gas Welding NC I, and NC II - Submerged Arc Welding NC I, and NC II
Automotive
If you are into automotive and you want to get national certification, these courses are for you. This will help you improve your skills and have an edge when you apply for larger companies here in the Philippines and abroad with promising compensation.
- Auto Body Painting Finishing NC I, NC II, and N CIII
- Auto Engine Rebuilding NC II
- Automotive Body Repairing NC II
- Automotive Electrical Assembly NC II and NC III
- Automotive Mechanical Assembly NC II and NC III
- Automotive servicing NC I, NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Automotive Wiring Harness Assembly NC II
Seafarers
For seafarers who want to get hired immediately or get that well-deserved promotion, enrolling these courses would be an advantage.
- Able Seafarer Deck NC II (II-5)
- Able Seafarer Engine NC II (III-5)
Heavy Equipment Operations Courses
- Articulated Off-Highway Dump Truck NC II
- Backhoe Loader NC II
- Bulldozer NC II
- Concrete Pump NC II
- Container Stacker NC II
- Crawler Crane NC II
- Forklift NC II
- Gantry Crane NC II
- Hydraulic Excavator NC II
- Motor Grader NC II
- Paver NC II
- Rigid off-highway dump truck NC II
- ROAD ROLLER NC II
- Rough-Terrain Crane NC II
- Screed NC I
- Tower Crane NC II (Crane Operator)
- Transit Mixer NC II
- Truck-Mounted Crane NC II
- Wheel Loader NC II
Other Popular TESDA Courses
- Caregiving NC II
- Dressmaking(Casual) NC II
- Tailoring (Casual) NC II
- Hilot (Wellness) NC II
- Massage Therapy NC II
- Housekeeping NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Domestic Work NC II
Most of these courses are available for free in local communities. In our parish church, Dressmaking is offered for free to qualified enrollees.
To know if there are available TESDA courses in your area, you may visit your barangay hall and inquire about it.
Complete List of TESDA Courses 2019
- 2D Game Art Development NC III Course
- 3D Game Art Development NC III (NEW Course)
- Able Seafarer Deck NC II (II-5)
- Able Seafarer Engine NC II (III-5)
- Agricultural Crops Production NC I, NCII and NC III Courses
- Agricultural Machinery Operation NC II Course
- Air Duct Servicing NCII Course
- Animal Health Care and Management NC III
- Animal Production (Poultry-Chicken) NC II, (Ruminants) NC II, (Swine) NCII Courses
- Animation NC II, Animation (2D Digital) NC III, (3D Digital) NC III Courses
- Aquaculture NC II
- Artificial Insemination (Large Ruminants) NC II, (Swine) NC II
- Attractions and Theme Parks NCII
- Auto Body Painting Finishing NC I, NC II, and N CIII
- Auto Engine Rebuilding NC II
- Automotive Body Repairing NC II
- Automotive Electrical Assembly NC II and NC III
- Automotive Mechanical Assembly NC II and NC III
- Automotive servicing NC I, NC II, NC III, and NC IV Courses
- Automotive Wiring Harness Assembly NC II
- Bamboo Production NC II
- Barangay Health Services NC II
- Barbering NC II
- Bartending NC II, and Barista NC II
- Beauty Care NC II, and NC III
- Beauty Care Services (Nail Care) NC II, and NC III
- Biomedical Equipment Services NCII
- Bookkeeping NC III Course
- Bread and pastry Production NC II
- Broadband Installation (Fixed Wireless Systems) NC II
- Cable TV Installation NC II
- CaTV Operation and Maintenance NC III
- CAD CAM Operation NC III
- Caregiving NC II
- Carpentry Courses NC II and NC III
- CNC Lathe Machine Operation NC II and NC III
- CNC Milling Machine Operation NC II, and NC III
- Commercial Cooking NC III, and NC IV
- Computer Literacy Basic
- Computer Systems Servicing NC II
- Construction Lift Passenger Material Elevator Operation NC II
- Construction Painting NC II and NC III
- Consumer Electronics NC III and NC IV
- Contact Center Services NC II (Call Center)
- Cookery NC II
- Culinary Arts Course
- Customer Services NC II
- Dental Hygiene NC IV
- Dental Laboratory Technology Services NC I, (Fixed Dentures/Restorations) NC II, (Removable) NC II
- Dental Technology NC IV
- Diesel Power Plant Operation, and Maintenance NC II, and NC III
- Domestic Work Course NC II
- Dressmaking (Casual) NC II
- Driving NC II, (Articulated Vehicle) NC III, (Passenger Bus/Straight Truck) NC III Courses
- Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Electronics Products Assembly and Servicing NC II
- Emergency Medical Services NC II
- Events Management Services NC III
- Fashion Design (Apparel) NC III
- Fish Capture Courses NC I, and NC II
- Fish Products Packaging NC II
- Fishing Gear Repair and Maintenance NC III
- Fish Port Wharf Operations NC I
- Flux-Cored Arc Welding NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Food and beverage services NC II, NC III, and NC IV Courses
- Food Processing NC I, NC II, NC III, NC IV
- Footwear Making NC II
- Foreign Language (Korean, Japanese – Nihongo, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, and English) Courses
- Forging NC II, and NC III
- Foundry Melting/Casting NC II, and NC III
- Foundry Molding NC II, and NC III
- Foundry PATTERN MAKING NC III
- Front office services NC II
- Furniture Making (Finishing) NC II
- Game Programming NC III
- Gas Metal Arc Welding Courses NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding NC II, and NC IV
- Gas Welding NC I, and NC II
- Hairdressing NC II, and NC III
- Health Care Services NC II
- Heat Treatment
- Heavy Equipment Servicing NC II
- Hilot (Wellness) NC II
- Horticulture NC II, NC III
- Housekeeping NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Ice Plant Refrigeration Servicing NC III
- ILLUSTRATION NC II
- Instrumentation and Control Servicing NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Jewelry Making (Fine Jewelry) NC II, and NC III
- Laboratory and Metrology/Calibration Services NC II, and NC III
- LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE (SOFTSCAPE) NC II
- Line Construction (Electric Power Distribution) NC II
- LOCAL GUIDING SERVICES NC II
- Machining NC I, NC II, and NC III
- MARINE ELECTRICITY (FINAL)3
- Masonry NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Massage Therapy NC II
- Mechanical Drafting NC I
- Mechatronics Servicing NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Medical Coding and Billing NC II
- MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION NC II
- Metals Stamping NC II
- Microfinance Technology NC II, NC IV
- Moldmaking Course NC II
- Motorcycle Small Engine Servicing NC II
- ON-HIGHWAY DUMP TRUCK (Rigid)
- Ophthalmic Lens Servicing NC II
- Organic Agriculture Production NC II (NEW)
- Painting Machine Operation NC II
- Pattern Making NC II
- PERFORMING ARTS – DANCE NC II
- PERFORMING ARTS (SONG) NC II
- Performing Arts_Ballroom Dancing NC II
- Pest Management (Veg.) NC II
- Pharmacy Services NC II
- Photography NC II
- Pipefitting NC II
- Plant Maintenance NC I
- Plastic Machine Operation NC II, and NC III
- Plumbing NC I, NC II, and NC III
- Press Machine Operation NC I
- Process Inspection NC II, and NC III
- Programming NC IV
- PV System Design NC III, Servicing NC III, Installation NC II
- Pyrotechnics NC II
- RAC Servicing (DomRAC) NC II – New
- RAC Servicing (PACU-CRE) NC III (Amended)
- Rating Forming Part of a Navigational Watch NC II (II-4, III-4)
- Refrigeration and Airconditioning Servicing
- Reinforcing Steel Works NC II
- Rice Machinery Operations NC II
- Rigging NC I
- Rubber Processing NC II, Production NC II
- SCAFFOLD ERECTION NC II
- Security Services NC I, NC II
- SHIPS CATERING SERVICES NC I, NC II, and NC III (Ships’ cook)
- Slaughtering Operations NC II (Butchery)
- SMAW NC I, NC II, NC III, and NC IV
- Structural Erection NC II
- Submerged Arc Welding NC I, and NC II
- System Formwork Installation NC II
- Tailoring (Casual) NC II
- Technical Drafting NC II
- Telecom OSP and Subscriber Line Installation (Copper Cable-POTS and DSL) NC II
- Telecom OSP Installation (Fiber Optic Cable) NC II
- Tile Setting Course NC II
- TINSMITHING (AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING) NC II
- Tool and Die Making NC II
- Tourism Promotion Services NC II
- Trainers Methodology Level I, Level 2
- Transmission Line Installation and Maintenance NC II, NC III
- Transport RAC SERVICING NC II
- TRAVEL SERVICES NC II
- Visual Graphic Design NC III
TESDA Language Courses
If you are planning to enroll a Foreign Language Course, TESDA got you covered. They also offer different foreign language courses for free.
All you need to do is visit any accredited school or language skills institute that offer it.
The available language course include Nihongo, Mandarin, English, Spanish, Arabic, and Korean. The duration can be found below:
- Basic Arabic Language and Saudi / Gulf Culture – 100 hours
- Basic Chinese Language (Mandarin) and Culture – 100 hours
- Basic English Language – 100 hours
- Basic Japanese Language (Nihongo) and Culture – 150 hours
- Basic Korean Language and Culture – 100 hours
- Basic Spanish Language – 100 hours
Make sure to call TESDA or the School to inquire the availability of the Foreign Language Courses they offer.
TESDA Courses for High School Undergraduate
TESDA only accepts students who have at least finished High School.
If you’re still a High School Undergrad and you’re really interested to take a TESDA Course, you must finish your High School studies first.
Once you graduated from High School, you can enroll at TESDA and choose the course that you like best.
TESDA Courses for Abroad
A lot of Filipinos take TESDA Courses in the hopes that they would eventually be able to work abroad.
Good thing most of the courses offered at TESDA are in demand abroad like Agriculture, Food processing, Carpentry, Housekeeping, Slaughtering operations, Caregiving, Bartending, and Welding.
Agriculture, Housekeeping, and Caregiving are in demand in Japan.
Carpentry, Automotive and Welding are in demand in New Zealand and Canada.
Tourism graduates have a chance of employment in Singapore and Macau.
Caregivers and housekeepers who are open to be hired as Domestic Helpers have a lot of opportunities in Hongkong and Middle East countries.
There are plenty of job opportunities abroad when you finished a TESDA course.
So take that first step. Check the TESDA Courses, enroll, and take the course seriously. Then, pass the assessment exam to acquire a certificate, and gain local work experience.
When you have enough years of work experience then, that’s the time you should apply for work abroad in respective POEA accredited manpower agencies.
How Long Does it Take to Complete a Tesda Course
Tesda Courses completion timeline depends on the course and the school where you are going to take it.
It’s best to do your research by contacting and inquiring at the schools before you enroll in any TESDA course.
If you prefer to enroll in TESDA Online courses, you can take it and finish it at your own pace and time. If you are a fast learner, you will be able to finish one course within 2 weeks.
Afterward, you can visit a TESDA assessment center so you could take the competency exam. If you passed, you will get a National Certificate (NC).
Foreign language courses can be completed ranging from 100 to 150 hours depending on the language you want to study.
Tesda Course Tuition Fees
If you’re taking the TESDA Online Courses, it’s completely free.
But if you’re taking an On-Site TESDA Course, the tuition fee depends on the course and the school where you’re going to take it.
It’s best to inquire directly at the school or institution to get the most updated tuition fee rates.
How to Search for TESDA Courses in the Website
If you’re interested in enrolling in a course that is not listed here, you may visit the TESDA website.
To search for the course or TESDA Registered Program, enter the course, for example (game development), the school, and the location.
Or, just simply type the keyword for the course then click search and it will give you the list of related courses with the schools and locations where the course is available.
TESDA has also released the list of newly registered courses in February 2017.
TESDA offers these skills training program to help Filipinos achieve their dreams by learning in-demand skills and increase their chances of employment not only here in the Philippines but also in other countries worldwide.
So, if you want to take your skills to the next level and land that dream job, take the TESDA courses now.
e-TESDA Online Courses
If you’re currently abroad or you have no time to enroll in the actual training, you may also enroll in e-TESDA online courses.
You can do this wherever you are with your computer, tablet, or smartphone and internet connection.
And when you’re ready, you can take the actual training or take the national certification.
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