Procedures and Guidelines in applying for HSW NC II

ON SKILLS TRAINING

1. As a household service worker, you are expected to be able to do the following:

BASIC COMPETENCIES
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Participate in workplace communication

Work in team environment

Practice career professionalism

Practice occupational health and safety procedures

COMMON COMPETENCIES
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Maintain an effective relationship with clients/customers

Manage own performance

CORE COMPETENCIES

1.

Clean living room, dining room, bedrooms, toilet, kitchen

Wash and iron clothes, linen and fabric

Provide food and beverage/services

To earn TESDA Certificate, you may enroll in a training program for household service workers,
but check first if the program is registered with TESDA and authorized to offer the program.

2. You should enroll only in a TESDA authorized training center. Do not enroll in a training center
whose program is not authorized by TESDA.
3. Check the list of authorized training centers for household service workers, including the cost and
duration of training. This list is posted in all TESDA regional and Provincial Offices and the
TESDA website www.tesda.gov.ph.

4. If you enroll in a TESDA-authorized training center, pay only the fees duly approved by TESDA
and ask for an official receipt from the training center.
5. The training center must issue a certificate of completion to you once you have completed the
training program.
6. If you have adequate experience as a household service worker, you may not need to go for
training before assessment.
ON COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
1. Competency assessment is the process of finding out whether you can perform the functions of a
household service worker according to the employer requirements.
2. Before you go for competency assessment, you should get an endorsement letter from the
recruitment agency that will be presented to the assessment center. Only applicants who are
endorsed by recruitment agencies will be accepted for assessment.
3. In competency assessment, you will be asked to perform the core competencies to prove that you
know how to do the job of a household service worker. This is referred to as performance
assessment.
4. If you have completed a training program, this would have prepared you for competency
assessment. However, the completion of a training program is not an absolute requirement for
competency assessment. You can go for assessment even if you have enrolled in a training
program as long as you believe that you can perform all the competencies of a household service
worker in the country or abroad.
5. If you have some years of experience as household service worker abroad, you can submit
evidences of your experiences to the assessment center like copies of work contract, certification
from your employers or your recruitment agency and similar documents so that you do not have
to take the test but the assessor will just evaluate the documents that you submitted. This is
referred to as portfolio assessment.
6. When you go for assessment, whether a performance assessment or portfolio assessment, you
will be asked to pay an assessment fee of Php1000 to the assessment center. Make sure that the
assessment center is accredited by TESDA.
7. When you pay for assessment fee, you should ask for an official receipt from the assessment
center.

8. If you fail in the assessment, you can be assessed again but you will have to pay another
Php1000 for re-assessment.
9. When you pass the assessment, you will be recommended to receive a national certification from
TESDA by the assessment center.
ON CERTIFICATION
1. When you are recommended for certification, you will be required to pay a certification fee of
Php100 to TESDA Office which has jurisdiction over the assessment center. The TESDA Office
will issue a certificate to you.
2. Upon payment of the certification fee, you will be given an official receipt and a National
Certificate (NCII) for household Service Workers which is a document that proves that you are a
competent household service worker.
3. The National Certificate is a valid for five (5) years.
4. This National Certificate will be presented to POEA with your work contract so that POEA can
issue the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) to you before you leave for your job abroad.