TESDA Course List: Where the Official One Lives
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Quick answer
TESDA maintains the authoritative course lists itself: Registered Courses, Training Regulations, Competency Standards, Assessment Centers and the Registry of Accredited Assessors. Enrolment and assessment both carry fees of None in its 2025 charter.
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Where these figures come from
About these figures: the numbers below come from TESDA's official published sources: TESDA | Citizen's Charter CY 2025 (First Edition) (https://www.tesda.gov.ph/Uploads/File/GOOD%20GOVERNANCE/2025/TESDA%20Citizens%20Charter%20CY%202025%20(First%20Edition).pdf, retrieved 2026-09-01); TESDA | Citizen's Charter and services index (https://www.tesda.gov.ph/About/TESDA/151, retrieved 2026-09-01). Agencies change fees and rates without notice, so confirm with TESDA before you rely on them. Last verified: 2026-09-01.
TESDA maintains the course list itself, and it changes. This page points you at the authoritative sources rather than copying them.
Where the real lists are
| TESDA publication | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Registered Courses | Which courses are registered, and where |
| Training Regulations | What a qualification requires |
| Competency Standards | The competencies assessed against |
| Program Registration and Accreditation | How a program becomes registered |
| Assessment Centers | Where you can be assessed |
| Registry of Accredited Assessors | Who may assess you |
| Registry of Certified Workers | Who already holds a certificate |
Why this page does not reproduce the list
A course list copied on one date is wrong on another, because programs are registered and de-registered continuously. Reproducing titles, NC levels and durations here would state something TESDA may no longer publish, and the whole point of a registered course is that the registration is current.
What matters more than the title is whether the program is registered. An unregistered program does not lead to a National Certificate.
What is fixed, and published
| Service | Fees to be paid | Published total |
|---|---|---|
| Application for Scholarship and Enrolment | None | Includes a 1 hour qualifying test |
| Application for Assessment and Certification | None | 34 minutes |
| Certified True Copy of an NC or CoC | ₱50.00 | - |
Those figures hold whatever the course is. The courses guide covers both services, and the National Certificate guide covers what assessment produces.
Choosing between routes
TESDA is one of several certification routes covered on this site, and they are not interchangeable.
| Route | What it certifies | Published cost |
|---|---|---|
| TESDA NC or CoC | Technical and vocational competency | Assessment None; CTC ₱50.00 |
| PRC professional licence | A regulated profession, after a board examination | ₱900.00 to sit, ₱1,050.00 to register, ₱450.00 per 3 years |
| PNP LESP | Security profession | ₱500.00 or ₱650.00, needs a training certificate |
| MARINA COP and COC | Seafaring competency | ₱130.00 per COP, ₱530.00 per COC |
A TESDA certificate is the cheapest of the four to obtain and the only one whose assessment application TESDA publishes as free.
What the surrounding documents cost
| Document | Published fee |
|---|---|
| Certified True Copy of an NC or CoC | ₱50.00 |
| PSA birth certificate, viewable online | ₱130.00 |
| PSA marriage certificate, viewable online | ₱130.00 |
| National Police Clearance | ₱150.00 plus a convenience fee |
| NBI clearance | ₱160.00 all-in |
| Security guard LESP | ₱500.00 |
| Seafarer’s Record Book | ₱1,000.00 |
| PRC licence renewal, 3 years | ₱450.00 |
| Travel tax, economy | ₱1,620.00, or ₱0.00 for an OFW |
TESDA dormitory rates are ₱300.00 per day for an executive room, ₱250.00 for an air-conditioned room with its own CR and ₱220.00 with a common CR, for walk-in or non-TESDA guests.
What this page does not cover
TESDA does not publish, in the charter read for this guide, course titles with durations, NC levels per qualification, tuition charged by training institutions, assessment fees charged by individual assessment centers, or slot availability. None of those are stated here.
Related
The courses guide covers fees and requirements. The free courses guide covers what “free” means. The scholarship guide covers funded training.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the official TESDA course list?
- TESDA publishes it directly: Registered Courses, alongside Training Regulations and Competency Standards. It also publishes Assessment Centers, a Registry of Accredited Assessors and a Registry of Certified Workers.
- Why does this page not list the courses?
- Because TESDA's registered course list changes as programs are registered and accredited, and a copy made on one date goes stale. Course titles, NC levels and durations are not reproduced here to avoid stating something TESDA no longer publishes.
- What does a course cost?
- TESDA does not publish per-course tuition in its 2025 charter. It publishes fees of None for Application for Scholarship and Enrolment and for Application for Assessment and Certification. Training delivered by private institutions is priced by those institutions.
- How do I know a course is legitimate?
- Check TESDA's Registered Courses and Program Registration and Accreditation. A program that is not registered does not lead to a National Certificate.
- What is the difference between a course and a qualification?
- TESDA publishes Training Regulations and Competency Standards that define a qualification, and registers the courses that train towards it. Assessment against the qualification produces the National Certificate or Certificate of Competency.
- How do I find an assessment center?
- TESDA publishes an Assessment Centers list, and a Registry of Accredited Assessors alongside it.
- Can I take a course while abroad?
- TESDA runs an Overseas Assessment Program for assessment abroad through training organisations or Filipino communities, via the Migrant Workers Office. It also publishes a service for the Accreditation of Overseas Competency Assessment Centers.
- How long does the paperwork take?
- Application for Assessment and Certification has a published total of 34 minutes. Enrolment includes a 1 hour qualifying test. TESDA does not publish course durations.