TVETipedia Glossary

Organisation:	International Labour Organization, UN
Source:	Resolution Concerning Updating the International Standard Classification of Occupations (2007)
Description:	The resolution is about the International Standard of Classification of Occupations (ISCO). The definitions of the terms "job" and "occupation" are part of the resolution.ILO 2007

Organisation:	South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) , South Africa
Source:	TVET Standard Glossary of Terms (2013)
Description:	This standard glossary of terms defines and clarifies the core terminology relating to the development and implementation of the South African National Qualifications Framework (NQF). As a direct result of the many changes in the education and training landscape between 1995 and 2013, a wide range of terminology and definitions have emerged, often causing confusion and leading to ambiguity in the system. This glossary has been developed to bring consistency to the use of terminology in the broader education and training context, including legislation, policy and everyday usage by the public. Website

Organisation:	Moustafa Wahba (TVET consultant), Egypt
Source:	TVET glossary MW (2013)
Description:	The Egyptian TVET expert Moustafa Wahba developed a glossary based on his own experience as a consultant in TVET. Moustafa Wahba (UNEVOC e-Forum)

Organisation:	Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Philippines
Source:	TVET glossaries of terms (2010)
Description:	The Glossary of Terms, 4th edition, provides definitions of TVET terms and terminologies commonly used in education, labor and employment and other TVET related areas in the Philippines. The complexity of the environment where TVET operates requires regular review and updating of TVET terminologies as systems, standards, processes, policies and programs continue to change. The provision of this glossary is intended to facilitate comprehension and better understanding as we move together in making TVET work for our people and country. p. iii

Organisation:	European foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), Europe
Source:	Upgrading or polarisation? Long-term and global shifts in the employment structure: European jobs monitor 2015 (2015)
Description:	The fourth annual European Jobs Monitor report looks in more detail at shifts in employment at Member State and aggregate EU level between the second quarter (Q2) of 2011 and 2014 Q2. A ‘jobs-based’ approach is applied in order to describe employment shifts quantitatively (how many jobs were created or destroyed) and qualitatively (what kinds of jobs these were).p. 1 (Introduction)

Green jobs are jobs that contribute to preserving or restoring environmental quality, while also meeting longstanding demands and goals of the labour movement, such as adequate wages, safe working conditions, and workers' rights. (Adapted from UNEP(2008) definition - See below)
Source: UNEVOC community

Green jobs are defined as jobs that reduce the environmental impact of enterprises and economic sectors, ultimately to levels that are sustainable. This definition covers work in agriculture, industry, services and administration that contributes to preserving or restoring the quality of the environment while also meeting the criteria for decent work - adequate wages, safe conditions, workers' right, social dialog and social protection. It also covers activities related to both mitigation and adaption to climate change.
This is a working definition. It implies in its inclusivity and breadth that every job can potentially become greener. As time goes on and the transition to a green economy intensifies, what is considered a green job today might not continue to be so regarded. The understanding of green jobs also varies from one country to another. Ultimately, countries will need to compose their own national definitions and set thresholds for practices considered green or non-green.
Source: ILO/CEDEFOP 2011, Global

We define green jobs as positions in agriculture, manufacturing, construction, installation, and maintenance, as well as scientific and technical, administrative, and service-related activities, that contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. Specifically, but not exclusively, this includes jobs that help to protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity; reduce energy, materials, and water consumption through high-efficiency and avoidance strategies; de-carbonize the economy; and minimize or altogether avoid generation of all forms of waste and pollution. But green jobs, as we argue below, also need to be good jobs that meet longstanding demands and goals of the labor movement, i.e., adequate wages, safe working conditions, and worker rights, including the right to organize labor unions.
Source: UNEP 2008, Global

The process of examining a job in detail to identify its component tasks; the detail and approach may vary according to the purpose for which the job is being analyzed, e.g., training, equipment design, work layout.
Source: TESDA 2010, Philippines

A systematic way to gather and analyze information about the content and human requirements of the job, and the context in which the job is performed. This process identifies the existing tasks, duties and responsibilities of the job and what awareness, knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes are needed to do the job.
Source: Wahba 2013, Global

A guide produced by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations for secondary school students. It provides information on jobs, education and training pathways.
Source: NCVER 2013, Australia

A guide giving information on jobs, education and training pathways.
Source: Wahba 2013, Global

A network of private, community and government organizations assisting people to find jobs.
Source: Wahba 2013, Global

Process of supporting individuals to find jobs matching their skills.
Source: CEDEFOP 2014, Europe

The awareness, knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes required by an individual to perform the job.
Source: Wahba 2013, Global

The level of achievement that an individual is expected to reach by reference to specified rating levels (standards) and criteria that have been decided for each task / activity within a job/job title.
Source: Wahba 2013, Global

Learning carried out by individuals to obtain knowledge and/or to learn new skills for a current or a future job, to increase earnings, to improve job and/or career opportunities in a current or another field and generally to improve their opportunities for advancement and promotion. Individuals can be employed, unemployed, inactive; learning can be financed or cofinanced by different actors (individuals or their families, employers, public authorities, etc.).
Source: CEDEFOP (Stats) 2015, Europe

Jobs requiring access to and the use of large quantities of knowledge (as opposed to labour intensive jobs)
Source: EU commission (Skills panorama) 2015, Europe

Vocational training undertaken away from the normal work situation. It is usually only part of a whole training programme, in which it is combined with on-the-job training.
Source: CEDEFOP 2008, Europe

Training which takes place away from a person's job, usually off the premises, e.g. at TAFE, but may also be on the premises, e.g. in a special training area.
Source: NCVER 2013, Australia

Vocational training undertaken away from the normal work situation; it is usually only part of a whole training programme in which it is combined with on-the-job training.
Source: UNEVOC/NCVER 2009, Global

Training undertaken in the workplace as part of the productive work of the learner.
Source: NCVER 2013, Australia

Vocational training given in the normal work situation; it may constitute the whole training or be combined with off-the-job training.
Source: UNEVOC/NCVER 2009, Global

Training within the enterprise given at the work station and using jobs of commercial value for instruction and practice purposes.
Source: TESDA 2010, Philippines

(also known as Work Based Training or In-service Training or On-Site Training) It is defined as the training undertaken at work place or on site as part of the practical training, productive work and professional development of either the trainees and students enrolled in TVET institutions (institutes, centres and schools) and conducted by the relevant instructors and teachers or the workers employed by industrial organizations / enterprises and conducted by the relevant trainers and first line supervisors.
Source: Wahba 2013, Global