Establishing a School-Based TESDA Competency Assessment Center: An Implementation Case Study at OCSAT

Abstract

Abstract Competency assessment provides external evidence that Technical-Vocational-Livelihood learners meet nationally defined workplace standards. This implementation case study examined how Ozamiz City School of Arts and Trades prepared for and secured accreditation of a school-based Technical Education and Skills Development Authority competency assessment center. The bounded documentary case covered readiness preparation through accreditation on November 24, 2025. Evidence included policy issuances, technical working group records, personnel designations, facility audits, equipment inventories, workflow simulations, communications with the TESDA Provincial Office, pre-inspection observations, corrective-action records, and the accreditation milestone. Documents were organized chronologically and analyzed through a policy-to-practice compliance matrix and program-logic classification. Five connected workstreams enabled accreditation readiness: governance and staffing, qualification prioritization, assessor-capacity development, facility and equipment compliance, and operational documentation. A pre-inspection on October 15, 2025 identified limited corrective actions, after which the center was accredited for Bread and Pastry Production NC II, Cookery NC II, Technical Drafting NC II, and Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC II. The evidence demonstrates implementation feasibility and organizational readiness, but not improved learner participation or certification because full assessment operations had not begun by the documentary cutoff. The case offers a replicable implementation sequence and a monitoring framework for evaluating access after service delivery begins.