Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Vol.15 No.

1, 2018

Effectiveness of TESDA National Certification to Cruise

Line Operation in Culinary Arts Graduates of 2015 and 2016
John Patrick A. Manalo, April Ruth L. Caguicla,
Jessica Maicah A. Dimalaluan, Justine Naiel G. Macatangay, Sheila Mie G. Robles,
Sevilla S. Felicen

College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management

Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas City, Philippines

ABSTRACT

TESDA National Certification is now being assessed in Higher Education Institutions for
its effectiveness to enhance individuals’ competencies and skills for their future job in the industry.
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of TESDA National Certification to Cruise Line
Operation in Culinary Arts (CLOCA) Graduates of 2015 and 2016. Specifically presented the
profile of the graduates; identify the National Certification taken; determine the effects of having
National Certification to the skills and knowledge of graduates, determine the advantages of
National Certification to the graduates’ employment and test the significant difference on the
effect of National Certification to the Graduates when grouped according to profile variables.
This study utilized the descriptive method of research. Based on the result, majority of the CLOCA
graduates’ respondents of 2015 and 2016 are 22 years old and below, and male and are employed
and had taken NCII in Bread and Pastry. Both respondents agreed that TESDA National
Certification is one of the requirements for job positioning. There is a significant difference of the
employment status on the advantage of National Certification to CLOCA graduates’ employment.
It is recommended that the University and TESDA may think and create more vocational
education and trainings to generate new knowledge and insights that will contribute to the skills of
the students needed by the industry.

Keyword: TESDA National Certification, Assessment and Certification

INTRODUCTION

One of the factors that help every student to have greater ability in every field they want
is the school that shaped them to become productive and knowledgeable individual. The aim of
education is to mold and shape students to become ready to face all the challenges in seeking a job
in the future. Based on the different demands of work in the society, public education helped
enlighten and open the minds of students to choose wisely and to pursue the profession they want.
Furthermore, because of the economic and social changes the country is facing now, it is the right

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time to show our great concern on the life ahead of those students who will seek a job right after
they graduate from high school (Connelly, 2013).
LPU Batangas offers courses for the acquisition of the skill required by shipping
company. Cruise Line students who are specialized in Culinary Arts (CLOCA) and Hotel Services
(CLOHS) should acquire knowledge, skills, and competencies through a series of field practice
and exposure to the course and assessed by the professors of LPU-B. Both domestic and overseas
labor markets are increasing because of the demand for competent and globally competitive
middle-level work force. TESDA is responsible for managing TVET sector that ensures the
availability of a qualified and competent skilled worker to meet the demand and contribute to the
economic development of the country. It ensures that its entire program is always relative and
responsive to the current need of the hospitality industry. Lyceum of the Philippines University -
Batangas is one of the open accredited centers of assessment by TESDA (LPU-B, 2014).
Assessment and certification assess the individuals and certify the abilities of skilled
laborers through the Philippine TVET Competency and Appraisal Confirmation Frameworks
(PTCACS). The design ensures that skilled workers should obtain the vital abilities to exhibit the
activity as per industry prerequisites.
Lyceum of the Philippines University Batangas (LPU-B) is still growing to be one of the
best accredited centers of assessment for future students. CITHM department guarantees to meet
the standard qualification in each assessment offered by LPU-B. For future jobs of each graduates
of Cruise Line Operation in Culinary Arts (CLOCA) are associated with different assessment
qualifications on different competencies. As stated in the CITHM General Assembly last August
23, 2017, students especially the graduates should at least pass 6 National Certification in the
qualifications that is suited to their field of specialization: Events Management Services National
Certificate III, Bread & Pastry Production National Certification II, Bartending National
Certification II, Travel Services National Certification II, Commercial Cooking National
Certification III, Commercial Cooking National Certification II, Tour Guiding National
Certification II, Front Office Services National Certification II, Housekeeping National
Certification III, Housekeeping National Certification II, Food and Beverage Services National
Certification III, Food and Beverage Services National Certification II, Cookery National
Certification II. In the syllabus of the department indicates that the students especially graduating
should have the National Certifications which is part of their requirement before finishing a
specified course.
The Philippines is aiming to become the next newly-industrialized country. Therefore,
there is a call for the education sector to produce workers who are technologically competent and
prepared to absorb ideas, perceive patterns, and solve non-routinely problems. Competence in
English, as a powerful tool for communication, is the key to opportunity for future jobs. Many of
the students can neither answer simple questions nor perform well in the practical examination
because the instructions are worded in English language.
National Certificate is now being assessed in LPU for its effectiveness to enhance
individuals’ competencies and skills for their future job in the industry. Graduates now are being

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challenged to use their knowledge, skills and abilities to adapt to work situations that are
becoming flexible and complex their needs change. This research put vocational education and
training forward to perceive skills as capital that individuals require to be successful in work
settings. Many nations have adopted measures to appraise the qualities and skills of their
population through the implementation of vocational education and training courses. The
knowledge and skills gained by every individual in all trainings and seminars would instill
attributes to make them better prepared for their work environment (Laguador, 2015; Buenviaje et
al., 2016; Daquis et al., 2016). It thus comes as no surprise that industry and government have
increasingly paid more attention to individuals with great skills that will improve or increase their
productivity.
TESDA will provide assessment for students especially graduates to be competent and to
enhance their skills for their future job in the hospitality industry. For CTE office, this study will
help them compare the result of competencies which the student’s obtained in the past to current.
For University this will help them grow more as a center of assessment not only for LPU students
but also for walk-ins and have an improvement to their facilities. This study may also help the
CITHM department in observing the competencies obtained by the CLOCA students in their past
training and assessment. Through this study the students will realize the importance of having a
National Certificate in finding a future job.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The research aims to assess the effectiveness of TESDA National Certification to
CLOCA Graduates of 2015 & 2016. Specifically, it presented the profile of the graduates in terms
of age, sex, year graduated, identify the National Certification taken, determine the effect of
having National Certification to the skills and knowledge of graduates, determine the advantage of
National Certification to CLOCA graduates’ employment, test the significant difference on the
effect of National Certification to CLOCA graduates when grouped according to profile variable
and, propose an action plan based on the result of the study.

METHODS

Research Design
The researchers utilized the descriptive method of research. As widely accepted, the
descriptive method is a fact-finding study that involves adequate and accurate interpretation of
findings. A research describes a certain present condition. Relatively, the method is appropriate to
this study since it aims to identify the National Certification of BSCLOCA Graduates in the year
2015 and 2016.
Descriptive research is a study of learning lever and is generally used in education and
the other sciences. It is useful to establish on the premise that the problems can be clarify and
practices enhanced through observing, analyzing, and descripting. In the descriptive research the

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most common method is the use of survey or questionnaire, personal interviews, normative
surveys, and phone surveys (Koh & Owen, 2000).

Participants
The respondents of the study are the Bachelor of Science in Cruise Line Operation in
Culinary Arts (BSCLOCA) graduates in S.Y. 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 of Lyceum of the
Philippines University – Batangas with the total number of 129 candidates from the list of
numbers given by the Registrar’s Office. It is said that the needed respondents are all 129
graduates of cruise line operation thus the researchers just manage to get a respondent of 100
participants or 78 percent, due to the problem that the other respondents were working and didn’t
have time to answer the questionnaire and some didn’t respond to the given email.

Instrument
The questionnaire was modified and partially adopted from Aliso, 2016 research titled
“Competitive Advantage of TESDA National Certificate Holders in Resort Hotels of Batangas
Province”. The purpose of the instrument is to gather data and information from the said
respondents who are the CLOCA graduates of 2015 and 2016, it has three parts; the first part was
designed to determine the respondent’s profile in terms of age, year graduated, gender, and
numbers of TESDA national certificates taken; the second part is to determine the result of
TESDA competency assessment taken; and lastly, the third part aims to determine the advantages
of having a national certification to the respondents.

Procedure
The researchers went to the Alumni Office for the complete list of names of all CLOCA
graduates’ student of batch 2015 and 2016. The researches contacted the graduates of 2015 and
2016 through social media so that the questionnaire will easily reach the respondents. The data
gathering started in November 08, 2017 and lasted in November 28, 2017.

Data Analysis
The data were tallied, encoded and interpreted using different statistical tool. These
include frequency which will be used to present the profile of each CLOCA graduates in terms of
age, sex, year graduated and employment status, weighted mean will be used to determine the
National Certification Taken, analysis of variance or ANOVA was used by the researchers to
determine the advantage of National Certification to CLOCA graduates’ employment. The range
and interpretation of the four-point scale are (4) strongly agree which range 3.01-4.00; (3) agree
which range 2.01-3.00; (2) disagree which range 1.01-2.00; and (1) strongly disagree which range
0.01-1.00.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 1 shows the distribution of respondents’ profile, year graduated and employment
status. Majority of the respondents are 22 years old and below having 56 frequency or 56.00
percent followed by 23 years old having 24 frequency or 24.00 percent. While 25 years old and
above or 8.00 percent has the least respondents. Most of the respondents who are 22 years and
below are from the batch of 2015-2016 while those respondents who are 23 years old are from
year 2014-2015.
Table 1. Percentage Distribution of the Respondents’ Profile
Profile Variables Frequency Percentage (%)
Age
22 years old and below 56 56.00
23 years old 24 24.00
24 years old 12 12.00
25 years old and above 8 8.00
Gender
Male 53 53.00
Female 47 47.00
Year Graduated
2014-2015 50 50.00
2015-2016 50 50.00
Employment Status
Employed 84 84.00
Unemployed 16 16.00

In terms of gender, most of the respondents are male with a frequency of 53 or 53.00
percent. While 47 respondents or 47.00 percent are female. Majority of CLOCA graduates from
both years are male because most of the population of Cruise Line professionals are male even in
the field of culinary professional males has the highest population. Shipping industry is one of the
few industries that has the lowest number of female workers. Due to male dominating the industry
or lack of awareness, the paltry numbers of female seafarers’ states are very little and have been
done to encourage them for taking this career (Mukherjee, 2017).
Meanwhile, out of 100 respondents, 50 students graduated from the year 2015-2016 with
50.00 percent and 50 students graduated from the year 2014-2015 with 50.00 percent. CITHM
open the door to cruise line management which offer two specializations in culinary arts (CLOCA)
and hotel services (CLOHS). It provides essential skills and knowledge for hospitality with
training requirements that will help the students gain professional qualifications. After graduating,
the graduates will train as seafarers that attach to the set of standards in the industry’s local and
international scene. The graduates will acquire position as a professional leader of a cruise line
organization, supervisor/manager in the Cruise Line Industry (BS in Cruise Line Operation in
Culinary Arts, 2017)

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However, 84 or 84.00 percent are currently employed and 16 or 16.00 percent are
unemployed. Graduates claimed that they acquired intellectual skills, communication skills, and
interpersonal skills. Regarding their present employment, the better percentage of the respondents
is working professional, technical and supervisory level. Most of the graduates are employed in
USA, Metro Manila, and Batangas Province.
The ability to search employment and stayed employed includes both soft and hard skills,
which includes formal and actual competencies, personal characteristics, and interpersonal skills
(Dimalibot et al., 2014; Refozar & Del Mundo, 2013; Felicen & Mejia, 2013; Chavez et al., 2016;
Macalalad et al., 2016). While according to Dotong, a graduate’s student moves in different part of
the world to showcase their skills and competencies and which involved them in the development
of every nation and now a part of the work force environment that contributes to the success of
every organization which leads towards their goal (Aguila, De Castro, Dotong & Laguador, 2016;
Orence & Laguador, 2013; Dotong, 2014; Chavez et al., 2016; Buenviaje et al., 2015).

Table 2. National Certification Taken

Frequency Percentage (%)
NCII in Bread and Pastry 99 99.00
NCII in Food and Beverage 1 1.00
NCII in Cookery 14 14.00
NCIII in Commercial Cooking 1 1.00

Table 2 shows the national certification taken by the respondents. Majority of the
respondents had taken NCII in Bread and Pastry with the frequency of 99 or 99.00 percent
followed by NCII in Cookery that has 14 or 14.00 percent. NCII in Food and Beverage and NCIII
in Commercial Cooking got the least of 1 or 1.00 percent. In the year 2015 TESDA National
Certification had been implemented in Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas.
As seen from Table 2, most of the respondents that have NCII in Bread and Pastry are in
both years especially in the year 2014-2015 because NCII in Bread and Pastry is the only one that
they took.
As for the year 2015-2016 they already have NCII in Cookery. While one respondent in
the year 2015-2016 had taken NCII in Bread and Pastry, NCII in Food and Beverage and NCIII in
Commercial Cooking because he needed more than 3 National Certificate to be easily employed.
Table 3 presents the advantages of National Certification to graduates employment. The
composite mean of 3.00 shows that the respondents agree on the advantages enumerated. Among
the items mentioned, one of the requirements for job positioning rank first got a weighted mean
score of 3.34. It shows that a national certification is one step in job positioning and it helps the
holder to easily get the job. It shows that having the national certificate is a proof that the holder
surpasses the training and is competent in that field of assessment.

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Table 3. Advantage of National Certifications to CLOCA Graduates’ Employment

TESDA National Certification… Weighted Mean Verbal Interpretation Rank
1. is one of the requirements for job positioning. 3.34 Agree 1
2. is an evidence for competency of the applicant. 3.21 Agree 3
3. is a license for competency standards. 3.01 Agree 8
4. places an applicant in the priority list. 2.86 Agree 12
5. places an applicant to his desired position. 3.09 Agree 5
6. can be a basis on setting job responsibilities. 3.07 Agree 6
7. can be the basis of contract agreement between
2.90
applicant and company. Agree 11
8. can be a basis for salary scale determination. 2.64 Agree 15
9. can be basis for hiring applicants. 3.13 Agree 4
10. can be a basis for the employees to be regular
2.95
workers. Agree 9
11. is essential for appraisal or reclassification. 2.85 Agree 13
12. can be an additional credential for promotion 2.75 Agree 14
13. can be a basis for long employment contract 2.94 Agree 10
14. can be a basis for assigning special projects 3.02 Agree 7
15. can be a basis to know the level of
3.27
competency Agree 2
Composite Mean 3.00 Agree
Legend: 3.50 – 4.00 = Strongly Agree; 2.50 – 3.49 = Agree; 1.50 – 2.49 = Disagree; 1.00 – 1.49 = Strongly Disagree

National Certificates and Diplomas provide the skills and knowledge that meet nationally
endorsed unit and achievement standards. The skills and knowledge which required for the
certificates and diplomas are exactly what a company or employers needed (National Certificates
and National Diplomas, 2015).
Followed by can be a basis to know the level of competency which ranked second got a
weighted mean score of 3.27. The more National Certification you got the more competent you are
and this will help the holder employed easily. It means that the holder accomplished the standards
of the assessment. According to Cedefop (2011) the process of issuing a national certificate,
diplomas or title of learning outcomes attest that the knowledge, know-how, skills and
competencies acquired by an individual have been assessed and validated by a competent body
against a redefined standard.
However, an evidence for competency of the applicant ranks third that got a weighted
mean score of 3.21, which proves that we surpass the training and assessment. It also improves the
quality of life of the workers by way of increasing their level of competence and enhancing their
area of expertise.
A worker or holder must be assessed and verified to prove that he/she is competent in
order to carry out standardized activities. Thus, the certification of competency refers to
recognition of a proved competency of an individual. The certificate implies that there has been a

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prior process of competency assessment which is a proof of a verified competency, and it is a

based on a well-defined standard (EM Wahba, nd)
However, can be a basis for hiring applicants ranks fourth with a weighted mean score of
3.13. Nowadays different companies are looking for NC holders because having national
certifications is a big advantage for the holder because they undergo TESDA training. The
company itself will think the holder highly because they are competent and have the skills and
knowledge that the company needs.
And lastly, it places an applicant to his desired position ranks fifth has a weighted mean
score of 3.09. It enhances their area of expertise and test their skills, knowledge, attitude and
values to his or her area of assessment. It is also the proof that the desired position the holder
applied or was surpassed or competent.
Among the items cited, the item can be the basis of contract agreement between applicant
and company which ranked 11 has a weighted mean score of 2.90 indicates that some companies
do not use a national certification as a basis of their contract agreement between them.
It was followed by the item places an applicant in the priority list which ranked 12 that
has a weighted mean of 2.86 indicates that having a national certification or diplomas which is
needed to their requirements are not eligible to place an applicant to its priority unless the
applicant shows that he has talents and skills to contribute to the company.
Meanwhile, the item is essential for appraisal or reclassification ranked 13 that has a
weighted mean of 2.85 indicates that the holder did not perform what the company or manager is
expecting him to show. This means that the company or manager was not satisfied with the
performance of the holder since they lack in skills and abilities and they did not meet their
expectations.
The key to successful performance appraisal is an understanding between the company
and the employee of what is expected. If there is no such understanding between them, the
company will assess a performance based on what he or she expects to the employee. To avoid
such problem, the company will plan for appraisals by laying out the expectations for its
performance and providing ongoing feedback during the appraisal period (Certificate in
Performance Appraisal Essentials, 2018).
The item can be an additional credential for promotion that ranked 14 has the weighted
mean of 2.75 indicates that having a national certification does not mean that it will be a credential
for promotion, for it always start from the bottom and work hard to be on the top.
Employers, workers, and student had used academic degrees and diplomas as a proxy for
the skills and knowledge that is needed to present on the job. There is growing interest in the use
of competency-based credentials to complement this tradition. However, high-quality, employer-
backed, and competency-based provide precise information about job requirements and
proficiencies, which are in the technical skilled position that make up an increase share in the
market (Making a Market for Competency-Based Credentials, 2013).
However, can be a basis to salary scale determination has the lowest rank and has the
weighted mean of 2.64 indicates that not all certification will help the holder get high salary scale

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but if the holder wants to have high salary scale, he/she has to push his/her limits and be
recognized by the company.
In determining the salaries for new employees, the company or managers consider the
experience and skills of the individual being hired. Any annual merit increase, though, it will
focus on the performance of the employee over the evaluation period (Determining the
Appropriate Salary, 2018).
According to Signh (2015), the number of years of experience and education can
influence the employee’s starting salary. However, it could also make the employee overqualified
for a job. If the employee is an exceptional performer, his/her increment will be taken into
consideration and get his/her closer to the higher end of range.

Table 4. Difference of Responses on the Advantage of National Certifications to CLOCA

Graduates' Employment when Grouped According to Profile
Profile Variables F-value p-value Interpretation
Age 0.485 0.694 Not Significant
Gender 0.080 0.936 Not Significant
Year Graduated 1.930 0.057 Not Significant
Employment Status 2.371 0.020 Significant
Legend: Significant at p-value < 0.05

Table 4 shows the difference of responses on the Advantage of National Certifications to

CLOCA Graduates’ Employment when grouped according to profile. As shown from the result,
only employment status shows significant difference since the obtained p-value of 0.020 is less
than 0.05 alpha level. Thus, it is significant because as shown in Table 1 most of the graduates in
both years are employed that has a frequency of 84 or 84 percent. This means that the responses
differ, and it was found out that employed respondents have higher assessment with regards to the
advantages of National Certifications.
It has been presented that employability is an aspect of quality of higher assessment and
is a benefit of universities for career and work. Employability of graduates shows that the concept
has different interpretation based on the perception of the stakeholder on employment. It depends
not only on the attributes of the graduates such as, knowledge, subject, skills, personality traits,
and experience but also on the curriculum, faculty, and pedagogy in the university systems, and
also to the expectations of the employers who hire the graduates (Sumanasiri, Yajid & Khatibi,
2015).

CONCLUSION
Majority of CLOCA graduates are below 22 years old, male and are employed. Almost of
all graduates are Bread and Pastry NCII holder. Based on the result, national certifications are
advantageous to CLOCA graduates’ employment because with the certifications and the skills and
knowledge they earned, they can perform well and exceed to the expectations of the employer or

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company. The researchers proposed an action plan to help improve the employability of the future
CLOCA graduates.

RECOMMENDATIONS
The university may improve their learning facilities and training equipment that will help
students gain more knowledge, skills and abilities for them to use in finding a job in the future. It
may also coordinate with TESDA government in conducting seminars on how to improve the
measures of assessment. Both the university and TESDA may think and create more vocational
education and trainings to generate new knowledge and insights that will contribute to the skills of
the students needed by the industry. The proposed strategy/action plan may be implemented to
improve the graduates’ employment. Similar study with an in-depth research may be conducted by
future researchers with focus on the advantages of TESDA National Certification to employment.

Table 5. Proposed Action Plan on the Advantages of National Certification to CLOCA

Graduates’ Employment
Key result area / Strategies / Program Outcomes
Objectives
To be able for the TESDA National Acquired skills through Having National
Certificate holder to feel assured that their vocational trainings and Certification can help the
achievement is sound so the employers can university education holder described one’s skills
recognize their qualifications and qualifications, what they
learned and know what they
can expect
To show the skills and knowledge of being Practice active listening to The company will
a competent holder to be promoted easily staff meeting to improve recognize the holder’s talent
work. Work honestly and as a professional that will
diligently to finish reports on help the company grow more
time and dedicate some time
to create and formulate new
ideas related to their work.
To be a well experienced professional to Work in a company where Having job experience will
base the salary scale determination they can use and master their also help them be promoted
skills. Use their expertise to easily as a professional and
do their job well and be enhance the skills and
recognized by their superior. knowledge more
Do overtime job if some
projects needed to be finished

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