Presidential Decree 442
5303
Objective
Qualifications of an Apprentice
Aptitude Testing of Applicants
Contents of Apprenticeship
Contract
Senate Bill 1392
To help meet the demand of the
economy for trained manpower.
To establish a national
apprenticeship program through
the participation of employers,
workers and government and non-
government agencies
To establish apprenticeship
standards for the protection of
apprentices.
a. Be at least 15 years of age
b. Must possess vocational
aptitude and capacity for
appropriate tests
c. Must possess the ability to
comprehend oral and
written instructions
a. Wage rates of apprentices
shall conform to the rules
House Bill No.
“Apprenticeship Training System
Act of 2017”
To establish an apprenticeship
program that will ensure the
availability of qualified human
resource in critical, in-demand, and
hard-to-fill occupations
a. Be at least 15 years of age,
provided, that an
apprentice below 18 years
of age shall not be exposed
to dangerous and
hazardous occupations
b. Must possess vocational
aptitude and capacity for
appropriate tests
c. Must possess the ability to
comprehend oral and
written instructions
Any person to be engaged
as apprentice shall undergo
the appropriate aptitude
exams which shall be
administered by the BEAC.
a. Compentencies that will be
acquired within the
apprenticeship program
“Revised Apprenticeship Program
Act
To establish reformed
apprenticeship program that will
ensure the availability of qualified
manpower in the field of critical
and in-demand technical skills
through active participation of all
workers, enterprises government
agencies and NGOs concerned
a. Be at least 15 years of age
b. b. Must possess vocational
aptitude and capacity for
appropriate tests
c. Must possess the ability to
comprehend oral and
written instructions
The Bipartite plant apprenticeship
committee shall have the primary
responsibility of providing
appropriate aptitude examinations
in selection of apprentices.
a. Nature, syllabus, timetable,
and purpose of training
 issued by the Secretary of
Labor and Employment
b. Period of apprenticeship
shall not exceed 6 months.
c. Wage rates shall not be
below 75% of the
applicable minimum wage
No enterprise shall be allowed to
engage apprentices more than 20%
of the total number of its regular
employees.
based on the Training Plan b. Period of training,
and the method of depending on the approved
competency assessment training regulations
b. The period of training c. Training allowances
depending on the approved prescribed by the industry,
Training Plan which in no case shall start
c. Training Allowance, which below 75% of the
in no case shall be below applicable minimum wage:
75% of the applicable provided, however, that
minimum wage. contributions
d. Schedule of training
allowance payment
e. An undertaking from the
enterprise that it shall
provide a disability and/or
accident insurance policy in
favor of the apprentice
during the apprenticeship
period
f. The general rights and
obligations of both parties,
grounds for termination of
the contract and the
process for the termination
of the apprenticeship
contract.

No enterprise shall be allowed to

engage apprentices more than 20%
of the total number of its regular
employees.
Apprenticeship Period
Employment of Apprentices Only employers in the highly
technical industries may employ
apprentices and only in
apprenticeable occupations
approved by Secretary of Labor and
Employment
Apprenticeship Models
Shall be based on the duration of
training required in the Training
Plan and on the complexity of the
skills to be learned by the
apprentices, provided, that the
period shall not be less than 6
months
Only enterprises with
Apprenticeship Programs registered
with TESDA can enter into
apprenticeship contracts and train
apprentices in approved
apprenticeable occupations
Enterprises with approved
apprenticeship program may
choose from any of the following
apprenticeship schemes:
a. Involving a company or
group of companies and
identified education and
training institution
b. Conducted entirely by a
company with
demonstrated capacity to
conduct theoretical
instruction
c. Other schemes to be
established by the TESDA in
consultation with
enterprise management,
labor and training
institutions and subject to
Shall be based on the duration of
training required in the training
plan and on the complexity of skills
to be learned by the apprentices
Only enterprises with programs
registered with the TESDA may
enter into apprenticeship contracts
and train apprentices in approved
apprenticeable occupations
Enterprises with approved
apprenticeship programs may
choose from any of the following
apprenticeship models which may
use Dual Training System Approach:
a. Apprenticeship involving a
company and an identified
training institution
b. Apprenticeship involving a
group of companies and a
training institution;
c. Apprenticeship involving an
industry training Center and
a company or a group of
companies; or
d. Other schemes to be
established by the TESDA in
consultation with
enterprise owners, labor,

Investigation of Violation of
Apprenticeship Agreement
Appeal to the TESDA Director
General
Compulsory Apprenticeship
the approval of TESDA
board.
Upon complaint of any interested The Bipartite Enterprise
person or upon its own initiative, Apprenticeship Committee shall
the appropriate agency of the DOLE have the authority to settle
or its authorized representative differences arising out of
shall investigate any violation of an apprenticeship contracts upon
apprenticeship agreement pursuant complaints of any interested person
to such rules and regulations as or upon its own initiative. If BEAC
may be prescribed by the Secretary shall be unable to settle
of Labor and Employment differences, the TESDA Secretariat
or its authorized representative
shall investigate and render a
decision pursuant to pertinent rules
and regulations as may be
prescribed by TESDA Board.
The Decision of the TESDA
Secretariat or its authorized
representative may be appealed by
any aggrieved person to the TESDA
Director General within 5 days from
the receipt of the decision. The
decision of the TESDA Director
General shall be final and
executory.
When the national security or When the national security or
particular requirements of particular requirements of
economic development so demand, economic development so demand,
the President of the Republic of the the President of the Republic of the
Philippines shall require compulsory Philippines shall require compulsory
training of apprentices in certain training of apprentices in certain
trades, occupations, jobs or trades, occupations, jobs or
and training institutions
subject to the approval of
the TESDA Board.
The Bipartite Plant Apprenticeship
Committee, motu proprio or upon
complaint of any interested party,
shall have initial responsibility for
settling differences arising out of
apprenticeship contracts. In case it
is not able to settle such
differences, the TESDA Provincial
Director shall investigate and
submit a recommendation to the
TESDA Regional Director who shall
render a decision pursuant to
pertinent rules and regulations as
may be Prescribed by the TESDA
Board
The Decision of the TESDA
Secretariat or its authorized
representative may be appealed by
any aggrieved person to the TESDA
Director General within 5 days from
the receipt of the decision. The
decision of the TESDA Director
General shall be final and
executory.
When the national security or
particular requirements of
economic development so demand,
the President of the Republic of the
Philippines shall require compulsory
training of apprentices in certain
trades, occupations, jobs or
 employment levels where shortage
of trained manpower is deemed
critical as determined by the TESDA
Board.
Incentives An additional deduction from the
TAXABLE INCOME equivalent to ½
of the value of training expenses
incurred for developing the
productivity and efficiency of
apprentices program shall be
granted to the person or enterprise
organizing an apprenticeship
program.
Such program must be duly
recognized by TESDA
Deduction shall not exceed ten
percent 10% of direct labor wage
and that the person who wishes to
avail of this incentive shall pay the
apprentices Training Allowance
equivalent to the applicable
minimum wage.
employment levels where shortage
of trained manpower is deemed
critical as determined by the TESDA
Board.
An additional deduction from the
TAXABLE INCOME equivalent to ½
of the value of training expenses
incurred for developing the
productivity and efficiency of
apprentices program shall be
granted to the person or enterprise
organizing an apprenticeship
program.
Such program must be duly
recognized by TESDA
Deduction shall not exceed ten
percent 10% of direct labor wage
and that the person who wishes to
avail of this incentive shall pay the
apprentices Training Allowance
equivalent to the applicable
minimum wage.
employment levels where shortage
of trained manpower is deemed
critical as determined by the TESDA
Board.
Abolished the Learnership Program
An additional deduction from the
gross income of one-half (½) of the
labor training expenses incurred
from developing the productivity
and efficiency of apprentices shall
be granted to the person or
enterprise organizing an
apprenticeship program:
Provided, that the employer shall
be exempt from the payment of the
apprenticeship fee and that such
program shall be recognized by
TESDA
Deduction shall not exceed 10% of
the training allowance of the
apprentices.
Enterprises that wishes to avail of
this incentive shall pay its
apprentices the minimum wage.
Micro-cottage and small enterprises
with less than 100 employees shall
be exempt from paying the
apprenticeship fee.