特定技能
Specified Skilled Worker
FITS will make consistent efforts as the "Proper Labor Supervision Agency" of the Specified Skilled Worker system in construction, such as conducting monitoring visits to accepting companies, responding to consultation from foreign national SSWs in their native languages and conducting seminars after the acceptance of SSWs.
Through these efforts, we will provide support to all foreign national SSWs and accepting companies,
- to further boost mutual relationship with trust based on the employment contract.
- to set career goals for the future and take actions to achieve them.
Current Acceptable Job Categories in the Construction Field
The work division in the construction field has been reorganized into "Civil Engineering", "Architecture", and "Lifeline/Facilities". (August 30, 2022)
- [Civil Engineering] (Work related to new construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of civil engineering facilities)
- You can advance to SSW1, if you pass the Skill Evaluation Exam for SSW1 such as (Civil Engineering) in the construction field, or if you successfully completed the Technical Intern Training 2 of the job category listed below, then you will be exempted from the exam.
Applicable job categories: Well Drilling, Concrete Forming, Steel Reinforcement, Scaffolding, Concrete Pumping, Wellpoint Construction, Construction Machine Operation, Steelwork/Ironwork, Painting, Welding -
If you have experience as a team leader and have passed the Skill Certification Grade 1 or the Evaluation Exam for SSW2 in Construction, you can advance to SSW2.
- You can advance to SSW1, if you pass the Skill Evaluation Exam for SSW1 such as (Civil Engineering) in the construction field, or if you successfully completed the Technical Intern Training 2 of the job category listed below, then you will be exempted from the exam.
- [Architecture] (Work related to new construction, adding structures, rebuilding, renovation, etc. of structural building)
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You can advance to SSW1, if you pass the Skill Evaluation Exam for SSW1 such as (Building Construction) in the construction field, or if you successfully completed the Technical Intern Training 2 of the job category listed below, then you will be exempted from the exam.
Applicable job categories: Panel Beating, Fixture Making, Carpentry, Concrete Forming, Steel Reinforcement, Scaffolding, Masonry, Tiling, Roofing, Plastering, Interior Finishing, Paperhanging, Sash Installation, Waterproofing, Concrete Pumping, Furnace construction, Steelwork/Ironwork, Painting, Welding -
If you have experience as a team leader and have passed the Skill Certification Grade 1 or the Evaluation Exam for SSW2 in Construction (Architecture), you can advance to SSW2.
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- [Lifelines/Facilities] (Work related to maintenance, alteration, repair, etc. of the telecommunications, gas, water, electricity, and other lifelines/facilities)
- You can advance to SSW1, if you pass the Skill Evaluation Exam for SSW1 such as (Lifelines/Facilities) in the construction field, or if you successfully completed the Technical Intern Training 2 of the job category listed below, then you will be exempted from the exam.
Applicable job categories: Panel Beating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment Installation, Plumbing, Thermal Insulation, Welding -
If you have experience as a team leader and have passed the Skill Certification Grade 1 or the Evaluation Exam for SSW2 in Construction (Lifelines/Facilities), you can advance to SSW2.
- You can advance to SSW1, if you pass the Skill Evaluation Exam for SSW1 such as (Lifelines/Facilities) in the construction field, or if you successfully completed the Technical Intern Training 2 of the job category listed below, then you will be exempted from the exam.
Procedure for Acceptance
You can check the website of each Ministry regarding the acceptance procedure for foreign national SSWs in the construction field.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website
About the Japan Association for Construction Human Resources (JAC) membership
An Accepting Company must join the Japan Association for Construction Human Resources (JAC), the organization responsible for the foreign national Specified Skilled Worker acceptance operation. You can choose either to become a member of one of the construction business operators’ associations which is a full member of JAC or to become supporting member of JAC. For more details, please check the website of Japan Association for Construction Human Resources (JAC).