Chapter IV. Designated Training Institution

(Division of Designation)

Article 20.  The division provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance of paragraph 1 of Article 77 of the Law shall be as follows:

(1)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of woodworking machines.

(2)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of press machines.

(3)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of industrial dryers.

(4)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of concrete blasting.

(5)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of excavating natural ground.

(6)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of shoring.

(6-2)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of drilling tunnels.

(6-3)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of lining tunnels.

(7)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of excavation work for quarrying.

(8)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of cargo piling.

(9)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of stevedores;.

(10)  Skill training courses for operations of concrete form shoring.

(11)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of building, etc., of scaffolding.

(11-2)   Skill training courses for operations chiefs of erection, etc., of steel structure for buildings, etc.

(11-3)   Skill training courses for operations chiefs of erection, etc., of steel bridges.

(11-4)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of fabricating wooden building, etc.

(11-5)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of dismantling concrete structure, etc.

(11-6)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of erection, etc., of concrete bridges.

(12)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of boiler installation work.

(13)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work handling first-class pressure vessels related to chemical facilities.

(14)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work handling ordinary first-class pressure vessels.

(15)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work handling specified chemical substances, etc.

(16)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work handling lead.

(17)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work handling tetraalkyl lead, etc.

(18)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work involving first-class danger of oxygen-deficient air.

(18-2)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of work involving second-class danger of oxygen-deficient air.

(18-3)  Skill training courses for operations chiefs of the work handling organic solvents.

(18-4)  Skill training courses for operation of floor operation-type cranes.

(18-5)  Skill training courses for operation of small mobile cranes.

(19)  Skill training courses for gas welding.

(20)  Skill training courses for forklift driving.

(20-2)  Skill training courses for shovel-loader driving, etc.

(21)  Skill training courses for operation of vehicle-type construction machines (for grounding, transport and loading, and for excavation).

(21-2)  Skill training courses for operation of vehicle-type construction machine (for foundation work).

(21-3)  Skill training courses for operation of vehicle-type construction machines (for demolition).

(21-4)  Skill training courses for operation of rough terrain vehicles.

(21-5)  Skill training courses for operation of aerial platforms.

(22)  Skill training courses for slinging.

(23)  Skill training courses for operation of boiler.

(24)  Practical training courses for the operation of cargo hoisting equipment.

(25)  Practical training courses for the operation of crane.

(26)  Practical training courses for the operation of mobile cranes.

(27)  Practical training courses for the operation of derrick.

(Application for Designation)

Article 21.  The person who applies for the designation under the paragraph 1 of Article 77 of the Law shall submit to the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who has jurisdiction over the area where such person plans to conduct skill training courses or practical training courses related to such an application (hereinafter referred to as the "Director General of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau") an application form of designation of designated training institution (Form No. 8) and the following documents:

(1)  Certified copy of the articles of incorporation or the articles of association, and of the register.

(2)  List of assets and the balance sheet for the business year prior to the business year including the date of application.

(3)  Business program and a budget of income and expenditure for the business year including the date of application and the next business year.

(4)  Documents describing the following:

a)  Names and personnel records of officers and the persons who directly manage such skill training courses or practical training courses (hereinafter referred to as "training managers").

b)  Names, personnel records and the subject of skill training courses or practical training courses of the lecturers of the skill training courses or of the persons who instruct trainees in skills as to the practical training courses related to such an application (hereinafter referred to as "instructors").

c)  Names and personnel records of the persons who judge the skill of trainees who receive the practical training courses related to such an application (hereinafter referred to as "skill evaluators").

d)  Type and number of the machines, equipment, facilities, etc., which are used in the skill training courses or practical training courses related to such an application, and whether such machines, etc., are owned or leased.

e)  When the person conducts business other than that of skill training courses or practical training courses, the type and outline of such other business.

(Standard of Designation)

Article 22.  The standard provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance on the basis of paragraph 3 of Article 46 of the Law which applies mutatis mutandis in paragraph 2 of Article 77 of the Law shall be as follows:

(1)  The applicant shall be the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, a juridical person incorporated in accordance with the provisions of Article 34 of the Civil Code, or other similar juridical person.

(2)  The training manager shall be designated (in the case of a training manager for the practical training courses, only one who has the qualifications provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare).

(3)  The number of lecturers of skill training courses, or instructors and skill evaluators who have the qualifications provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall be at least that needed to conduct the business of skill training courses or practical training courses related to such an application.

(4)  The applicant shall have machines, equipment, facilities, etc., needed for skill training courses or practical training courses related to such an application.

(5)  The applicant shall have the financial basis needed to conduct the business of skill training courses or practical training courses adequately and smoothly.

(6)  When the applicant conducts business other than the business of skill training courses or practical training courses, no possibility that the skill training courses or practical training courses are conducted in an unfair manner shall exist because the applicant conducts such other business.

(7)  In the case of practical training courses, at least 95 percent of those who have completed such practical training courses conducted by the applicant within the past three months that conform to the standard provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and who have taken a practical test in a license examination related to such practical training courses conducted by the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau shall have passed such a practical test.

(8)  The designation of the applicant as a designated training institution may not interfere with an adequate and smooth enforcement of skill training courses or practical training courses related to such an application.

(Service Rules)

Article 23.  A designated training institution shall, when applying for an approval of its service rules in accordance with the former part of paragraph 1 of Article 48 of the Law which applies mutatis mutandis in paragraph 2 of Article 77 of the Law, submit an application form of approval of service rules (Form No. 2) and such service rules to the Director General of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.

2.  The items to be provided in such service rules shall be as follows:

(1)  Items concerning the appointment and dismissal of lecturers of skill training courses or instructors and skill evaluators.

(2)  Items concerning the subjects, hours and method of skill training courses or practical training courses.

(3)  Items concerning the amount of fees of skill training courses or practical training courses and the method of payment and collection of such fees.

(4)  Items concerning the issuance of certificates of completion of skill training courses or practical training courses.

(5)  Items concerning the custody of documents and books on skill training courses or practical training courses.

(6)  Items other than those listed in each preceding item which are necessary to the service of skill training courses or practical training courses.

3.  A designated training institution shall, when applying for an approval of its revised service rules in accordance with the latter part of paragraph 1 of Article 48 of the Law which applies mutatis mutandis in paragraph 2 of Article 77 of the Law, submit an application form of approval of revised service rules (Form No. 3) to the Director General of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.

(Book)

Article 24.  A designated training institution shall, when having conducted skill training courses or practical training courses, prepare a book describing the name, date of birth, permanent address, date of completion and number of completion certificate of those who have completed such skill training courses or practical training courses, and shall keep such book until it abolishes the services related to the designation in the case of skill training courses, or for two years from the day when such matters have been described in the case of practical training courses.

(Report of Abolition)

Article 25.  A designated training institution shall, when having abolished the service of skill training courses or practical training courses related to the designation, report such fact to the Director General of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau by attaching a copy of the book of the preceding Article.