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Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 32 of September 30, 1972

Latest Amendments:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance No. 47 of March 30, 2007
In Japanese

Update : 2008.03.28

Appended Table 6 (Related to Article 79)
Category of skill training course Qualifications for receiving for skill training course Subjects of skill training course
Skill training course for operations chief of woodworking machines
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work operating woodworking machines for three years or longer
  • (ii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the type, structure and functions of a machine pertaining to the work and its safety device, etc.
  • (b) Knowledge of the maintenance and inspection of a machine pertaining to the work and its safety device, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the work method of work
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of press machines
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work operating press machines for five years or longer
  • (ii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the type, structure and functions of a machine pertaining to the work and its safety device, etc.
  • (b) Knowledge of the maintenance and inspection of a machine pertaining to the work and its safety device, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the work method
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of industrial dryers
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work handling industrial dryers for five years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a regular science course of a university or a technical college accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of design, manufacturing, inspection or handling of industrial dryers for one year or longer thereafter
  • (iii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a regular science course of a senior high school or secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of design, manufacturing, inspection or handling of industrial dryers for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iv) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the structure and handling of industrial dryers and their attached facilities
  • (b) Knowledge of the inspection, maintenance and emergency measures of industrial dryers and their attached facilities
  • (c) Knowledge of the management of drying work
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of concrete breaking
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work of concrete breaking using concrete breaker for two years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a chemistry, a mining or a civil engineering course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of concrete breaking using concrete breaker for one year or longer thereafter
  • (iii) A person who has obtained a blaster's license, and has experiences having engaged in the work of concrete breaking using concrete breaker or blasting for one year or longer thereafter
  • (iv) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of explosives
  • (b) Knowledge of the handling of concrete breaker
  • (c) Knowledge or breaking method using a concrete breaker
  • (d) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (e) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of excavating natural ground and shoring
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work excavating natural ground, or installing or removing struts or wale of shoring for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering, a architecture or a agricultural civil engineering course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of excavating natural ground, or in installing or removing struts or wales of shoring for two years or longer after graduation there from
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of construction facilities, machines, instruments and working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of excavating tunnel, etc.
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work excavating tunnel, etc., or muck loading associated with it, assembling of tunnel shoring, lock bolt fastening or work to spray concrete, etc., (referred to as "work of excavating, etc., of tunnel, etc.", in the next item) for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering, an architecture or an agricultural civil engineering course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of excavating, etc., of tunnel, etc., for two years or longer thereafter.
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of the construction facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of lining of tunnel, etc.
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work lining of tunnel, etc., for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering, an architecture or an agricultural civil engineering course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of lining of tunnel, etc., for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of construction facilities machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of assembling, etc., of concrete form shoring
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work related to assembling or dismantling concrete form shoring for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or an architecture course of a university, a technical college, senior high a school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work related to assembling and dismantling concrete form shoring for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of construction facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of assembling, etc., of scaffolding
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work related to assembling, dismantling or altering scaffolding for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering, an architecture or a shipbuilding course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work related to assembling, dismantling or altering of scaffolding for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of construction facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of erection, etc., of steel frame of buildings, etc.
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work erecting, dismantling or altering of frame works of buildings or towers that is composed of metallic members (referred to as " work of erection, etc., of steel frame of buildings, etc.", in the next item) for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or an architecture course of a university a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of erection, etc., of steel frame of buildings, etc., for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of construction facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of installing, etc., of steel bridge
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in work related to installing, dismantling and altering bridge superstructures composed of metallic members (referred to as "work installing, etc., of steel bridge " in the next item) for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or a construction course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work related to installing, etc., of steel bridge for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of construction equipment, machines and instruments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the work environment, etc.
  • (d) Knowledge of education, etc., for workers
  • (e) Related legislation
Skill training course for operation chief of demolition, etc., of concrete structures
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work dismantling or demolition of concrete structures (referred to as "work of demolition, etc., of concrete structures" in the next item) for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or an architecture course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited by the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of demolition, etc., of concrete structures for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of work facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operation chief of installing, etc., of concrete bridge
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in work installing or altering concrete bridge superstructures (referred to as "work installing, etc., of concrete bridge", in the next item) for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or a architecture course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in work installing, etc., of concrete bridge for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the work method
  • (b) Knowledge of work facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of excavating work for quarrying
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work excavating rocks for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or a mining course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work of excavating rocks for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the type of rocks and the method of excavating rocks, etc., for quarrying
  • (b) Knowledge of facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of cargo piling A person who has experiences having engaged in the work making or breaking of cargo piles for three years or longer Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of cargo pile (A mass of cargos that are piled up in a warehouse, shed or yard.)
  • (b) Knowledge of the manual work of making and breaking of cargo piles
  • (c) Knowledge of mechanical work required for making and breaking of cargo piles with machine, etc.
  • (d) Related legislation
Skill training course for operations chief of stevedores
  • (i) A person who has obtained a license of cargo lifting appliance operator, crane/derrick operator or mobile crane operator, and has experiences having engaged in the work of stevedores for four years or longer thereafter
  • (ii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge required for supervising work
  • (b) Knowledge of the structure and handling of ship facilities and cargo handling machines, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the methods of slinging and signaling
  • (d) Knowledge of the method of cargo handling
  • (e) Related legislation
Skill training course for operation chief of erection, etc., of wooden building
  • (i) A person who has experiences having engaged in the work assembling of construction members of wooden buildings or work of mounting of roof and exterior wall backings associated with the said work (referred to as "work assembling, etc., of construction members" in the next item) for three years or longer
  • (ii) A person who has majored in and graduated from a civil engineering or an architecture course of a university, a technical college, a senior high school or a secondary education school accredited under the School Education Act, and has experiences having engaged in the work assembling, etc., of construction members for two years or longer thereafter
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Theoretical training
  • (a) Knowledge of the assembling of construction members, mounting of roof backings, etc., of wooden buildings
  • (b) Knowledge of construction facilities, machines, instruments, working environments, etc.
  • (c) Knowledge of the education, etc., for workers
  • (d) Related Legislation
Skill training course of gas welding  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and handling method of facilities used for the work of gas welding, etc.
    • (b) Knowledge of flammable gas and oxygen used for the work of gas welding, etc.
    • (c) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
  • Handling of the facilities used for the work of gas welding, etc.
Skill training course of forklift operation  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and operating method of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of structure and operating method of the devices related to cargo handling
    • (c) Knowledge of dynamics required for the operation
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
    • (a) Operation for travelling
    • (b) Operation for cargo handling
Skill training course for the operation of shovel-loader, etc.  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and handling method of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of structure and handling of devices related to cargo handling
    • (c) Knowledge of dynamics required for operation
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
    • (a) Operation for traveling
    • (b) Operation for cargo handling
Skill training course for the operation of vehicle-type construction machines (for leveling ground, transport, loading and excavating)  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and handling method of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of the structure, handling of devices related to the work and the work method
    • (c) Knowledge of general matters required for the operation
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
    • (a) Operation for traveling
    • (b) Operation of device for the work
Skill training course for the operation of vehicle-type construction machines (for demolition)  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and handling method of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of the structure and handling of device related to the work, and work method
    • (c) Knowledge of general matters required for the operation
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
    • (a) Operation for traveling
    • (b) Operation for devices for the work
Skill training course for the operation of vehicle-type construction machines (for foundation work)  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and handling method of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of the structure and handling of devices related to the work and the work method
    • (c) Knowledge of general matters required for operating
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
    • (a) Operation for traveling
    • (b) Operation of devices for the work and signaling
Skill training course for operation of transporting vehicle on rough terrain  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of structure and handling of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of the cargoes transporting
    • (c) Knowledge of dynamics required for the operation
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
    • (a) Operation for traveling
    • (b) Operation for cargo transporting
Skill training course for operation of vehicle for work at height  
  • (i) Theoretical training
    • (a) Knowledge of the structure and handling of devices related to the traveling
    • (b) Knowledge of prime movers
    • (c) Knowledge of general matters required for the operation
    • (d) Related legislation
  • (ii) Practical skill training
Operation of devices for the work
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