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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 9 (Related to Article 92-3)
Classification of work Qualifications
Work pertaining to the machine, etc., listed in item (x) of the left column of Appended Table 7.
  • (i) A person who falls under both of the following (a) and (b):
    • (a) A person who falls under any of the following provisions:
      • 1. To have business experience having engaged in design supervision or execution supervision of construction work pertaining to concrete form shoring for three years or longer.
      • 2. To have passed the examination for class-1 architects set forth in Article 12 of the Architect Act (Act No.202 of 1950).
      • 3. To have passed the examination for class-1 engineering work execution process supervisors or class-1 building work process supervisors prescribed by Article 27-3 of the Enforcement Order of the Construction Industry Act.
    • (b) To have business experience having engaged in the field of safety and health in construction work for three years or longer or have completed the training course provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  • (ii) A person who has passed the examination for the industrial safety consultant in the category of the civil engineering or building construction.
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Work pertaining to the machine, etc., listed in item (xii) of the left column of Appended Table 7.
  • (i) A person who falls under both of the following (a) and (b):
    • (a) A person who falls under any of the following provisions:
      • 1. To have business experience having engaged in design supervision or execution supervision of construction work pertaining to the scaffolding for three years or longer.
      • 2. To have passed the examination for class-1 architects set forth in Article 12 of the Architect Act.
      • 3. To have passed the examination for class-1 engineering work execution supervisors or class-1 building work execution supervisors prescribed by Article 27-3 of the Enforcement Order of the constructors Act.
    • (b) To have business experience having engaged in the field of industrial safety and health in construction work for three years or longer or have completed the training course provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  • (ii) A person who has passed the examination for industrial safety consultants in the category of civil engineering or building construction.
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Of construction work, those listed in item (i) of Article 89-2 and item (i) of Article 90 (excluding dam construction work)
  • (i) A person who falls under both of the following (a) and (b):
    • (a) A person who falls under any of the following provisions:
      • 1. To have completed and graduated from a regular scientific courses of a university or technical college accredited under the School Education Act, and have business experience having engaged in the design supervision or execution supervision of construction work for ten years or longer thereafter.
      • 2. To have completed and graduated from a regular scientific courses of a high school or a secondary school accredited under the School Education Act, and have experience having engaged in the design supervision or execution supervision of construction work for fifteen years or longer thereafter.
      • 3. To have passed the examination for the class-1 architects prescribed by Article 12 of the Architect Act.
    • (b) To have business experience having engaged in the field of safety and health in construction work for three years or longer or have completed the training provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  • (ii) A person who has passed the examination for industrial safety consultant in the category of building construction.
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Work listed in item (ii) to (vi) of Article 89-2 and item (i) to (v) of Article 90 (limited to dam construction work for the work listed in item (i) of the same Article, and to construction work for the work listed in item (ii)-2 and (iii) of the same Article)
  • (i) A person who falls under all of the following (a) to (c)
    • (a) A person who falls under any of the following provisions:
      • 1. To have completed and graduated from a regular scientific course of a university or a technical college accredited under the School Education Act, and have business experience for ten years or longer in design supervision or execution supervision of civil engineering work thereafter.
      • 2. To have completed and graduated from a regular scientific course of a senior high school or a secondary school accredited under the School Education Act, and have experience having engaged in design supervision or execution supervision of civil engineering work for fifteen years or longer thereafter.
      • 3. To have passed the second examination for consultant engineers in the category of construction work prescribed by paragraph (1) of Article 4 of the Consultant Engineers Act (Act No.25 of 1983).
      • 4. To have passed the examination for class-1 engineering work execution process supervisors or class-1 building work process supervisors prescribed by Article 27-3 of the Enforcement Order of the Construction Industry Act.
    • (b) A person who has business experience in design supervision or execution supervision of the following work corresponding to the categories of work listed in the following provisions respectively:
      • 1.Of dam construction work, those set forth in item (ii) of Article 89-2 and item (i) of Article 90: Dam construction work
      • 2.Of construction work, those set forth in item (iii) of Article 89-2 and items 2 and (ii)-2 of Article 90: Bridge construction work
      • 3.Of Construction work, those set forth in item (iv) and (v) of Article 89-2 and item (iii) of Article 90: Construction work of tunnels, etc.
      • 4.Work set forth in item (vi) of Article 89-2 and item (v) of Article 90: Work including operations by the compressed air method.
      • 5.Work set forth in item (iv) of Article 90: Work including excavating of natural ground
    • c. To have business experience having engaged in the field of safety and health in construction work for three years or longer or have completed the training provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  • (ii) A person who has passed the examination for industrial safety consultant in the category of civil engineering.
  • (iii) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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