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The Safety Ordinance for Cranes

(Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour No.34 September 30, 1972)

Chapter IX License and Practical Training

Section 1 Crane/Derrick Operatorfs License

Article 223 (Crane/Derrick Operatorfs License)
  • (1) The crane/derrick operatorfs license shall be issued to any of the following person by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau:
    • (i) A person who has passed the license examination for crane/derrick operator;
    • (ii) Of a person who passed the academic test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator, those completed the practical training course for crane operation within one year from the day when the said test was conducted;
    • (iii) A person who falls under all of the followings:
      • (a) Having obtained the crane/derrick operatorfs license limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the crane that is operated by an operator who is on the floor and moves together with travelling motion of the said crane (excluding the floor-operated crane, hereinafter referred to as gfloor-driving craneh), pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 224-4;
      • (b) Having passed the subjects listed in item (i) and (iv) of paragraph (2) of Article 226 (limited to the part pertaining to derrick), of the academic test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator;
      • (c) Having completed the practical training course for crane operation (excluding for the one using floor-driving crane) within one year from the day when the said test was conducted.
      (iv) A person who falls under all of the followings:
      • (a) Having obtained the crane/derrick operatorfs license limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the crane pursuant to the provision of paragraph (2) of Article 224-4;
      • (b) Having passed subjects listed in item (i) and (iv) (limited to the part pertaining to derrick) of paragraph (2) of Article 226, of the academic test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator;
    • (v) A person who has completed the training of the lifting and transporting machine operation-type crane operation course or the lifting and transporting machine operation-type stevedore course prescribed in the column of training courses of Appended Table 2 of the Ordinance on the Human Resources Development and Promotion Act, or the training (excluding the one conducted by correspondence) of the crane operation course or the stevedore course listed in the column of training courses of Appended Table 4 of the same Ordinance, among the basic training or the ability redeveloping training which are the statutory training of paragraph (1) of Article 27 of the Human Resources Development and Promotion Act, and underwent the training pertaining to a crane.
    • (vi) Other person provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Article 224 (Disqualification for License)
  • (1) A person prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (2) of Article 72 of the Act pertaining to the crane/derrick operatorfs license, shall be those who are under eighteen years old.
Article 224-2 (Person Prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Set Forth in Paragraph (3) of Article 72 of the Act)
  • (1) A person prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (3) of Article 72 of the Act pertaining to the crane/derrick operatorfs license, shall be those who are not able to properly operate the crane or derrick or to properly confirm the surrounding conditions of the crane or derrick necessary for carrying out the work pertaining to the said license, due to the physical or mental handicap.
Article 224-3 (Consideration on Measures, etc. Making-up Disablement)
  • (1) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau shall, in the case finding that the person who has made the application of the crane/derrick operatorfs license falls under the one set forth in the preceding Article and when deciding whether or not to issuing the license to the said parson, take into consideration on compensating measures used by the said person, or conditions that the disablement is compensated or reduced by medical treatment which the said person is being given.
Article224-4 (Limited License)
  • (1) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may, by limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the floor-driving crane, issue the crane/derrick operatorfs license to the following persons:
    • (i) A person who has passed the subject listed in item (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 226 (limited to the part pertaining to crane), item (ii) and (iii) of the same paragraph, and item (iv) of the same paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to crane) (hereinafter referred to as gsuccessful candidate of limited crane academic testh in this Article), of the academic test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator, and passed the practical skill test using a floor-driving crane;
    • (ii) A successful candidate of limited crane academic test who has completed the practical training course for crane operation using a floor-driving crane within a year from the day when the said test was conducted.
  • (2) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may, by limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the crane, issue the crane/derrick operatorfs license to thefollowing persons:
    • (i) A successful candidate of limited crane academic test who has passed the practical skill test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator;
    • (ii) A successful candidate of limited crane academic test who has completed the practical training course for crane operation within a year from the day when the said test was conducted;
    • (iii) A person who has obtained the crane/derrick operatorfs license limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the floor-driving crane pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph, and has passed the subject listed in item (i) of paragraph (3) of Article 226, of the practical skill test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator, or has completed the practical training course for crane operation;
    • (iv) Other persons provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Article 225
  • (1) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may issue the crane/derrick operatorfs license to the physically or mentally handicapped person by limiting the type of machine eligible to operate or adding the necessary conditions on the operation.
Article 226 (Subjects of Examination)
  • (1) The license examination for crane/derrick operator shall be conducted on the academic test and the practical skill test.
  • (2) The academic test shall be conducted on the following subjects:
    • (i) Knowledge on cranes and derricks;
    • (ii) Knowledge on the prime movers and the electricity;
    • (iii) Knowledge on the dynamics necessary for operation of cranes;
    • (iv) Related legislation.
  • The practical skill test shall be conducted on the following subjects:
    • (i) Operation of cranes;
    • (ii) Signals for operation of cranes.
Article 227 (Exemption from Academic test, etc.)
  • (1) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may, as regards the person listed in the left column of the following table, within the range of the test or subjects listed respectively in the right column of the same table, exempt the whole or a part of the academic test or the practical skill test of the license examination for crane/derrick operator:
    Person eligible to be exempt Range of exempt tests or subjects
    • (i) A person who has completed the practical training course for crane operation (excluding the one conducted by using a floor-driving crane) and is within one year since the day of the completion.
    • (ii) A person who has an experience engaged in the operation of a crane with lifting capacity of 5 tons or more (excluding a floor-operated craneand a floor-driving crane) for one month or more at a mine pursuant to the provision of paragraph (2) and (4) of the Article 2 of the Mine Security Act (Act No.70 of 1949, hereinafter referred to as "mine").
    		Whole of the practical skill test
    • i) A person who passed the academic test of the last license examination for crane/derrick conducted by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau.
    • (ii) A person who has passed the academic test of license examination for crane/derrick operator conducted by the designated examination agency (meaning the designated examination agency set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 75-2 of the Act, the same shall apply hereinafter.) and is within a year from the date when the said test was conducted.
    		Whole of the academic test
    • (i) A person who has completed the practical training course for crane operation using a floor-driving crane and is within a year since the day of the completion.
    • (ii) A person who has the experience engaged in the operation of a floor-driving crane with the lifting capacity of 5 tons or more for one month or longer at a mine.
    		Of the practical skill test, the subject listed in item (i) of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (limited to that conducted by using a floor-driving crane) and item (ii) of the same paragraph
    A person who has obtained the crane/derrick operatorfs license limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the floor-driving crane pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 224-4 Of the academic test, the subject listed in item (i) of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (limited to the part pertaining to a crane), item (ii) and (iii) of the same paragraph and item (iv) of the same paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to a crane), and of the practical skill test, the subject listed in item (ii) of paragraph (3) of the same Article
    A person who has obtained the crane/derrick operatorfs license limiting the type of machine eligible to operate to the crane pursuant to the provision of paragraph (2) of Article 224-4 Of the academic test, the subject listed in item (i) of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article (limited to the part pertaining to crane), item (ii) and (iii) of the same paragraph and item (iv) of the same paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to crane), and whole of the practical skill test
    A person who has obtained the mobile crane operatorfs license or the ship lifting appliance operatorfs license Of the academic test, the subject listed in item (iii) of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and of the practical skill test, the subject listed in item (ii) of paragraph (3) of the same Article
    A person who has completed the skill training course for floor-operated crane operation, light capacity mobile crane operation or for sling work Of the practical skill test, the subject listed in item (ii) of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article
Article 228 (Details of License Examination for Crane/Derrick Operator)
  • (1) In addition to the matters prescribed in Article 71 of the Safety and Health Ordinance and in the preceding two Articles, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall prescribe necessary matters for implementing the license examination for crane/derrick operator.
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