Enforcement Ordinance of the Working Environment Measurement Law

Chapter II. Working Environment Measurement Experts, etc.

Section 1.  Working Environment Measurement Experts

Sub-section 3.  Training Course

(Training Courses)

Article 23.     Training courses shall be classified into the class-1 working environment measurement expert training course (hereinafter referred to as "class-1 training course" and the class-2 working environment measurement expert training course (hereinafter referred to as "class-2 training course").

(Qualifications for the Training Course)

Article 24.   A person who has passed the class-1 test or who is exempted from all subjects of the class-1 test may take the class-1 training course and the class-2 training curse.

2.  A person who has passed the class-2 test or who was exempted from all subjects of the class-2 test may take the class-2 training course.

(Subjects of the Training Course)

Article 25.     The subjects of the class-1 training course shall be the subjects listed in items 1 and 2 and any subject listed in items 3 to 7 inclusive which corresponds to the subject concerning analytical technique which the person who intends to take the class-1 training course selected at the class-1 test which he passed or from which he was exempted at the class-1 test:

(1) Practice of industrial health management.

(2) Practice of design and sampling conducted in relation to the working environment.

(3) Practice of analytical techniques conducted in relation to the working environment of the workshop in item 1 in the Attached Table.

(4) Practice of analytical techniques conducted in relation to the working environment of the workshop in item 2 in the Attached Table.

(5) Practice of analytical techniques conducted in relation to the working environment of the workshop in item 3 in the Attached Table.

(6) Practice of analytical techniques conducted in relation to the working environment of the workshop in item 4 in the Attached Table.

(7) Practice of analytical techniques conducted in relation to the working environment of the workshop in item 5 in the Attached Table.

2.       The subjects of the class-2 training course shall be the subjects listed in items 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph.

(Exemption from the Training Course)

Article 26.   A person who has completed the training course (including the person who was recognized under the provisions of items 2 or 3 or paragraph 1 of Article 5 and a person who falls under the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 5-2) shall be exempted from the subjects of the practice of industrial health management and the practice of design and sampling conducted in relation to the working environment among the subjects of the training course.

(Procedures of the Training Course)

Article 27.   An applicant for the training course shall submit a Working Environment Measurement Expert Training Course Application (Form No. 8) accompanied with the documents listed below to the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau conducting the training course or designated training institution as provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 32 of the Law (hereinafter referred to as "designated training institution"):

(1) Document evidencing qualifications for training course as provided for in Article 24.

(2)  In the case of a person who intends to obtain a license as provided for in the preceding Article, documents evidencing that he falls under the same Article.

(Certificate of Completion of the Training Course)

Article 28.     The certificate of completion of training course shall follow Form No.9.

(Reissue of the Certificate of Completion of the Training Course)

Article 29.   A person who completed the training course may, if his certificate of completion of the training course is damaged, lost or destroyed, submit an Application for the Reissue of the Certificate of Completion of the Working Environment Measurement Expert Training Course (Form No. 10) accompanied with the said damaged certificate of completion of the training course (in case of loss or destruction of the certificate, a document stating that fact) to the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau or the designated training instruction which issued the certificate of completion of the training course, or, if the designated training instruction has discontinued the business of the said training course (including the case where the said designation was cancelled), to the Director General of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau, etc., as provided for in Article 44) and thus obtain its reissue.

(Details of Training Course)

Article 30.   In addition to the provisions of the preceding seven Articles, the scope of the subjects of training courses, hours of training courses and other necessary details concerning the conduct of training courses shall be provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.