Chapter 301. Preparation for Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field Application
01. New Certification Conditions

(1) Having a construction business license (license under Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Construction Business Law)
(2) Your business registration must be completed in Construction Career Up System (if you are currently applying for registration, you cannot apply).

For details, please refer to the link operation guidelines and this manual.

(3) Belong to Japan Association for Construction Human Resources or a construction trade association that constitutes the said corporation, and comply with the code of conduct. (Applications cannot be made if the application for membership is in progress.)

For details, please refer to the link operation guidelines, this manual and the JAC website.

(4) You have not received supervision under the Construction Business Act in the 5 years prior to the application.
In addition, the applicant must not have received supervision under the Construction Business Act after the date of application (certification date).
(5) Specified Skilled Worker Recruiting full-time employees in the same position as Hello Work (recruiting human resources at Hello Work)
(6) The number of construction Specified Skilled Worker must not exceed the number of full-time employees.

For details, please refer to the link operation guidelines and this manual.

(7) The treatment of Specified Skilled Worker shall be equal to or greater than that of a full-time employee (so-called full-time employee) with indefinite employment.
(8) After accepting a Specified Skilled Worker, perform Safety and Health Education such as special education based on the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
(9) After accepting a Specified Skilled Worker, the applicant shall strive to improve his or her skills with an eye on the five-year period of stay.

For details, please refer to the link operation guidelines and this manual.

(1) The foreigner who becomes Specified Skills must have completed Construction Career Up System skilled worker registration (cannot apply during the registration application)
(2) The work content of the Specified Skilled Worker is in the construction industry.

If a foreign national who is to become Specified Skills is "living overseas" or "currently working for another company and has not yet obtained an ID," he or she must apply for skilled worker registration after starting work at the application company, and once a skilled worker ID is issued, he or she must promptly register the skilled worker ID in the employment management system.

(3) The correspondence between the Specified Skilled Worker business category and the exams and Technical Intern Training completed must be appropriate.

For details, please refer to the Link Operation Guidelines, Appendix 6-1 to 6-7 of the Guidelines, and this Manual.

(4) To pay a stable amount of remuneration equal to or greater than that of a person with Japan of the same skills engaged in the Specified Skilled Worker *

*Stable payment means "a monthly salary system" and "payment method is transfer to a savings account."

For details, please check the link operation guidelines (guidelines), the notice of "Recognition of remuneration amount in Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field" and this guide.

(5) For Specified Skilled Worker, a salary increase shall be made according to the mastery of the skill.

*Even if Japan person does not receive a raise, the Specified Skilled Worker must receive a raise.

For details, please check the link operation guidelines (guidelines), the notice of "Recognition of remuneration amount in Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field" and this guide.

(6) The important matters are explained to foreign residents in advance in a manner that satisfies the requirements for certification by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

It is also necessary to write the document in a language that the other party can fully understand (such as their native language).
Please download the form from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website at the link.

For details, please refer to the operational guidelines and this manual.

(7) An employment contract for Specified Skills is concluded with a foreign national under the conditions that satisfy the important matters advance explanation and the conditions certified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

*Please use the immigration forms for the employment contract and employment conditions document.

For details, please refer to the operational guidelines and this manual.