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06. Application for Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field certification

If you want to know the overall flow when accepting Specified Skilled Worker (i), you can check the foreigner acceptance manual! Please check what the host company should do.

" Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field" applies for certification to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism online.
For the necessary procedures, how to apply online for the acceptance plan, and its forms, please check the application guide, forms, system operation method [Specified Skilled Worker System (construction field)]and various plans on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website.

The host company must prepare a Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field and apply for certification online to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in principle. In either case of hiring a foreigner who has passed the exam or hiring a foreigner who is exempt from the exam, if you want to sign a new specified skilled worker employment contracts, you must obtain certification from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

You will need to log in to the Foreign Workers Management System and apply online.

Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field Examination and certification affairs are carried out by each regional development bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

○ Where to apply for certification: Foreigner Employment Management System

Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field is

(1) Maintaining a fair competitive environment by not allowing companies with poor working conditions, such as those employing workers at low wages or without social insurance, to enter the construction market;

(2) The purpose of this policy is to ensure that matters deemed necessary for the construction industry to accept Specified Skilled Worker (i), such as preventing the disappearance and illegal employment of foreign technicians in the construction industry through treatment that is acceptable to both employers and employees, will be certified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and continuously confirmed the status of their implementation.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has set the main certification criteria for Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field as follows (1) to (7).

① The receiving company must be licensed under Article 3 of the Construction Business Law.

(2) Registration of the host company and Specified Skilled Worker (i) in the Construction Career Up System

③ Joining JAC and complying with the code of conduct established by JAC

(4) The amount of remuneration in Specified Skilled Worker is equal to or greater than that of a Japan person with equivalent skills, stable wage payment (monthly salary system), salary increase according to skill mastery, etc.

⑤ Important contractual matters such as wages will be explained in advance in writing (in a language that foreigners can fully understand)

(6) Specified Skilled Worker (i) to take a course or training designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism after acceptance.

⑦ Accepting on-site guidance by the government or an appropriate Foundation for International Transfer of Skills and Knowledge in Construction supervision organization (FITS, a foundation) regarding the proper implementation of the acceptance plan

If you are currently residing in Japan Japan and are expected to complete the Technical Intern Training (ii) in good terms, you can apply for Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field certification from six months before the expiration date of the period of residence of the "Technical Intern Training", so we recommend that you prepare in a planned manner.

For companies that undertake only minor construction, obtaining permission under Article 3 of the Construction Business Act is voluntary under the Construction Business Act. However, in accepting Specified Skilled Worker in the construction field, "in accordance with the provisions of the Ministerial Ordinance setting the standards set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, and the Ministerial Ordinance setting the standards for support plans, etc., specified skilled worker employment contracts and Item 1 Specified Skilled Worker the Ministerial Ordinance establishing the standards for the construction field, etc., in view of the circumstances unique to the construction field, the standards set by the head of the relevant administrative agency in charge of the relevant field shall be determined by the public notice." Based on Article 3, Paragraph 3, Item 1 (a), permission under Article 3 of the Construction Business Act is mandatory even if a company undertakes only minor construction.

The type of construction business license does not matter, so it is okay if the type of construction business license and the job title of the occupation in which Specified Skilled Worker is engaged do not match. Therefore, if you have any kind of construction business license, you do not need to get the same type of construction business license as the Specified Skills occupation again.

Companies that employ foreign nationals must complete business registration before submitting their acceptance plans to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for certification.

Regarding the registration of foreign skilled workers, if the person who intends to become a Specified Skilled Worker is residing in (1) Japan, he or she must submit a copy of the construction career advancement card to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism along with the acceptance report within one month after entering Japan.

Specified Skilled Worker You must set an appropriate compensation plan by comparing it with the compensation paid to Japan technicians with equivalent skills. In addition, the Specified Skilled Worker must exceed the amount of remuneration for the second item Technical Intern Training student because he already has a certain level of experience or skills, etc., and if the same company employs a foreign construction worker, the remuneration must be equal to or greater than that of the foreign construction worker. Please note that even if the above criteria are met, if it is judged to be lower than the wage level of the same or similar occupation within the area where the business office exists or nationwide, the estimated amount of compensation may be reset.

A monthly salary system means that remuneration is paid in an amount calculated on a monthly basis (the sum of basic salary, allowances paid on a fixed basis each month, and overtime pay). A daily wage system where remuneration changes each month depending on the number of days worked is not permitted.

Specified Skilled Worker Refer to Japan workers in the same occupation as the appropriate compensation amount. Even if the Japan worker to be referred to is in the same occupation, it cannot be used as a reference if the number of years of experience is far apart, such as if the Japan worker is a pensioner or a re-employed person after retirement. In that case, please set the amount of remuneration that should be paid to those who have about 3 or 5 years of experience based on the work rules and wage regulations, referring to the average wage of construction technicians in the surrounding area and the unit price of design labor.

To find out the average wage of skilled construction workers in the surrounding area, select the "D Construction Industry" sheet for the relevant prefecture from the Excel spreadsheet for each prefecture listed in the "Basic Survey on Wage Level Structure" below, and use the wage levels of those with similar years of experience as a reference.

〇2024 Basic Statistical Survey on Wage Structure

For more information, please see the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website for information on Japanese skilled workers with equivalent skills.​

In the Specified Skilled Worker System of the construction field, it is mandatory to increase the salary according to the skill mastery according to Article 3, Paragraph 3, Item 2 of the Notice (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Notification No. 357, Heisei 31). Please specify the expected salary increase and the conditions of the salary increase (e.g., number of years of work experience, if you have obtained a qualification/skill test, if you have increased your Construction Career Up System level, etc.).

Since the certification review examines whether or not you will receive a stable salary, we ask that you state the specific amount of your salary. Please state the minimum amount of your salary increase, such as "XX yen or more."

In the construction field, Specified Skilled Worker System is obliged to pay stable remuneration according to Article 3, Paragraph 3, Item 2 of the Notice (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Notification No. 357, Heisei 31). The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism asks you to pay by bank transfer in order to steadily understand whether the remuneration is being paid stably. If you pay by bank transfer, please be sure to sign the terms of employment with the confirmation and consent of the worker (Specified Skilled Worker).If you do not obtain consent, you will not be able to certify Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field.

It is mandatory to attach a job posting from Hello Work. In the construction industry, the Employment Security Law prohibits paid job introductions for construction workers, so paid job introductions through job magazines and job sites are illegal and cannot be substituted.

The following four conditions must be met:

・ Specified Skilled Worker The job must be in the same job type as the job

・ The job must be treated and treated to the same level as Specified Skilled Worker

・ The job must be within one year from the date of application of the Specified Skilled Worker Acceptance Plan in the construction field.

・It is not a so-called vacant job offer (such as a job offer that is withdrawn immediately after being posted).

Specified Skilled Worker System allows foreign human resources to be accepted only when it is deemed necessary because it is difficult to secure human resources, even if efforts are made to improve productivity and secure domestic human resources. Since the screening is an important point in the examination whether or not appropriate efforts are being made to secure human resources in Japan, even in the case of transitioning from Technical Intern Training, it is mandatory to submit a job posting or similar documents when applying for a job at Hello Work. In addition, since paid job placement is prohibited in the construction industry, it is not allowed to attach a document stating that you have applied for a job on a job search site.

The top page of the Foreign Work Management System has the following note: "When applying for provisional registration, please register the email address that the accepting company normally uses. If you use a free email address, we will not be able to respond to emails that do not arrive. Please note that you cannot use carrier email addresses." Please check that the above does not apply to the registered email address.

A free email address is an email service that can be used for free. It is offered by Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo! Mail, iCloud Mail, AOL Mail, etc. Depending on the service, it may be possible to set up an approved receiving list. Please contact the respective service provider for information on the status of individual services.