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These measures are promulgated according to Item 3 of Article 6 in
the Handicapped Protection Law (herein as the Law).

These measures are applicable to the employment service
professionals (herein as the Professionals) for the handicapped stated in Item
2 of Article 6 and Item 2 of Article 58 in this Law.

The professionals are as the following:
1. Employment service supervisor
2. Case administrator
3. Employment assistance evaluator
4. Employment service staff
5. Assistance service staff

Except employment service supervisors, all the Professionals shall
possess one of the following qualifications so to be recruited:
1. Passing the tests for social worker, professional therapist and obtaining
the certificates, or those who possess special education credentials with
the proper certificates.
2. Those who graduated from colleges and universities with a degree in
social work, professional therapy, special education, psychological
counselling, rehabilitation and other relevant degrees.
3. Those who graduated from colleges and universities without a degree in
social work, professional therapy, special education, psychological
counselling, rehabilitation and other relevant degrees, but have worked in the
welfare for the handicapped for one year, with outstanding work performance,
and have completed eighteen hours of professional training, or those who
have completed one hundred and sixty hours of professional training.
4. Those who graduated from high school or vocational schools, have worked
in the welfare for the handicapped for two years, also have completed two
hundred and forty hours of employment service professional training course; or
those who graduated from high schools or vocational schools, who have
completed four hundred hours of the employment service professional
training.
Those who have not completed the number of hours required for the training
stated in Item 3 or Item 4, shall be recruited as the employment service
assistants for the handicapped, under the supervision of the professionals
to help in the employment service for the handicapped.
The professionals who work in the employment assistance evaluation, shall
receive and complete one hundred and sixty hours of professional training
for the employment assistance evaluation; when working on employment service
assistance, they shall receive and complete one hundred and sixty hours of
professional training of assistance tools. The aforementioned training hours
can replace the training hours stated in Item 3 and Item 4 of Article 1.
The central, city, county (city) labor competent authorities shall take the
professionals’ education, work experience, training background and
professional categories, so to assign the proper basic training courses.

For those who possess one of the following qualifications, can be
recruited for the position of employment service supervisor:
1. Those who possess the degrees stated in Item 1 or Item 2 in Article 1,
and have worked in the related field for over three years (inclusive), in
which one year working in the employment service for the handicapped.
2. Those who possess the college or university degree stated in Item 2 of
the Article 1, or the qualifications stated in the item 3 and have completed
the required continuing education professional courses, have worked in the
employment service for the handicapped for over three years, or have worked in
the related field for over five years.
3. Those who possess qualifications stated in item 4 of Article 1, have
completed the required continuing education professional courses, and have
worked in the employment service for the handicapped for over six years.

The professionals can be formed in the continuing education
professional courses provided by the colleges and universities with the
requests from the competent labor authorities at all levels.

The professional training stated in Item 4 is classified into
basic training and advanced training, shall be planned in stages according
to the different characteristics, required professional knowledge for taking
care of the handicapped, and the professional development of the employment
service professionals.
The professional training stated in the previous items shall be carried out
when needed by the request of the central, city, county (city) competent labor
authorities to the related departments in the colleges and universities,
academic institutions and professional groups, institutions of the
employment service for the handicapped or other professional institutions; the
private groups who organize the aforementioned professional training shall
report their class contents to the local competent labor authorities for
approval before giving the classes.
Those who pass the aforementioned professional training, the training
institution in charge shall issue a completion certificate, which shall
state the training classes and the hours.

The basic training classes stated in the Item 1 are as the
following:
1. General classes: including the related regulations, labor laws,
professional ethic and work principles of the employment service for the
handicapped.
2. Professional classes: including professional classes of the handicapped,
professional classes on social work, professional classes for counselling
and assistance and professional classes of community employment service for
the handicapped, counselling techniques, training on empathy, etc.

The training classes required in Item 1 of Article 4 are as the
following:
1. Joint classes: including study of volunteer service work and case
management, among other classes.
2. Professional development classes: including employment assistance
evaluation, job redesign, employment assistance tools, employment growth
group, employment adaptation counselling and supervision training, among
others.

The training expenses for the professionals shall be listed under
the budget stipulated separated by the Central, city, county (city)
competent authorities.

These measures shall take effect on the day of promulgation.